Wong Yuen-shan is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player. She represented

at the

2017 Women's Rugby World Cup The 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup was the eighth edition of the Women's Rugby World Cup and was held in Ireland in August 2017. New Zealand became the 2017 champions by beating England 41–32 in the final on 26 August. Matches were held in Dubl ...

, it was Hong Kong's first World Cup appearance.

Biography

Wong featured in Hong Kong's Rugby World Cup repechage match against

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in 2016. She started in the two games against Japan at the

2017 Asia Rugby Women's Championship The 2017 Asia Rugby Women's Championship was from 8th – 15th July. The first round was hosted by Japan and Hong Kong the second round. Japan claimed the championship after defeating Hong Kong. Table Results Round 1 Round 2 R ...

. She started in Hong Kong's first World Cup match against

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, her side was routed 98–0. She also started in the ninth place semi-final match against

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. Wong was named in the squad that played in a two-test series against

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in December 2022.

References

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