Coach Brett Wilkinson does not mince words when describing his team’s previous season in the Hong Kong Men’s Premiership. “Horrible.”
Luckily his squad, who finished with a record of one win and 14 defeats in the league during the 2017-18 season, will get a chance to start afresh.
The side will no longer play under the Hong Kong Cricket Club banner, but instead will be called the Hong Kong University Sandy Bay Rugby Football Club, linking up with the junior programme that trains out of the Aberdeen Sports Club.
Coach Brett Wilkinson (centre) leads a training session at Aberdeen Sports Ground. Photo: K.Y. Cheng
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Wilkinson, heading into his sophomore season as coach for the top side, said they’re drawing as many positives from last year as they can heading into their 2018-19 fixtures.
“I love that we’re underdogs and we’re not expected to win anything,” he said. “It’s a challenge that we’re looking forward to.”
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General manager Grant Beuzeval, who took the job in July, said leaving the cricket club was “amicable” after 14 years.
