In Laos, women's rugby flourishes on unsuitable grounds

Diving into tackles on the lush green grass at the Southeast Asian Games is a rare treat for the Laos rugby sevens teams who are more used to sidestepping motorbikes during training on a gravelly car park in Vientiane.

In the country, where many live without electricity and unexploded ordnance litters rural areas, rugby is a sport that is only just starting to take root.

So if the small grass area next door to the United States ambassador's residence in the Lao capital is unavailable, the switch moves and passing drills take place in a nearby car park with plastic cones to try and deter the motorbikes.