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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debut in

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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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. In 2022, 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. On 28 September 2024, Lee Ka-shun became Hong Kong China's most capped female player, she earned her 34th cap at the WXV 3 tournament against Fiji.

Records

Overall

''(Full internationals only)''

Rugby World Cup

Players

Recent squad

On 19 August 2024, Hong Kong announced their 30-player squad for the WXV 3 competition in

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. Head coach: Andrew Douglas

Previous squads

Award winners

The following Hong Kong players have been recognised at the

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since 2001:

Team Management

Management for WXV 3. * Programme Lead – Royce Chan * Manager – Dora Kwok * Coach – Andrew Douglas * Asst Coach – Sam Beard * Asst Coach – Lewis Wilson * S&C Coach – lan Bonnet * S&C Coach – Peter Nugent * Physio – Sophie Raine * Physio – Jonathan Mitchell Moses * Analyst – Jake Martin

References

External links

Official website
{{National sports teams of Hong Kong Asian national women's rugby union teams Rugby union in Hong Kong Rugby union teams in Hong Kong W fr:Équipe de Hong Kong de rugby à XV