Hong Kong women's national rugby union team

The Hong Kong women's national rugby union team represents Hong Kong in women's rugby union. They played their first international match in 1998 against Japan. They made their Rugby World Cup debut in 2017 in Ireland.

For the men's team, see Hong Kong national rugby union team. For the women's sevens team, see Hong Kong women's national rugby sevens team.
Hong Kong
UnionHong Kong Rugby Union
Head coachRoyce Chan
First colours
World Rugby ranking
Current15 (as of 9 January 2023)
First international
 Hong Kong 14–42 Japan 
(Kumagaya, Japan 8 April 1998)
Biggest win
 Hong Kong 81–0 Malaysia 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 December 2010)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 121–0 Hong Kong 
(Dublin, Ireland 13 August 2017)
World Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2017)
Best result12 (2017)

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]

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
See also: List of Hong Kong women's national rugby union team matches
Women's World Rugby Rankings
Top 20 rankings as of 15 May 2023[13]
RankChange*TeamPoints
1 Steady England094.55
2 Steady New Zealand093.19
3 Steady France089.62
4 Steady Canada084.67
5 Steady Australia078.00
6 Steady Wales077.00
7 Steady United States076.80
8 Steady Italy074.63
9 Steady Scotland071.19
10 Steady Ireland071.09
11 Steady Japan067.94
12 Steady Spain066.35
13 Steady South Africa066.15
14 Steady Russia061.10
15 Increase1 Netherlands060.02
16 Decrease1 Hong Kong059.22
17 Steady Fiji058.33
18 Steady Samoa058.01
19 Steady Kazakhstan057.09
20 Steady Sweden056.01
*Change from the previous week

(Full internationals only)

Rugby: Hong Kong internationals 1998-
Opponent First game Played Won Drawn Lost Percentage
 Canada 2017 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 China 2006 2 1 0 1 50%
 Fiji 2016 2 2 0 0 100%
 Japan 1998 17 1 0 16 5.88%
 Kazakhstan 2009 5 2 0 3 40%
 Kyrgyzstan 2008 1 1 0 0 100%
 Malaysia 2010 1 1 0 0 100%
 Netherlands 2023 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 New Zealand 2017 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Samoa 2019 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 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 0.00%
 Uzbekistan 2008 1 0 0 1 0.00%
 Wales 2017 2 0 0 2 0.00%
Summary 1998 53 19 1 33 35.85%


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
Spain 2002 Did not qualify
Canada 2006
England 2010
France 2014
Ireland 2017 11th place playoff 12th 5 0 0 5 27 333
New Zealand 2021 Withdrew due to COVID-19 pandemic
Total 1/9 12th 5 0 0 5 27 333

Squad

23-player squad that faced Kazakhstan in a two-match series on the 10th and 17th December 2022:[14][15][16]

Player Position
LEE Ka-shun (co-captain) Forward
CHOW Mei-nam Forward
Roshini TURNER Forward
Fion GOT Yuei Tein Forward
Iris LAM Tim-yeung Forward
Chloe BALTAZAR Forward
Micayla BALTAZAR Forward
Maggie AU YEUNG Sin-yi Forward
Agnes CHAN Tsz-ching Forward
Ball NG Ki-sum Forward
Duc LAM Tsz-yan Forward
WONG Yuen-shan Forward
Rosetti TSANG Hoi-laam Forward
Natasha OLSON-THORNE (co-captain) Back
Jess HO Wai-on Back
Jess EDEN Back
Aileen RYAN Back
Vivian POON Hoi-yan Back
Zoe SMITH Back
Georgia RIVERS Back
Cherly SO Yee-kei Back
Sabay LYNAM Back
QIAN Jiayu Back

Previous squads

References
  1. "HK Women's Rugby World Cup Debut - The birth of a legacy". Third Culture. 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  2. "Hong Kong out to end Women's Rugby World Cup debut on a high note". www.hkrugby.com. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  3. "Womens Rugby World Cup 2017". www.rwcwomens.com. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-09-23.
  4. "Hong Kong Squad Selected For Women's World Cup Debut". Irish Rugby.ie. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  5. "Hong Kong win in Fiji". web.archive.org. 2019-10-28. Archived from the original on May 2019. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  6. "Samoa shock Hong Kong at Asia Pacific". web.archive.org. 2019-10-28. Archived from the original on May 2019. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  7. "Samoa win Asia Pacific". web.archive.org. 2019-06-03. Archived from the original on June 2019. Retrieved 2022-05-15.
  8. "Samoa, Hong Kong women out of World Cup qualification due to COVID-19". Reuters. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  9. "HKRU withdraws Women's XV from Rugby World…". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  10. "Omicron restrictions force Hong Kong's women to end Rugby World Cup dream". South China Morning Post. 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  11. "New-look Hong Kong at record high in World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini". www.world.rugby. 2022-12-12. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  12. "2022 in Review: World Rugby Women's Rankings powered by Capgemini". www.world.rugby. 2022-12-19. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  13. "Women's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  14. "Hong Kong v Kazakhstan: Everything You Need To Know". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  15. "Hong Kong Women XV Celebrate Win Over Kazakhstan". RugbyAsia247. 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  16. "Hong Kong Women XV Looking For Series Clean Sweep Over Kazakhstan". RugbyAsia247. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
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