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Youth development, natural talent and a growing relationship with the Fiji National Sports Commission have Fiji Touch on course for greatness.

Scottish Touch has used the past six months to focus on building on the growing success of the game with youth development a core priority for the well-oiled association.

The Japanese call their country Nihon, which translates as the land where the sun originates, or the land of the rising sun. Something else is rising in East Asia, and that is Japan Touch, one of the success stories of the World Cup in Malaysia in 2019.

Lush tropical gardens, a gentle humid breeze, glittering modern skyscrapers, the fragrant smell of chilli crab, the sound of the referee’s whistle on a Touch field! This is Singapore.

An island nation, Singapore is situated just off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, in South- East Asia. It sits just 152 kilometres north of the equator, and along with Japan is one of Asia’s Touch powerhouses.

With the global focus rightly on the unprecedented impact of COVID-19, for Samoa, the pandemic followed hot on the heels of a measles epidemic that gripped the island nation in 2019. Despite the challenges, the resilient Samoa Touch Rugby Incorporated is working hard to return its talented players to the field of play.