The Hong Kong women's national rugby union team represents Hong Kong in women's

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. They played their first international match in 1998 against

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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

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. They played in a round-robin competition against

and

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. They defeated Fiji 29–10 and lost to Samoa 34–12. Samoa won the Championship after beating Fiji 15–12. They withdrew from the

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qualifier that was to be held in Dubai due to travel restrictions linked to the

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. Hong Kong defeated

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twice; they made a come back in the first test to win 31–17, and won the second test 14–12. They made a huge climb in rankings after jumping up four places from 18th to their current rank of 15th.

Records

Overall

''(Full internationals only)''

Rugby World Cup

Squad

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

Previous squads

References

External links

Official website
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