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Thailand beats Singapore to win the 2007 ARFU Women's Rugby 7's tournament
2007-10-06 06:57:13 Xinhua English

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Thai women's rugby team beat Singaporean team 22-nil here on Saturday, winning the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) Women's Rugby 7's tournament.

"We are happy that we won the game and we played well this time," said Thai coach Prateep Jusri.

"Before we came here, we trained hard. I will try to promote the rugby game to be a well-known game for younger generation," he told Xinhua.

Meanwhile, Laos took third place after beating the South Korea 12-10. Cambodia, who is the host country of the game, stayed at the bottom of all the five countries.

"Actually, we lost the game, but I am proud of my kids because we equal with Laos for a match and we are the youngest team in this sport field," said Andrew Newman, coach of Cambodian team.

The one-day tournament, which took place at Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh, featured women's rugby teams from Singapore, Laos, Thailand, South Korea and Cambodia.

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