Hong Kong national rugby union team
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| Union | Hong Kong Rugby Football Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach |  Ivan Torpey |
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| Captain |  Tom Cameron |
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| Japan 24 - 22 Hong Kong (9 March 1969) |
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| Hong Kong 164 - 13 Singapore (27 October 1994) |
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| Japan 91 - 3 Hong Kong (7 May 2005) |
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The Hong Kong national rugby union team is the third tier rugby playing nation of Hong Kong. They first played in 1969 and have played 78 games to date. They have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup. Rugby union in Hong Kong is administered by the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union.
Hong Kong recently took part in the Asian world cup final qualifying round where they were against the two best teams in Asia which are Japan and Korea. In the 1st match against Japan, the resilient Hong Kong side lost 52-3 where the only points for Hong Kong came from a Rob Naylor penalty. In the 2nd match between Hong Kong and Korea it was a fiery encounter but Korea were the top team with 23-5 win over the hosts. The only try came from HKFC winger Ricky Cheuk who received a brilliant cross field kick from HKCC's Colin Bisley.
The squad for the Rugby world cup 2007 Asian qualifiers was: Forwards- Tom Cameron(Hooker,Hong Kong Football Club), Nigel Hobler(Prop,Hong Kong Football Club), Pete Spizzirri (Prop,Hong Kong Football Club), Simon Leung*(Hooker/prop,Hong Kong Cricket Club), James Wood(Prop,Hong Kong Cricket Club), Daniel O'Connor(2nd row,Hong Kong Football Club), Ryan McBride*(2nd rowMusselburgh RFC,[[Edinburgh]),Nigel Clarke(back row,DeA Tigers RFC),Semi Lafeta (back row,Causeway Bay RFC), Kris Marin (flanker,Kowloon RFC,Andy Yuen*(Flanker,Valley RFC)Justin Gregory(flanker,DeA Tigers RFC)
Backs- Fan Shun Kei(Scrumhalf,DeA Tigers RFC) Robert Naylor(Scrumhalf,Hong Kong Football Club)Colin Bisley(Flyhalf/Centre/Fullback,Hong Kong Cricket Club)Justin Temara(Flyhalf,Valley RFC)Ricky Cheuk*(Wing,Hong Kong Football Club), Andrew Chambers(WinHong Kong Football Club)Simon Smith(Wing,Kowloon RFC), Huang Yao Bin*(Wing,Kowloon RFC), Brett Forsyth (Centre,Captain,Valley RFC)Mark Wright*(Centre,Loughbrough University,UK),Jason Going(Centre,Valley RFC),Tom Breen*(Fullback,Valley RFC)Tsang Hing Hung*(Fullback,DeA Tigers RFC)
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