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The HKRU’s annual mid-season international test series – which usually takes place in November or December – began in 2009 with a European tour by the Hong Kong fifteens squad. The aim is to develop the national team by giving them a chance to play against opposition from outside Asia.
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Under-19 and under-16 matches will pit Hong Kong-based talent against overseas-based counterparts in a return to the event’s traditional format.
Their 31-17 triumph blows out some cobwebs, leaving new head coach Royce Chan keen to ‘calm ourselves down’ before the second match.
Lewis Evans’ side finish final qualifying tournament on a high, with a thrilling 22-18 victory over Kenya on Friday night in Dubai.
Star trio Israel Folau, Malakai Fekitoa and Charles Piutau all missing from side for Saturday’s clash on the Sunshine Coast.
No 8 Josh Hrstich will ‘lead from the front’, coach says, as squad prepare to face South Korea in Asia Rugby Championship, with winner to play Tonga in World Cup qualifier.
Winner of Asia Rugby Championship will face Tonga for a place in France, but Hong Kong assesses whether it can field team, given lack of rugby since last year.
Japan need to play stronger opposition more often to keep progressing, talisman Michael Leitch says as he targets Eddie Jones’ England at 2023 World Cup.
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Back playing after a serious knee injury kept him out of last season, Hong Kong Cricket Club captain Liam Slatem already has one eye on Hong Kong’s 2017 November tests.
Next year’s Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens remain firmly in Jamie Hood’s sights despite the 29-year-old signing a contract to play with Japanese Top League side Ricoh Black Rams.
Hong Kong coach Leigh Jones has called for more overseas tours after his side were exposed under intense Kenyan pressure in a 34-10 loss in Nairobi last night.
The future is now for Leigh Jones and his men ahead of Saturday night’s test match against Kenya on what has been labelled a “really significant day for Hong Kong rugby”.
Despite a torrential downpour delaying the start of play and his side succumbing 24-18, Hong Kong coach Leigh Jones was quick to look for positives after Tuesday night’s friendly against Kenya A in Nairobi.
Years of playing and training together will ensure Hong Kong’s young ‘band of brothers’ enter Tuesday’s friendly against Kenya in Nairobi confident of making an immediate impact.
Hong Kong coach Leigh Jones is expecting his new-look side to come under a thorough examination as they embark on a two-game tour of Kenya.
More player depth and a stronger domestic competition are at the top of Hong Kong coach Leigh Jones’ wish list after his side finished the Asia Rugby Championship on a high on Saturday.
When Hong Kong captain Nick Hewson starts talking about the likes of Might and Power and Ethereal, it quickly becomes clear his background in thoroughbreds is more than just a bush hobby.
Hong Kong coach Leigh Jones has made five changes to his starting 15 from last week’s loss to Japan as his charges prepare to battle for second place against South Korea in the 2016 Asia Rugby Championship finale at Hong Kong Football Club on Saturday.
Hong Kong will enter next weekend’s must-win match against South Korea knowing a patchy performance like the one they delivered in Saturday’s 59-17 loss to Japan in Tokyo simply won’t cut it.
Alex Ng Wai-shing’s sporting journey has taken him from a soccer-playing schoolboy to the front row of the Hong Kong rugby team, becoming Hong Kong’s most capped Chinese player along the way.
Hong Kong got the points against South Korea in Incheon on Saturday but didn’t do enough to suggest genuinely challenging Japan is likely to happen any time soon, according to coach Leigh Jones.
It is time for Hong Kong’s newfound fitness and strength to translate into something tangible on the field after a solid, but uninspiring start to their Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) campaign.
Watch highlights from the Top Three divisions of the 2016 Asia Rugby Championship for men and women. The men’s ARC involves Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea and runs 30 April to 4 June, while the top-tier of the women’s ARC features only Japan and Hong Kong, following the withdrawal of Kazakhstan, and takes place 7-28 May.
Hong Kong will look to next weekend’s match with South Korea with confidence after a tough Asia Rugby Championship hit-out against Japan on Saturday.
There is not a single player from Japan’s 2015 World Cup squad stepping out at the Hong Kong Football Club on Saturday for their Asia Rugby Championship test against the hosts – but that is where the differences end for Hong Kong coach Leigh Jones.
