Hong Kong women's national rugby union team explained
| Hong Kong |
| Type: | Women |
| Union: | Hong Kong Rugby Union |
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| Pattern B1: | _hongkong_rugby |
| Pattern Ra1: | _hongkong_rugby |
| Leftarm1: | 0000ff |
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| Shorts1: | 000080 |
| Socks1: | 000080 |
| World Rugby Rank: | 18 |
| World Rugby Rank Date: | 28 October 2024 |
| 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) |
| World Rugby Max: | 17 |
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.
Records
Overall
See also: List of Hong Kong women's national rugby union team matches. (Full internationals only)
Rugby: Hong Kong internationals 1998-! Opponent! First game! Played! Won! Drawn! Lost!Percentage | 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% | |
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Rugby World Cup
Players
Recent squad
On 19 August 2024, Hong Kong announced their 30-player squad for the WXV 3 competition in Dubai.[13] [14]
Head coach: 
Andrew Douglas
Award winners
The following Hong Kong players have been recognised at the World Rugby Awards since 2001:[15]
Team Management
Management for WXV 3.[16]
- Programme Lead – Royce Chan
- Manager – Dora Kwok
- Coach – Andrew Douglas
- Asst Coach – Sam Beard
- Asst Coach – Lewis Wilson
- S&C Coach – lan Bonnet
- S&C Coach – Peter Nugent
- Physio – Sophie Raine
- Physio – Jonathan Mitchell Moses
- Analyst – Jake Martin
References
- News: HK Women's Rugby World Cup Debut - The birth of a legacy. 2017-08-18. Third Culture. 2017-09-23. en-US.
- Web site: Hong Kong out to end Women's Rugby World Cup debut on a high note. 25 August 2017. www.hkrugby.com. 2017-09-23.
- Web site: Womens Rugby World Cup 2017. 2017-08-09. www.rwcwomens.com. en-gb. 2017-09-23.
- Web site: 22 July 2017 . Hong Kong Squad Selected For Women's World Cup Debut . 2 September 2017 . Irish Rugby.ie.
- Web site: 2019-10-28 . Hong Kong win in Fiji . https://web.archive.org/web/20191028123346/https://www.scrumqueens.com/news/hong-kong-win-fiji . 2019-10-28 . 2022-05-15 .
- Web site: 2019-10-28 . Samoa shock Hong Kong at Asia Pacific . https://web.archive.org/web/20191028123738/https://www.scrumqueens.com/news/samoa-shock-hong-kong-asia-pacific . 2019-10-28 . 2022-05-15 .
- Web site: 2019-06-03 . Samoa win Asia Pacific . https://web.archive.org/web/20190603231905/https://www.scrumqueens.com/news/samoa-win-asia-pacific . 2019-06-03 . 2022-05-15 .
- News: 2022-01-21. Samoa, Hong Kong women out of World Cup qualification due to COVID-19. en. Reuters. 2022-01-22.
- Web site: 2022-01-22. HKRU withdraws Women's XV from Rugby World…. 2022-01-22. Hong Kong Rugby Union. en.
- Web site: 2022-01-21. Omicron restrictions force Hong Kong's women to end Rugby World Cup dream. 2022-01-22. South China Morning Post. en.
- Web site: 2022-12-12 . New-look Hong Kong at record high in World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini . 2022-12-21 . www.world.rugby.
- Web site: 2022-12-19 . 2022 in Review: World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini . 2022-12-21 . www.world.rugby.
- Web site: 2024-08-19 . Hong Kong China Confirm WXV3 2024 Squad . 2024-09-24 . RugbyAsia247 . en-US.
- Web site: 2024-08-19 . Hong Kong name 30-strong squad for WXV3, with a Rugby World Cup spot on the line . 2024-09-24 . South China Morning Post . en.
- News: Awards Roll of Honour - World Rugby . www.world.rugby . 16 March 2024 . en.
- Web site: 2024-08-19 . Hong Kong China Confirm WXV3 2024 Squad . 2024-09-24 . RugbyAsia247 . en-US.
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