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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. History Hong Kong made their World Cup debut at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. 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. Samoa won the Championship after beating Fiji 15–12. 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. Hong Kong defeated Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ... twice; they made a come back in the first test to win 31–17, and won the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Rugby Union
Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) is the governing body for rugby union in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1952 and became affiliated to World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) in 1988.Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) pp 67, 68 It organises and oversees local rugby, including the annual Hong Kong Sevens tournament and the HKRU Premierships. History In November 2022, Glory to Hong Kong was played after a match between the teams from South Korea and Hong Kong. The HKRU said "The HKRU expressed its extreme dissatisfaction at this occurrence and has received a full explanation of the circumstances that led to this. Whilst we accept this was a case of human error it was nevertheless not acceptable." Media reported that the local organizer had earlier asked each team for a copy of their anthems to play at the competition, but the Hong Kong team did not submit one. Later in November 2022, the head of HKRU, Robbie McRobbie, said new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby World Cup (women)
The Rugby World Cup is the women's rugby union world championship which is organised by World Rugby. The first Rugby World Cup for women was held in 1991, but it was not until the 1998 tournament that the tournament received official backing from the International Rugby Board (IRB, now World Rugby); by 2009, the IRB had retroactively recognized the 1991 and 1994 tournaments and their champions. The tournament is currently held every four years, and was most recently held in New Zealand in 2021, postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Three countries have won the women's Rugby World Cup since its establishment, with New Zealand having won the tournament a record six times. The championship was previously branded as the Women's Rugby World Cup. As part of an effort to promote greater parity between the championship and its men's counterpart, the Rugby World Cup, World Rugby announced in 2019 that the women's championship would be officially marketed under the title Rug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union In Hong Kong
Rugby union in Hong Kong is long established, partly as a result of its being a British colony. In contrast to the People's Republic of China, it has had a continuous existence dating back over a hundred years, and is most notable for the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, the best known of the rugby sevens tournaments. The top domestic club competition is the HKRFU Premiership. Governing Body The Hong Kong Rugby Football Union was established in 1952, and joined the IRB in 1988.Bath, Richard (ed.) ''The Complete Book of Rugby'' (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ) pp 67, 68 History Rugby football has been played in Hong Kong for over a hundred and fifty years. Hong Kong is best known for its development of rugby sevens, an abbreviated code from Melrose in the Scottish Borders. Naturally it became popular amongst other groups in the city, particularly other white ex-patriates. Hong Kong Football Club was established in 1886, and played its first game of rugby against a 'Garrison XV' the same ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian National Women's Rugby Union Teams
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Jessica Ho (rugby Union)
Jessica Ho Wai-on (born 12 May 1992) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. She competed for Hong Kong in their first World Cup appearance in 2017. Biography Ho graduated from the University of Exeter in 2014, she studied Sports Science. She made her debut for Hong Kong against Fiji in 2016. In 2018 she was selected for Hong Kong's end-of-year tour of Spain and Wales. Ho toured the Netherlands in 2019 and helped Hong Kong win their first test series in Europe. In 2019 she featured for the Hong Kong sevens team at the Asia Sevens Qualifiers and at the Repechage tournament in Monaco. She was named in the squad that played in a two-test series against Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ... in December 2022. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ho, Jessica Living p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Olson-Thorne
Natasha Shangwe Olson-Thorne (born 6 October 1992) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. She represented Hong Kong at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland, Hong Kong's first World Cup appearance. Olson-Thorne created history when she scored Hong Kong's first World Cup try in their match against Wales. Biography Olson-Thorne began playing rugby at the age of 15 while attending Sha Tin College. She made her international debut for the Hong Kong women's national rugby union team in 2010. She then made her sevens debut at the 2011 Hong Kong Women's Sevens. In 2015 she graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise and Health. She captained the sevens team for the first time at the 2016 Hong Kong Women's Sevens, it was her sixth appearance at the tournament. Olson-Thorne was also in the sevens team vying for a spot at the 2016 Summer Olympics via a repechage tournament in Dublin. She was in the 2021 sevens squad that 'narrowly' missed th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wong Yuen-shan
Wong Yuen-shan is a Hong Kong rugby union player. She represented Hong Kong at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, it was Hong Kong's first World Cup appearance. Biography Wong featured in Hong Kong's Rugby World Cup repechage match against Japan in 2016. She started in the two games against Japan at the 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Championship. She started in Hong Kong's first World Cup match against Canada, her side was routed 98–0. She also started in the ninth place semi-final match against Spain. Wong was named in the squad that played in a two-test series against Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ... in December 2022. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wong, Yuen-shan Living people Hong Kong people Hong Kong rugby union players Hong Kong female rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agnes Chan Tsz-ching
Agnes Chan Tsz-ching (born 14 March 1996) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. She was selected for Hong Kong's squad to the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. Biography In 2018, Chan made her Hong Kong Women's Sevens debut. It was a qualifier for the 2018–19 Women's Sevens Series. She also featured at the 2019 Hong Kong Women's Sevens as Hong Kong tried to qualify for the 2019–20 Women's Sevens Series. She was named in Hong Kong's sevens squad to the 2021 Asia Women's Sevens Series which acted as a qualifier for the 2022 Sevens World Cup and a seeding event for the 2022 Asian Games. Unfortunately Hong Kong won bronze and did not qualify. Chan was named in the squad that played in a two-test series against Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chow Mei-nam
Chow Mei-nam (born 14 November 1988) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. Chow made her international debut for Hong Kong in 2015 against Japan. She captained Hong Kong in their first World Cup appearance in 2017. Biography Chow is a P.E. teacher at Hotung Secondary School. After the 2017 World Cup she spent some time in New Zealand and played for College Rifles RFC. She made her rugby sevens debut at the Olympic Repechage tournament in Monaco in 2021. Chow was named in the squad that played in a two-test series against Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ... in December 2022. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Chow, Mei-nam 1988 births Living people Hong Kong people Hong Kong rugby union players Hong Kong female rugby union players Hong Kong female ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Ka-shun
Lee Ka-shun (born 24 March 1989) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. She made her international debut for Hong Kong in 2013. Lee represented Hong Kong at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. Biography Lee is the former women's record holder for Discus in Hong Kong. She featured for Hong Kong in the 2014 Asia Women's Four Nations and the 2016 Asia Rugby Women's Championship. She played against Fiji in 2016 in a repechage match for the 2017 World Cup. Lee was selected for Hong Kong's tour of Spain before the World Cup in 2017. In 2019, she was in the squad that beat Netherlands in a two-match series and claimed Hong Kong's first test series win in Europe. She scored a try in the second half of the first test to help her side beat the Dutch women 14–12. Lee was named in the squad that played in a two-test series against Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Women's Rugby World Cup
The 2021 Rugby World Cup was the ninth staging of the women's Rugby World Cup, as organised by World Rugby. It was held from 8 October to 12 November 2022 in Auckland and Whangārei, New Zealand. It was originally scheduled to be held in 2021, but was postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first women's Rugby World Cup to be hosted by New Zealand, and by a country in the Southern Hemisphere. New Zealand were also the defending champions. The tournament introduced changes such as replacement of classification play-offs in the knockout stage with quarter-finals, and a longer scheduling window with at least five days between matches. It was also the first to not be marketed by World Rugby as the "Women's Rugby World Cup", due to a decision to market both the men's and women's tournaments under the "Rugby World Cup" title with no disambiguation beginning in 2021. Host selection On 14 November 2018, World Rugby announced that New Zealand would host the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Women's Rugby World Cup
The 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup was the seventh edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup, and the sixth held in Europe. The World Cup Final took place on 17 August. All of the pool games for the World Cup took place at the Centre National du Rugby (CNR) in Marcoussis and Marcoussis Rugby Club with the French union adopting the concept of restricting the tournament to one or two locations as in the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup in London. Marcoussis is about 20 miles south of Paris. The knockout stages of the tournament also saw matches played at the CNR in Marcoussis, with the semi-finals, Bronze Final and Final taking place at Stade Jean-Bouin in the French capital – home of Stade Français. The matches took place on 1, 5, 9, and 13 August with the final played on 17 August. The tournament format was the same as in 2010, with 12 teams split into three pools of four. The pool allocation draw took place once all 12 teams were confirmed. England won the final 21-9 against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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