Hong Kong | |
Type: | Women |
Union: | Hong Kong Rugby Union |
Pattern La1: | _hongkong_rugby |
Pattern B1: | _hongkong_rugby |
Pattern Ra1: | _hongkong_rugby |
Leftarm1: | 0000ff |
Rightarm1: | 0000ff |
Shorts1: | 000080 |
Socks1: | 000080 |
World Rugby Rank: | 17 |
World Rugby Rank Date: | 4 September 2023 |
First Game: | 14–42 (Kumagaya, Japan 8 April 1998) |
Largest Win: | 81–0 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 December 2010) |
Largest Loss: | 121–0 (Dublin, Ireland 13 August 2017) |
World Cup Apps: | 1 (First in 2017) |
World Cup Best: | 12 (2017) |
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.
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.
See also: List of Hong Kong women's national rugby union team matches. (Full internationals only)
2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
2006 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% | ||
2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
1998 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5.88% | ||
2009 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33.33% | ||
2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2019 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% | ||
2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
2006 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 83.33% | ||
2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | ||
2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% | ||
2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% | ||
2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% | ||
Summary | 1998 | 56 | 21 | 1 | 34 | 37.50% |
---|
23-player squad that faced Kazakhstan in the 2023 Asia Rugby Women's Championship:[13]
1 | Ball NG Ki-sum | Prop | |
2 | Iris LAM Tim-yeung | Hooker | |
3 | LEE Ka-shun (co-captain) | Prop | |
4 | Roshini TURNER | Lock | |
5 | CHOW Mei-nam | Lock | |
6 | Wai Yan PUN | Flanker | |
7 | Nim Yan Melody Blessing LI | Flanker | |
8 | Duc LAM Tsz-yan | No. 8 | |
9 | Jess HO Wai-on | Scrum-half | |
10 | Aileen RYAN | Fly-half | |
11 | Ka Yan CHONG | Wing | |
12 | Jiayu QIAN | Centre | |
13 | Natasha OLSON-THORNE | Centre | |
14 | Ka Man NAM | Wing | |
15 | Rosanna Jean WRIGHT | Fullback | |
16 | Fion GOT Yuei Tein | ||
17 | Hiu Tung CHAN | ||
18 | Megan Rachel RICHARDSON | ||
19 | Chloe BALTAZAR | ||
20 | Maggie AU YEUNG Sin-yi | ||
21 | King To AU | ||
22 | Hoi Ching FUNG | ||
23 | Zoe SMITH |
The following Hong Kong players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2001:[14]
width=40 align=center | Year | width=170 | Nominees | width=170 | Winners |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Ruth Mitchell | Ruth Mitchell | |||