100 World Legends are heading to Laos this July to run a Rugby for Life Camp 2019. The camp is set to take place from 16-20 July in Vientiane in Laos with a coaching team consisting of Tamara Taylor, Grace Davitt, Todd Clever, David Corkery and Dan Scarbrough.
Rugby for Life Laos
The 100 World Legends aims to expand the Rugby for Life project to other countries in the region in the future said a Facebook post by David Higgins, who is involved in organising 100 World Legends. However, this will be the second visit by the organisation to Laos to support the ongoing rugby development.
Over the past four years, youth participation in rugby in Laos has grown by 900 percent, with a high female participation rate at over 50%. Many of these youth are coming out of the tag rugby program available through their schools and are seeking to join a senior club team in their area; however, without safe spaces to practice and proper instruction, transitioning from tag rugby to contact in order to compete with other club teams can be a daunting challenge.
The Rugby for Life camp will aim to provide players from rural Laos with an opportunity to learn to play contact rugby safely. They hope this will serve as an entry point for continuing to play rugby into adulthood.
Who are the rugby legends?
Tamara Taylor
Tamara captained England in the 2015 Women’s Six Nations Championship and was the 2017 RPA Player of the Year. She played more than 100 times for England.
Grace Davitt
Grace was in Ireland’s 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cup squad in France and also played in the World Cup’s in 2006 and 2010.
Todd Clever
A well-known personality and now retired national American rugby union player who currently plays for the Austin Elite Rugby. Todd was also the first American to play Super Rugby. He was captain of the USA national team and is the most capped player in United States rugby union history.
David Corkery
David is a retired Irish rugby union player who played for Cork Constitution, Munster and Bristol. He won 27 caps for Ireland between 1994 and 1999.
Dan Scarbrough
Dan is a former rugby union international, who played for England’s 7’s and 15’s national team. He also played for for Leeds Tykes, Saracens, and Racing Métro. As a coach, he has coached internationally with Latvia’s rugby sevens team.
Rugby vs Poverty
The 100 Legends also have an event from June 21-22nd 2019 in the UK at Derby RFC. Under the title of “Watch Rugby Tackle Poverty”, the 100 World Legends XV will play the Derby City Invitational XVs. Some former international players set to feature include:
- Dave Hilton (Scotland)
- Ally Hogg (Scotland)
- Fergus Thomson (Scotland)
- David Corkery (Ireland)
- Junior Paramore (Samoa)
- Bruce Reihana (New Zealand)
The Legends have had some other recent events planned for Asia postponed such as the fundraising initiative in Singapore.
For more details about getting involved with 100 World Legends Foundation, please email rugbyvets@hotmail.com
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