Rugby union in Myanmar Rugby union in Myanmar Rugby was established in modern Burma in 2013, with the establishment of the Yangon Dragons club. The club was founded by Dave Smith, who had similarly popularized rugby in the Philippines with the Cebu Dragons club. During British rule in Burma (1824-1948), rugby was played by British colonists and soldiers in Burma. In the early 20th century, Kwasi Kwarteng notes that the Gymkhana Club played rugby against the military garrison, "their only opponents". The "Myanmar Times" notes that Herbert Thirkell White (lieutenant governor of Burma 1905-1910) had stated: “To think of hot-headed Burmans engaged in the
The Rangoon Man The Rangoon Man The Rangoon Man is the 240th novel in the long-running Nick Carter-Killmaster series. The book was written by Jack Canon. The book was first published in 1988. There's enough high-caliber hardware stockpiled in monsoon-soaked Rangoon to start a war... or a revolution. And Sidney Chong is holding all the cards. He's blackmailing half the Burmese government and using an elite society of martial arts assassins to do his bidding. Now the Killmaster has to stop him and time is ticking away. But how could N3 guess that his ace in the hole would be the brainy and