Tradition YCAC vs Shandong Day 1 – Game 3
Streamed live on Mar 25, 2015
GFI HKFC Tens 2015
Day 1 – Game 3
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Streamed live on Mar 25, 2015
GFI HKFC Tens 2015
Day 1 – Game 3
#HK10s
The post Tradition YCAC vs Shandong Day 1 – Game 3 appeared first on Tokyo Japan Rugby Club.
1866 and all that: the untold early history of rugby in Japan Article written by JMG for The Japan Times published in March 2014 before Tokyo International 7s The history of rugby in Japan is arguably longer than that of every major rugby-playing country in the world outside of the British Isles and Australia. Very…
In 1974 the YC&AC rugby section went on tour to Seoul and played to matches. This appears to be the first overseas tour made by any YC&AC sports team and is one of the first rugby tour to Korea by any team. Alex Russell allowed me to copy his rugby photos displayed before he left Japan. The text is from the YC&AC magazine.
The image is most likely the oldest image of rugby in Asia and one of the very oldest in the world relating to ‘club’ football – at glance at the picture will tell you that the players were certainly not playing a game of soccer – actually being played as opposed to football/rugby played in schools and universities.
BEST YC&AC RUGBY PLAYER IN 1930s Norman Keith Lamport was born 24th March 1907 and was educated at King’s School, Sydney and at Sydney University. His nickname in Australia was not ‘Lampy’ but ‘Butts’. He played rugby for the University and for New South Wales, and was selected to play for the Wallabies in 1929….