Hong Kong women's national rugby union team
| Union | Hong Kong Rugby Union | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | Royce Chan | |
| ||
World Cup | ||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2017) | |
| Best result | 12 (2017) | |
The Hong Kong women's national rugby union team represents Hong Kong in women's
.History
Hong Kong made their World Cup debut at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1][2][3][4] Hong Kong competed at the 2019 Asia Pacific Championship in Fiji. They played in a round-robin competition against Fiji and Samoa. They defeated Fiji 29–10 and lost to Samoa 34–12.[5][6] Samoa won the Championship after beating Fiji 15–12.[7]
They withdrew from the 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifier that was to be held in Dubai due to travel restrictions linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8][9][10]
In 2022, Hong Kong defeated Kazakhstan twice; they made a come back in the first test to win 31–17, and won the second test 14–12.[11][12] They made a huge climb in rankings after jumping up four places from 18th to their current rank of 15th.[11][12]
Records
Overall
| Rank | Change* | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
 England |
96.18 |
| 2 | |
 New Zealand |
90.56 |
| 3 | |
 France |
88.00 |
| 4 | |
 Canada |
86.27 |
| 5 | |
 Australia |
81.61 |
| 6 |  1 |
 Scotland |
77.17 |
| 7 |  1 |
 Italy |
75.13 |
| 8 | |
 Wales |
73.41 |
| 9 | |
 United States |
72.57 |
| 10 | |
 Ireland |
72.35 |
| 11 | |
 Japan |
69.38 |
| 12 | |
 South Africa |
65.17 |
| 13 | |
 Spain |
65.15 |
| 14 | |
 Russia |
61.10 |
| 15 | |
 Samoa |
59.57 |
| 16 | |
 Netherlands |
58.98 |
| 17 | |
 Fiji |
58.65 |
| 18 | |
 Hong Kong |
58.31 |
| 19 | |
 Kazakhstan |
55.97 |
| 20 | |
 Sweden |
52.72 |
| *Change from the previous week | |||
(Full internationals only)
| Opponent | First game | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada
|
2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
 China
|
2006 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
| Fiji
|
2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Japan
|
1998 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 5.88% |
| Kazakhstan
|
2009 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 33.33% |
 Kyrgyzstan
|
2008 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Malaysia
|
2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
| Netherlands
|
2019 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67% |
| New Zealand
|
2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Samoa
|
2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
 Singapore
|
2006 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 83.33% |
| Spain
|
2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% |
| Sweden
|
2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
 Thailand
|
2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
 Uzbekistan
|
2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
| Wales
|
2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
| Summary | 1998 | 56 | 21 | 1 | 34 | 37.50% |
Rugby World Cup
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | PF | PA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong was not invited to any of the Rugby World Cups between 1991–1998
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| 2002
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Did not qualify | |||||||
| 2006
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| 2010
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| 2014
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| 2017
|
11th place playoff | 12th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 333 |
2021
|
Withdrew due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| Total | 1/9 | 12th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 333 |
Players
Recent squad
23-player squad that faced Kazakhstan in the 2023 Asia Rugby Women's Championship:[14]
| # | Player | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ball NG Ki-sum | Prop
|
| 2 | Iris LAM Tim-yeung | Hooker
|
| 3 | LEE Ka-shun (co-captain) | Prop
|
| 4 | Roshini TURNER | Lock
|
| 5 | CHOW Mei-nam | Lock
|
| 6 | Wai Yan PUN | Flanker |
| 7 | Nim Yan Melody Blessing LI | Flanker |
| 8 | Duc LAM Tsz-yan | No. 8
|
| 9 | Jess HO Wai-on | Scrum-half
|
| 10 | Aileen RYAN | Fly-half
|
| 11 | Ka Yan CHONG | Wing
|
| 12 | Jiayu QIAN | Centre
|
| 13 | Natasha OLSON-THORNE | Centre
|
| 14 | Ka Man NAM | Wing
|
| 15 | Rosanna Jean WRIGHT | Fullback
|
| 16 | Fion GOT Yuei Tein | |
| 17 | Hiu Tung CHAN | |
| 18 | Megan Rachel RICHARDSON | |
| 19 | Chloe BALTAZAR | |
| 20 | Maggie AU YEUNG Sin-yi | |
| 21 | King To AU | |
| 22 | Hoi Ching FUNG | |
| 23 | Zoe SMITH |