The territory's native Welsh players succeeded where their more illustrious compatriots in Britain failed, beating Ireland to win the Hong Kong Country of Origin tournament at Aberdeen yesterday.
Huw Williams' two tries were enough to give the local Welsh team a 12-0 victory in the final after both teams won their preliminary groups.
Wales were beaten 30-17 by the Irish in a Five Nations encounter earlier this month before staging an amazing turnaround to beat title-contenders France 16-15 in their final match.
Probably drawing inspiration from the French win, the Hong Kong Welsh went through their group matches without dropping a game, including a narrow 3-0 win over the Hong Kong French.
They also scored wins over England (7-0), Japan (26-0) and Rest of the World (17-5).
Ireland included the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union's chief executive Pieter Schats in their team, but lost one match in their preliminary group, 5-12 to last year's winners New Zealand.
