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It is a day and boarding school similar to its sister school, Rugby School in the UK, which was founded in 1567. The School's 80-acre campus (190 rai) is approximately 110 km (68 mi) from Bangkok and 20 km (12 mi) from Pattaya. Rugby School Thailand takes students aged 2–18 and offers Britain's national curriculum to both Thai and ...
The school's main sport is rugby, which is dominant in Thai's under-15, under-17, and under-19 rugby tournaments for years. The reason that rugby becomes the school's main sport is that Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua King Rama VI thought that rugby would teach men sportsmanship, would teach them how to be a gentleman as rugby is described by the ...
In August 1992, the school moved to a 14-acre campus in the suburban district of Minburi. The school has been ranked among the top five international schools in Thailand. [4] [5] RIS was one of the first schools in Asia to be accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Thai Ministry of Education.
The school is the second international school established by the UK-based Rugby School, after Rugby School Thailand. [3] RSJ offers the International General Certificate of Secondary Education(IGCSE) and A-levels to their students as part of the British curriculum they follow. [4]
Thailand played their first ever rugby international in 1970. Thailand first attempted to qualify for a World Cup in 1999 when Wales was the host. They competed in Round 1 of the Asia qualifying tournament, winning and losing one match; seeing them finish second in the final standings, and knocking them out of contention to qualify.
Thailand has a national sevens team. [5] The Scottish rugby commentator, Bill McLaren mentioned the Thais in a report on the 1989 Hong Kong Sevens, and noted that they supplied at least one referee for the tournament, Vengsakern Paerehitya of the Royal Thai Air Force, who gained valuable experience by working with the other internationally renowned referees at the game.
Rajavit–Vajiravudh Traditional Rugby Match is an annual Traditional rugby match between two private all-boys boarding schools in Thailand, King’s College and Vajiravudh College. It is held to strengthen the unity of teachers and students, and to encourage esprit de corp and the unity between members of both institutions. The income from the ...
The Thailand Rugby Union (TRU) is the governing body of rugby union in Thailand, recognised by the International Rugby Board. It has its headquarters in Bangkok , and was founded in 1937, affiliating to the International Rugby Board in 1989.