40 years of fun: Kowloon Rugby Club prepares for a huge anniversary season
HKRU Premiership launches at King’s Park with a Super Saturday that sees men’s and women’s triple-headers in an action-packed opening day
From Boundary Road to So Kon Po and on to King’s Park, the Kowloon Rugby Club has carried the fun throughout a unique and historic 40 years of existence.
That’s not to say there hasn’t been some serious rugby along the way, with an array of golden eras and a raft of special players, including some of Hong Kong’s best.
The club, which was formed to provide affordable rugby for all with a focus on Chinese youth, is determined to use their anniversary season to accelerate a rebuild that will leave them well placed for years to come.
Kowloon has this season significantly boosted their Chinese membership numbers and are working hard to put pathways in place to ensure youth have a clear route to the senior sides.
“The whole point of this rebuild is there is much more depth to it,” said club chairman Jason Conlin.
“It [the anniversary] is the short window for what we have been building towards so that we can create the pathways for the future and sustainability. There is no doubt this is where it starts for us to take on the Football Clubs, Valleys and Cricket Clubs and start breaking their stranglehold.”
