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Hong Kong women's national rugby union team

The Hong Kong women's national rugby union team represents Hong Kong in women's rugby union. They played their first international match in 1998 against Japan. They made their Rugby World Cup debut in 2017 in Ireland.

History

Hong Kong made their World Cup debut at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1][2][3][4] Hong Kong competed at the 2019 Asia Pacific Championship in Fiji. They played in a round-robin competition against Fiji and Samoa. They defeated Fiji 29–10 and lost to Samoa 34–12.[5][6] Samoa won the Championship after beating Fiji 15–12.[7]

They withdrew from the 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifier that was to be held in Dubai due to travel restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9][10]

In 2022, Hong Kong defeated Kazakhstan twice; they made a come back in the first test to win 31–17, and won the second test 14–12.[11][12] They made a huge climb in rankings after jumping up four places from 18th to their current rank of 15th.[11][12]

Records

Overall

(Full internationals only)

Rugby World Cup


Players

Recent squad

23-player squad that faced Kazakhstan in the 2023 Asia Rugby Women's Championship:[14]

Previous squads

Award winners

The following Hong Kong players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2001:[15]

Coaching staff

References

  1. ^ "HK Women's Rugby World Cup Debut - The birth of a legacy". Third Culture. 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong out to end Women's Rugby World Cup debut on a high note". www.hkrugby.com. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  3. ^ "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong Squad Selected For Women's World Cup Debut". Irish Rugby.ie. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Hong Kong win in Fiji". 2019-10-28. Archived from the original on 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  6. ^ "Samoa shock Hong Kong at Asia Pacific". 2019-10-28. Archived from the original on 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  7. ^ "Samoa win Asia Pacific". 2019-06-03. Archived from the original on 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  8. ^ "Samoa, Hong Kong women out of World Cup qualification due to COVID-19". Reuters. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  9. ^ "HKRU withdraws Women's XV from Rugby World…". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  10. ^ "Omicron restrictions force Hong Kong's women to end Rugby World Cup dream". South China Morning Post. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  11. ^ a b "New-look Hong Kong at record high in World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini". www.world.rugby. 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  12. ^ a b "2022 in Review: World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini". www.world.rugby. 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  13. ^ "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Kazakhstan & Hong Kong, China Kick-off Asia Rugby Women's Championship". Asia Rugby. 2023-05-23. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  15. ^ "Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 16 March 2024.

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