Vientiane Buffalos RUFC
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The Vientiane Buffalos rugby football club (sometimes spelled Buffaloes) was founded in 1998 by rugby union
playing expatriates in the capital of Laos
. The club has grown gradually since then and is a full member of the Lao Rugby Federation (LRF). As well as men's contact rugby (sevens
, tens and fifteen-a-side), the club organises touch rugby tournaments involving women and children. Members of the Buffalos have been instrumental in promoting the sport in Laos, setting up the LRF and establishing a Lao national team and other clubs to play against.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
playing expatriates in the capital of Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
. The club has grown gradually since then and is a full member of the Lao Rugby Federation (LRF). As well as men's contact rugby (sevens
Sevens
Sevens can refer to:* Rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union football* Rugby league sevens, a variant of rugby league football* The Sevens , a rugby stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates* Sevens , a 1997 album by Garth Brooks...
, tens and fifteen-a-side), the club organises touch rugby tournaments involving women and children. Members of the Buffalos have been instrumental in promoting the sport in Laos, setting up the LRF and establishing a Lao national team and other clubs to play against.