Littlewood In Asia

June 9, 2009, 12:02 am
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Kia ora boys

Shitloads of action in Asia recently, I’ll try and cover some of it for the good of the universe:

Asian Nations Div 2

China beat Pakistan 25-19 in a pretty lacklustre performance considering they were hot favourites going into the tournament. Apparently there was little passion or tactics amongst the Chinese, suggesting they must have been misinformed that the world had agreed that Taiwan & Tibet were indeed part of the motherland and thus had nothing to get angry about. Later in the day hosts Malaysia beat India 43-29 in a solid performance, with ex-Waikato man Deano Herewini in the coaching box running the show nicely. On Saturday the Malaysians continued their good form, beating China in a comprehensive 43-15 victory to gain promotion to Division 1 alongside Singapore, Sri Lanka and Chinese Taipei next year. In the wooden spoon battle, the Indians had too much class for the Pakis, winning 44-3, after reportedly demoralising their neighbours with sledging related to the Cashmere province, cricket wins and Taliban suicide bombers. This means Pakistan will be replaced by the winner of the Div 3 competition which takes place in July amongst the Phillipines, Guam, Indonesia, and Iran.

Asian Woman’s Sevens Champs

Unlike their male counterparts, the Chinese woman continue to be the dominant force in Asia, following their World Cup Bowl victory and final appearance at the HK Sevens. They were unrivaled during the tournament scoring 158 points in total to their opponents 24. Their toughest game came in the final against the feisty Thailand girls, who had romped through fore-…. i mean pool play on the back of a strong performance by their hooker( s); but it was still an easy 24-14 win to China. Other teams at the tournament included HK, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Guam, UAE, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Chinese Taipei, Singapore, India and Iran. Most interesting about the Iranians, was that due to the country’s strict adherence to Islamic dress codes, they played wearing garments that fully covered the head, shoulders, neck, arms and legs. [check out the picture attached!] Very disappointing for the spectators who’d misunderstood their coach pre-tournament when she’d said there was some real talent to be seen amongst her girls.

Phuket Tens

Dunno too much about this other than it was a fairly good weekend of debauchery, with the Kukri Badgers (not beavers) coming out 38-0 winners in the final.

Yellow Sea Cup

First half of the season completed, results so far:

Macau 23 Shanghai Hairy Crabs 40

Guangzhou Rams 15 Beijing Devils 6

Beijing Devils 62 Macau 14

Shanghai Hairy Crabs 10 Seoul Survivors 8

Seoul Survivors 60-ish, Guangzhou Rams 0.

I reffed the Shanghai Seoul game, it was a pretty intense encounter played at a good level. The game should’ve been won by Seoul in injury time when a Frenchman on debut for the Crabs tried to charge down a penalty, giving the Southland-born Seoul kicker another shot at the posts from 10m closer. The kick missed however and the Crabs remain on top of the table, which was a shame coz I would’ve liked to have seen the fine the Frenchie would’ve got from his teammates if his charge had cost them the game.

Right boys, that’s only 4 tournaments, there’s been heaps of other stuff going on but I’ve rambled on enough already.

Go the ABs this weekend, and keep up the good work fullas.

Aaron Littlewood

Asian Correspondant

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