Football Club take control after convincing win over Valley as Tigers and Sandy Bay earn victories in HKRU Premiership
- Tigers secure a bonus point, scoring 25 in the second half to complete a 35-31 victory over Scottish
- Huw Alexander’s late tally gives Kowloon a bonus point in defeat as they try to hold on to second place in the table
Societe Generale Valley RFC started Super Saturday in the Dettol Premiership in third place. By the time two earlier games had been played, they dropped to fifth and needed to beat league leaders Natixis HKFC. However, Valley failed to move from that position as they fell to a heavy 50-12 loss to their rivals.
A win over Club means more than any other for the Valley team and lock Chris Allman showed that passion early on after charging down a clearance kick from Jamie Lauder to score in the corner. The conversion was wide as Valley led 5-0 but it was not to be their night.
Football Club controlled matters for the rest of the game, and Valley did their best to help. HKFC fullback Niall Rowark was given five penalty opportunities from the tee in the opening half, slotting all to give Club a 15-5 lead before the blue and whites notched a first try. That came from another Hong Kong international in the HKFC backline, Jamie Hood. ‘
HKFC made sure of their attacking opportunities, especially from the set piece. The 62 points between the two teams brought the day’s total to 199 from three matches.
HKFC increased their lead in the league with the bonus point win pushing them out to 42 points, ahead of Kowloon on 26, Sandy Bay on 22, Tigers on 20 and Valley and Scottish bringing up the back on 19 each.
Kroll USRC Tigers beat KPMG HK Scottish 35-31 behind a 25-point second half to secure a bonus point win and escape the Premiership cellar. ImpactHK HKU Sandy Bay erased a 12-0 deficit early on to produce a four-try bonus point in the first half before going on to overwhelm DAC Kowloon 43-24.