Nomads R.F.C.

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This article is about the rugby football club in Hong Kong. For the rugby football club that plays in Hampshire, England, see Nomads RFC.

Nomads RFC

Full name

Nomads Rugby Football Club

Founded

1989

Union

Hong Kong Rugby Football Union

Ground(s)

Tai Hang Tung

Chairman

Jason Collelo

League

G4S League Division 4

2007–08

1st





Team colours

Official website

hknomads.com

Nomads R.F.C., or TDW Nomads, are a Hong Kong rugby union club, who play in G4S League Division 4 and are based in the Tai Hang Tung District in New Kowloon. In the 2007-2008 season they won the Division 4 Kowloon 10s, Division 4 Union 7s and their Division 4 league.

1 History
2 Youth rugby
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

TDW Nomads were formed in 1989. They were set up as a local club to bring through local Chinese players, although the dynamic has changed in the last few years as westerners have become more involved. The previous chairman, Aric Kay-Russell (2005-2007), said "We like to think we are one of the most integrated clubs in Hong Kong and we have a broad catchment area from the northern New Territories all the way down to Hong Kong Island.

The club has grown a lot in the last few years and a second men's team and a women's team has been added with membership numbers between 100 and 120, of which about 70 are players.

TDW Nomads are sponsored by Tanner De Witt Solicitors.

[edit] Youth rugby

TDW Nomads do not have a mini or colts section, so they have forged links with the Flying Kukris Rugby Club. In 2005 Kay-Russell said "we entered an agreement with the Kukris at the beginning of last season and it has gone from strength to strength, some of our players are going up to Sheung Shui to help coach the Kukris and, eventually, we aim to see Kukris players progress up the ladder and join us when they are old enough. The long-term plan is that we give them the opportunity to move seamlessly between the two clubs. The association with the Kukris will hopefully bring in new blood, along with other recruitment. There has been a lot of discussion at Nomads about how the club should grow but, essentially, we should be concentrating on bringing through players at the grassroots level, so we need to utilise the local talent that is available. We will also consider starting up an U18s team at some stage. If we can get the foundations right then we will look to develop upwards as well."^[1]