This weekend the LRF wrapped up the 2023 Champa Ban U17s 15s Camp. Nearly 100 young players from 3 provinces came together to develop their 15s skills and learn leadership skills to take forward with their clubs.

Thanks to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade for supporting the LRF’s rugby and leadership work and all the best to the teams in camp this weekend 🇱🇦🏉

Thanks to the French Ambassador to Laos H.E. Sivleng Chhuor, Jessy Tremouliere and Diallo Coumba for presiding over the medal ceremony of the Champa Ban U17s 15s Camp that culminated in 15s matches between the 4 teams from 3 different provinces.

🏉 Après le terrain, poursuite des échanges avec les joueuses 🇨🇵 Jessy Trémoulière et Coumba Diallo et les jeunes joueurs laotiens 🇱🇦. Dans le cadre de sa diplomatie sportive et la priorité accordée à la jeunesse, la France apportera un soutien à une équipe de rugby laotienne

Today is Safer Sport Day! The Lao Rugby Federation is committed to creating and maintaining a safe environment for children and youth to grow through the sport of rugby.

We are celebrating #SaferinSportDay today and everyday by sharing our safeguarding and inclusion policy and procedures and we invite everyone in the rugby community to join us in actively taking steps everyday to make sport safe for everyone!

Welcome to our first match day of the 2023 @DAC Lao League 15s! Male and female clubs in Laos have been training hard to get ready for next weekend. Who do you think will emerge victorious? Come down to Sikurt in Vientiane Capital to catch the action and cheer on the teams!

In Vientiane Province, LRF staff are hosting activities to recruit the next great group of #PassItBack Coaches. The new Coaches will attend Coach Training later this month in preparation for leading 🏉 and life skills activities in their communities. Su su to everyone involved!

Thanks to new coaches and staff who came out today to learn about coaching with LRF - and look forward to seeing some of you at coach training! #PassItBack #rugby4all

We had so much fun hosting USA Rugby Eagle and Olympian, Ilona Maher, in Laos last month! We can’t wait to share more about her journey next week 🏉🥇

The LRF is hosting a series of workshops to support the ongoing strengthening of the rugby clubs in areas like player recruitment, safeguarding, finance and financial management. Thanks to all the clubs for participating and working to make #rugbyforall in Laos 💯🇱🇦

Lao Rugby Federation was proud to host USA Rugby star, Eagle and Olympian, Ilona Maher in Laos a few weeks ago. #PassItBack

{Part2}: Her trip was a great chance to show off the Pass It Back curriculum started more than 10 years ago in Laos in partnership with ChildFund Rugby and to inspire young players and Coaches across Laos who are still working to grow and develop rugby across Laos today.

We are excited to kick off #PassItBack Coach Training this friday with over 100 coaches from 3 provinces! Today Our Pass It Back Trainers and LRF staff are working hard to prepare for Coach Training, which kicks off this week!

New Coaches and Return Coaches from Vientiane Province, Vientiane Capital and Xieng Khouang Province will come together to learn about 🏉, life skills facilitation, First Aid, Measuring Change, and more, in preparation for a great new season of Champa Ban powered by #PassItBack

Today is Day 1 of our Champa Ban powered by Pass It Back coach training! Today will be a busy day, with a mix of coaching and life skills facilitation led by LRF staff and coaches. Stay tuned throughout the next couple of days as we share more about coach training!

Congratulations to all of our Champa Ban Coaches who completed Coach training this week! It has been an exhausting but worthwhile week and we are thrilled to welcome so many new youth Coaches into the Lao Rugby family at the end of it. #Passitback

As these Coaches begin their work in the season to come, many new youth players and teams will get back to the pitch next month - and we can't wait! #PassItBack

It was a great morning with UK Minister of the Indo-Pacific Anne Marie Trevelyan! Some of the LRF's Champa Ban Coaches visited the UK Embassy to show off their skills and share more about the work the LRF does to support young people to develop life & leadership skills through 🏉

Thanks to UK in Laos 🇬🇧🇱🇦 for hosting 🏉🇬🇧🇱🇦