Major development on the cards for Hong Kong women’s rugby
HKRU appoints two full-time experts to develop fast-growing sector
Women’s rugby – the fastest-growing sector of the game in Hong Kong – has been given a major boost with the appointment of two full-time experts to help develop it even further.
Jo Hull, previously involved in senior women’s development with the Scottish Rugby Union, has joined the Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) as women’s rugby performance manager. She will also take over with immediate effect as senior coach of the Hong Kong women’s fifteens squad.
Joining Hull is one of Hong Kong rugby’s most accomplished and respected former players, Sam Feausi, who is the HKRU’s new women’s rugby development manager.
Feausi won caps for Hong Kong at both sevens and fifteens and adds a deep local understanding to the broader international experience of Hull, who coached Scotland at the 2006 Women’s Rugby World Cup and acted as their performance manager at the World Cup four years later.
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In addition to her role with the national team, Hull will be tasked to look after all the international squads outside of the women’s sevens programme, which is co-ordinated by Hong Kong Sports Institute coaches Gareth Baber and Anna Richards.