This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Hong Kong women's national rugby union team.
Hong Kong Rugby
Nickname(s)
Dragons
Emblem
Chinese dragon
Union
Hong Kong Rugby Union
Head coach
Andrew Douglas
Captain
Tommy Hill
Most caps
Nick Hewson (58)
Top scorer
Rowan Varty (120)
Top try scorer
Rowan Varty (24)
Home stadium
Hong Kong Stadium & Hong Kong Football Club Stadium
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current
24 (as of 16 January 2023)
Highest
21 (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Lowest
39 (2009, 2010)
First international
Hong Kong 11–5 Australian Universities (1934)
Biggest win
Hong Kong 164–13 Singapore (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 27 October 1994)
Biggest defeat
Japan 94–5 Hong Kong (Tokyo, Japan; 22 May 2010)
World Cup
Appearances
0
Website
www.hkrugby.com
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 there since the 19th century, when British colonists arrived in Hong Kong and brought the sport with them. For a long time, rugby union in Hong Kong was traditionally associated with Hong Kong's British colonial settlers, but since the 1990s there has been extensive efforts to integrate the game with the local Cantonese Chinese community, it included some local born players, with a degree of success; the first of these players being "Rambo" Leung Yeung Kit, considered to be, one of best Hong Kong players during his era. Other players such as Ricky Cheuk and Cado Lee had made significant impact in international tournaments.
Hong Kong has finished first place in the Asia Rugby Championship in 2018, 2019, 2022, and 2023, and made it to the repechage of the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualifying, though lost to Uruguay 24 to 3.They again competed in the repechage tournament for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
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