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Rugby union is one of the most popular sports in Hong Kong. In contrast to the People's Republic of China, it has had a continuous existence dating back over a hundred years, and is most notable for the Hong Kong Sevens tournament, the best known of the rugby sevens tournaments. The top domestic club competition is the HKRFU Premiership.
The Hong Kong national rugby union team, nicknamed the Dragons, has made the qualifying rounds of the Rugby World Cup. Rugby union in Hong Kong is administered by the Hong Kong Rugby Union since 1952, and successfully competes annually in the Asia Rugby Championship. Hong Kong has one of the oldest rugby traditions in Asia, having been played ...
Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) is the governing body for rugby union in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1952 and became affiliated to World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) in 1988. [1] It organises and oversees local rugby, including the annual Hong Kong Sevens tournament and the HKRU Premierships.
List of Hong Kong national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Hong Kong national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match . Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the position for which he is best known.
The Hong Kong Premiership is the highest level of domestic competition for rugby union clubs in Hong Kong organised by the Hong Kong Rugby Union. HKFC and Valley RFC are the two most popular and successful clubs from the Hong Kong Premiership.
The Hong Kong women's national rugby union team represents Hong Kong in women's rugby union. They played their first international match in 1998 against Japan . They made their Rugby World Cup debut in 2017 in Ireland .
The 2022 Asia Rugby Championship was the sixth tri-nations series of rugby union matches for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the series was cancelled in both 2020 [ 1] and 2021. [ 2] The teams competing were Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia. Hong Kong were the defending champions, having won in 2019.
Hong Kong Score Opponent Venue 1 December 2007 Hong Kong: 2–5: Korea University XV Seoul: 2 December 2007 Hong Kong: 61–0: Korea University XV Seoul: 15 December 2015 Hong Kong XV: 12–59: Spain XV: Hortaleza, Spain: 16 November 2016 Hong Kong XV: 25–22: Kazakhstan XV: King's Park, Hong Kong: 20 November 2016 Hong Kong XV: 37–10 ...