Hong Kong women's national rugby union team

Hong Kong
Union	Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
Head coach	Jo Hull
	First colours
	First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	18 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
	Hong Kong 14–42 Japan ; (Kumagaya, Japan 8 April 1998)
Biggest win
	Hong Kong 81–0 Malaysia ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 December 2010)
Biggest defeat
	New Zealand 121–0 Hong Kong ; (Dublin, Ireland 13 August 2017)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2017)
Best result	12 (2017)

The Hong Kong women's national rugby union team first played in 1998.

History[]

Hong Kong made their World Cup debut at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] 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.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Squad[]

2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad: ^[8]

(VC)
Chong Ka-yan
Laurel Chor Lik-fung
Kelsie Bouttle
Jessica Ho Wai-on
Rose Hopewell-Fong Siu-lan
Lau Sze-wa
Lee Tsz-ting
Chloe Mak Ho-yee
Natasha Olson-Thorne
Aggie Poon Pak-yan
Colleen Tjosvold
Lindsay Varty
Chow Mei-nam (C)
Chan Ka-yan
Royce Chan Leong-sze
Agnes Chan Tsz-ching
Christy Cheng Ka-chi
Jasmine Cheung Shuk-han
Christine Gordon
Tammy Lau Nga-wun
Lee Ka-shun
Pun Wai-yan
Amelie Seure
Winnie Siu Wing-ni
Karen So Hoi-ting
Tsang Sin-yan
Wong Yuen-shan

Previous squads[]

Results summary[]

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Hong Kong internationals 1998-
Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Percentage
Canada	2017	1	0	0	1	0.00%
China	2006	2	1	0	1	50.00%
Fiji	2016	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Japan	1998	11	1	0	10	9.09%
Kazakhstan	2009	3	0	0	3	0.00%
Kyrgyzstan	2008	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Malaysia	2010	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Netherlands	2019	2	2	0	0	100.00%
New Zealand	2017	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Singapore	2006	11	9	1	1	86.36%
Spain	2015	3	0	0	3	0.00%
Thailand	2005	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Uzbekistan	2008	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Wales	2017	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Summary	1998	38	16	1	21	42.11%

Results[]

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering

1998 to 2009[]

Full international matches only:

[188]
	1998-04-08	Japan	42–14	Hong Kong	Kumagaya Rugby Stadium	[8/1/1]

[189]
	1998-04-12	Japan	39–0	Hong Kong	Kumagaya Rugby Stadium	[9/2/2]

[296]
	2000-12-15 (WCQ)	Hong Kong	0–62	Japan	Aberdeen Park, Hong Kong	[3/11/3]

[504]
	2005-06-03 (WCQ)	Hong Kong	0–78	Japan	Bangkok	[4/18/4]

[506]
	2005-06-05 (WCQ)	Thailand	20–18	Hong Kong	Bangkok	[2/5/2]

[593]
	2006-11-17 (AC)	Hong Kong	12–0	Singapore	Kunming	[6/1/1]

[596]
	2006-11-19 (AC)	China	31–7	Hong Kong	Kunming	[2/7/1]

[705]
	2008-06-03 (AC)	Hong Kong	6–8	Uzbekistan	Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan	[8/1/1]

[708]
	2008-06-07 (AC)	Hong Kong	49–0	Kyrgyzstan	Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan	[9/2/1]

[720]
	2008-12-04	Singapore	10–10	Hong Kong	Saint Andrew's School, Singapore	[8/10/2]

[721]
	2008-12-05	Singapore	0–5	Hong Kong	Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore	[9/11/3]

[771]
	2009-10-10	Hong Kong	22–17	Singapore	Hong Kong	[12/11/4]

[774]
	2009-11-04 (WCQ)	Hong Kong	14–58	Kazakhstan	Republic Polytechnic, Singapore	[13/42/1]

[775]
	2009-11-06 (WCQ)	Singapore	3–16	Hong Kong	Padang, Singapore	[11/14/5]

2010s[]

[825]
	2010-05-22	Japan	17–0	Hong Kong	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo	[27/15/5]

[865]
	2010-12-18	Malaysia	0–81	Hong Kong	Royal Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur	[2/16/1]

[882]
	2011-04-29	Hong Kong	0–15	Japan	Hong Kong	[17/28/6]

[890]
	2011-05-21	Hong Kong	53–8	Singapore	Hong Kong	[18/14/6]

[945]
	2012-05-19	Japan	61–15	Hong Kong	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	[29/19/7]

[952]
	2012-07-05 (AC)	Japan	41–17	Hong Kong	Kunshan, China	[30/20/8]

[954]
	2012-07-07 (AC)	China	3–27	Hong Kong	Kunshan, China	[9/21/2]

[966]
	2012-12-12	Singapore	21–45	Hong Kong	Yio Chu Kang Stadium	[17/22/7]

[967]
	2012-12-15	Singapore	17–44	Hong Kong	Yio Chu Kang Stadium	[18/23/8]

[990]
	2012-04-27	Hong Kong	29–0	Singapore	Hong Kong	[24/18/9]

[1011]
	2013-09-04 (AC)	Japan	82–0	Hong Kong	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty	[32/25/9]

[1013]
	2013-09-07 (AC)	Singapore	17–15	Hong Kong	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty	[21/26/10]

[1041]
	2014-05-18	Hong Kong	10–13	Kazakhstan	Aberdeen Sports Ground, Hong Kong	[27/54/2]

[1043]
	2014-05-21 (AC)	Hong Kong	15–14	Japan	Aberdeen Sports Ground, Hong Kong	[28/35/10]

[1044]
	2014-05-24 (AC)	Hong Kong	53–5	Singapore	Aberdeen Sports Ground, Hong Kong	[29/24/10]

[1108]
	2015-04-25 (AC)	Kazakhstan	40–0	Hong Kong	Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty	[64/28/3]

[1110]
	2015-05-23 (AC)	Hong Kong	12–27	Japan	Aberdeen Sports Ground, Hong Kong	[29/38/10]

[1122]
	2015-12-19	Spain	57–0	Hong Kong	Majadahonda	[112/30/1]

[1142]
	2016-05-14	Singapore	7–40	Hong Kong	Singapore	[25/31/11]

[1173]
	2016-12-09 (AC)	Hong Kong	45–7	Fiji	Hong Kong	[32/4/1]

[1175]
	2016-12-17 (AC)	Hong Kong	8–20	Japan	Hong Kong	[33/40/11]

[1193]
	2017-06-03	Spain	41–18	Hong Kong	Medina del Campo	[118/34/2]

[1201]
	2017-07-08 (AC)	Japan	58–0	Hong Kong	Shiroyama	[42/35/12]

[1203]
	2017-07-15 (AC)	Hong Kong	19–60	Japan	Hong Kong	[36/43/13]

[1208]
	2017-08-09 (WC)	Canada	98–0	Hong Kong	Billings Park UCD, Dublin	[123/37/1]

[1211]
	2017-08-13 (WC)	New Zealand	121–0	Hong Kong	Billings Park UCD, Dublin	[89/38/1]

[1221]
	2017-08-17 (WC)	Wales	39–15	Hong Kong	UCD Bowl, Dublin	[181/39/1]

[1225]
	2017-08-22 (WC)	Spain	31–7	Hong Kong	Queen's University Belfast	[123/40/3]

[1229]
	2017-08-26 (WC)	Japan	44–5	Hong Kong	Queen's University Belfast	[-/41/11]

[1275]
	2018-11-11	Spain	60–5	Hong Kong	Villajoyosa	[127/42/4]

[1278]
	2018-11-16	Wales	65–0	Hong Kong	Cardiff	[191/43/2]

[1313]
	2019-05-24 (APC)	Fiji	10–29	Hong Kong	Churchill Park, Lautoka	[9/44/2]

[1314]
	2019-05-28 (APC)	Hong Kong	12–34	Samoa	Churchill Park, Lautoka	[-/-/-]

Other matches[]

2007-12-01

	5–2	Hong Kong

Seoul

2007-12-02

	0–61	Hong Kong

Seoul

2015-12-15

Spain XV	59–12	Hong Kong XV

Hortaleza, Madrid

2016-11-16

Hong Kong XV	25–22	Kazakhstan XV

King's Park, Hong Kong

2016-11-20

Hong Kong XV	37–10	Kazakhstan XV

King's Park, Hong Kong

2017-05-30

Spain XV	19–8	Hong Kong XV

Estadio Pepe Rojo, Valladolid

References[]

^ "HK Women's Rugby World Cup Debut - The birth of a legacy". Third Culture. 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
^ "Irish Rugby". irishrugby.ie. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
^ "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.
^ "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
^ "Samoa, Hong Kong women out of World Cup qualification due to COVID-19". Reuters. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
^ "HKRU withdraws Women's XV from Rugby World…". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Omicron restrictions force Hong Kong's women to end Rugby World Cup dream". South China Morning Post. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
^ "Hong Kong Squad Selected For Women's World Cup Debut". Irish Rugby.ie. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

External links[]

[1] "HK Women's Rugby World Cup Debut - The birth of a legacy". Third Culture. 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2017-09-23.

[2] "Irish Rugby". irishrugby.ie. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-23.

[3] "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.

[4] "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-09-23.

[5] "Samoa, Hong Kong women out of World Cup qualification due to COVID-19". Reuters. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-22.

[6] "HKRU withdraws Women's XV from Rugby World…". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[7] "Omicron restrictions force Hong Kong's women to end Rugby World Cup dream". South China Morning Post. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-22.

[8] "Hong Kong Squad Selected For Women's World Cup Debut". Irish Rugby.ie. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

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