from BBC sports website http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/english/5094448.stm Leicester will take some of China's top rugby players into their academy set-up under an agreement with the China Rugby Football Association (CRFA). A Tigers delegation including former England captain Martin Johnson met officials from China's sports ministry in Beijing on Monday to agree the deal. Some Chinese coaches will also receive training at Welford Road. In return, some English coaches and referees will head to China to give courses and officiate at matches. Rugby union is very much a minority sport in China. The first club was started in 1990 at China's Agriculture University with the CRFA being formed six years later and becoming affiliated with the governing International Rugby Board (IRB) in early 1997. The only active teams outside expatriate clubs are concentrated in the universities and the army and the China national team were knocked out of the Asian qualifying rounds for the 2007 World Cup last month. 對岸也要開始橄欖球的發展了,還跟英格蘭職業聯賽的亞軍合作 看來台灣的優勢不但已經消失,還會越來越大.... --

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