The Hong Kong women's national rugby union team represents Hong Kong in women's
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 it ...
. 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
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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
2021 Rugby World Cup qualifier that was to be held in Dubai due to travel restrictions linked to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
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 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
{{National sports teams of Hong Kong
Asian national women's rugby union teams
Rugby union in Hong Kong
Hong Kong rugby union teams
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