The roster includes 22 Cambodian players and one expatriate player who is eligible under the International Rugby Board (IRB) three year residency requirement.
The weeklong tournament is co-sponsored by the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), and will feature Southeast Asian neighbors Cambodia, Indonesia, and Laos playing in a "round robin" format.
The Asian Five Nations Series was established earlier this year by the IRB, the world governing body of rugby union, to encourage the development of the sport in Asia. Twenty-five Asian nations, representing various levels of rugby development, are participating in regional tournaments across the continent.
Cambodia plays Laos Saturday at 14:00 (Indonesia time) in the opening match of the Jakarta tournament. The two teams previously met on May 31 in Vientiane. In that encounter, Laos used five penalty kicks to edge Cambodia, 15-14.
CAMBODIA KOUPREYS 2008
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ray Leos
Director of Media Relations
Cambodian Federation of Rugby
(855) 620 671
cambodia [dot] rugby [at] gmail [dot] com
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