Hong Kong national rugby union team

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Hong Kong
Union	Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
Captain	Semi Iafeta
Team colours
First international
Japan  24 - 22  Hong Kong (9 March 1969)
Largest win
Hong Kong  164 - 13  Singapore (27 October 1994)
Worst defeat
Japan  91 - 3  Hong Kong (7 May 2005)

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 new Hong Kong First Team Squad (November 12, 2007):

Forwards:

• -Andrew Li
• -Pete Spizzirri
• -Simon Leung
• -Nigel Hobler
• -Ng Wai Shing
• -Wayne Whitney
• -Jon Abel
• -Laurence Denvir
• -Ivan Zenovic
• -Nick Hurrell
• -Kan Wing Fat
• -Nigel Clarke
• -Graham Manchester
• -Semi Iafeta
• -Kris Marin
• -Justin Gregory

Backs:

• -Mark Wright
• -Lee Cheuk Yin
• -Justin Temara
• -Kenzo Pannell
• -Anthony Haynes
• -Jason Going
• -Nigel D'Acre
• -Gavin Hadley
• -Jonathan Elliot
• -Rowan Varty
• -Andrew Wong Kee
• -Simon Smith
• -Colin Bisley
• -Mike McKee

The squad for the Rugby world cup 2007 Asian qualifiers was:

Forwards:

•  Tom Cameron (Hooker, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Ivan Zenovic (Second row, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  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 (Second row, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Nick Hurrell (Second row, DeA Tigers RFC) †
•  Ryan McBride (Second row, Musselburgh 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 (Scrum-half, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Robert Naylor (Scrum-half, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Colin Bisley (Fly-half/Centre/Fullback, Hong Kong Cricket Club)
•  Justin Temara (Fly-half, Valley RFC)
•  Ricky Cheuk (Wing, Hong Kong Football Club) †
•  Andrew Chambers (Wing, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Simon Smith (Wing, Kowloon RFC)
•  Huang Yao Bin (Wing, Kowloon RFC) †
•  Brett Forsyth (Centre, Captain, Valley RFC)
•  Mark Wright (Centre, Loughborough University, UK) †
•  Jason Going (Centre, Valley RFC)
•  Tom Breen (Fullback, Valley RFC) †
•  Tsang Hing Hung (Fullback, DeA Tigers RFC) †

† Asian Games Qualified Player

Hong Kong Under 20s team for the 2007 ARFU Junior Championship was:

Forwards:

•  James Allen (Prop/Second Row, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Brian Bernardez (Prop, Valley RFC)
•  Bradley Haines (Flanker, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Tom Harvey (Number Eight, Flanker, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  James Hatzer (Flanker, Valley RFC)
•  Sam Johnson (Hooker, Kowloon RFC)
•  Tom McQueen (Flanker, Number Eight Anglican Church Grammar School)
•  Ng Wai Shing Alex (Prop, Valley RFC)
•  Matthew Nuttal (Second Row, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  On Trevor Sing Luk (Prop, Hong Kong Cricket Club)
•  Hamish Reid-Kay (Second Row, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Harrison Seib (Number Eight, Sandy Bay RFC)
•  Pieter Venter (Second Row, The Southport School)
•  Sean Wray (Hooker, Hong Kong Football Club)

The squad for the Under 14s Tour to Australia 2007 was:

Forwards:

•  Jason Lui (Prop, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Benjamin Francis (Hooker/Prop, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Byoung Woo Kim (Prop, Unattached)
•  Tomos Hurlow (Second Row, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Josh Clewes (Second Row, Hong Kong University)
•  Thomas Holden (Flanker, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Oliver Billing (Flanker, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Calvin Au-Yeung (Number Eight, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Alex Leung (Prop/Hooker, Hong Kong University)
•  Marvin To (Second Row, Tai Po Dragons)
•  Tadun Tarawe (Second Row/Back Row, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Alban Altier (Flanker, Valley RFC)
•  Justin Lee (Flanker, Valley RFC)

Backs:

•  Josh Peters (Scrum-half, Valley RFC)
•  Russel Webb (Fly-half, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Nozomu Konda (Wing, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Oliver Lawson (Centre, Valley RFC)
•  Kevin Keller (Centre, Valley RFC)
•  Andrew Keir (Wing, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Leo Woodward (Fullback, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Michael Harman (Scrum-half/Fly-half, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Isaac Barnes (Wing, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Richard Lam (Wing, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Geoffrey Bland (Fullback, Unattached)

The squad for the Under 16s Tour to Australia 2007 was:

Forwards:

•  Richard Fowler (Prop/Hooker, Twister)
•  Carl Rojens (Hooker, Valley RFC)
•  Sam Allen (Prop/Second Row, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Brendan Riebe (Second Row, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Robert Reid-Kay (Second Row, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Kenta Mitsuhashi (Flanker, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Nicholas Buckley (Flanker, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  William Bailey (Number Eight, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Luke Tarrant (Hooker, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Craig Brown (Prop, Hong Kong University)
•  Jun Sing Lee (Prop, Hong Kong University)
•  Josh Owens (Flanker, Valley RFC)
•  Christmas Ling (Flanker, Valley RFC)
•  Ape Chan (Number Eight, Valley RFC)

Backs:

•  Ben Kende (Scrum-half, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Charlie Foley (Fly-half, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Oliver Leung (Wing, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Dominic Jacobson (Centre, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  Kevin Renouf (Centre, Twister)
•  James Murray (Wing, Twister)
•  Jack Beacher (Fullback/Fly-half, DeA Tigers RFC)
•  William Sayer (Scrum-half, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Katsuya Fukanaga (Wing, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Graeme Hadley (Centre, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Daniel Ebeling (Centre, Hong Kong Football Club)
•  Daniel Williams (Fullback, Hong Kong University)

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