The Hong Kong national rugby sevens team is a regular participant in the

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. The team's greatest achievements include winning the gold medal at the

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in Jakarta and winning the

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in 2012, 2014 and 2016. Their current coach is Paul John. Formerly

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was the head coach. The men’s and women’s Hong Kong national sevens teams were granted elite sport status by the

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on 1 April 2013, which means the HKRFU national sevens teams receive an annual stipend to be distributed to qualified players from the target teams. In November 2013, former Wales sevens coach

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took over as head of the men's rugby sevens programme at the

. At the same time, Dai Rees was promoted to be the HKRFU's head of technical development and performance.

Tournament history

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Asian Games

Current squad

Squad to

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: #Max Woodward (Captain) #Michael Coverdale #Liam Herbert #Jamie Hood #Hugo Stiles #

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#Callum McCullough #Russell Webb #Seb Brien #Harry Sayers #James Christie

Player records

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''As of 27 September 2021, or after the

Most appearances

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– 47 # Carl Murray – 39 #Ricky Cheuk – 39 #Andrew Chambers – 38 # Jamie Hood – 37

Most points

# Carl Murray – 139 # Keith Robertson – 135 #

– 105 # Matthew Reede – 90 # Ricky Cheuk – 75

Most tries

– 21 # Matthew Reede – 18 # Keith Robertson – 15 # Ricky Cheuk – 15 # Tom McQueen – 13

Most conversions

# Carl Murray – 48 # Keith Robertson – 30 # Russell Webb – 19 # Nigel D'Arce – 17 # Jamie Hood – 16

Most tackles

# Max Woodward – 42 # Liam Herbert – 32 # Jamie Hood – 31 #

– 30 # Michael Coverdale – 28

Honours

Gold Medal * 2014 Asian Games Silver Medal * 2013 China National Games Silver Medal * 2010 Asian Games Silver Medal *

2009 East Asian Games ) , Host city = Hong Kong , Teams participating = 9 , Athletes participating = 2,377 , Events = 262 events in 22 sports , Opening ceremony = December 5, 2009 , Closing ceremony = December 13, 2009 , Officially opened by = State Councilor ...

Silver Medal *2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018

Runner-Up *2012, 2014, 2016

Champions

References

{{National sports teams of Hong Kong Rugby union in Hong Kong Sevens National rugby sevens teams