Rugby union in Bhutan

Rugby was a sport largely unknown in Bhutan until 2009, when the game was introduced there by 61yr old rugby trainer Harry Shaw, who established a training ground for the sport in Changlingmithang, Thimpu.^[1]

References

↑ Gurung, Eshori (23 November 2009). "Rugby, the new game in town". Bhutan Observer. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

Rugby union in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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