Hong Kong Premiership week three round-up: goodbye losing skids, hello challengers
- Tigers men’s earn first win in two seasons as teams see vulnerability in reigning champions Football Club
- Kowloon women’s get first points on the board while Tigers extend lead with a stunning 13 tries

It was a memorable week for the underdogs as both the Hong Kong men’s and women’s Premierships saw dramatic comebacks and the ending of losing skids. As the city continues its fight against Covid-19, mask wearing and social distancing protocols remained mandatory in week three.
Following two rounds of feeling out and gauging this year’s league standard, the Saxo Markets Men’s Premiership and KPMG Women’s Premiership are now expected to press on – there is simply no time for excuses in this shortened campaign.
Last season’s men’s league trailers Borrelli Walsh USRC Tigers earned an emphatic first win in two seasons at the expense of Herbert Smith Freehills HKU Sandy Bay, while women’s contenders DAC Kowloon won their first four points to vacate that bottom spot.

Meanwhile, reigning champions Natixis Hong Kong Football Club edged Kowloon 20-19 in what could have been another remarkable upset. An early haul of tries was just enough to keep Kowloon’s late surge at bay, but surrounding players and coaches will have perked up at Football Club’s apparent vulnerability. Jack Wiggins’ men nonetheless hold a healthy five-point lead and higher points difference than the rest of the field after three weeks of the season.