Women’s Rugby Results – 22 October, 2016

Premiership

City Sparkle 0-59 Gai Wu Falcons
@ Shek Kip Mei, Kick-off: 18:00

USRC Tigers 49-0 Kowloon
@ Kings Park, Kick-off: 18:00

CWB Phoenix 14-22 HKFC Ice
@ So Kon Po, Kick-off: 18:00

Woman's Premiership table - 24 October, 2016

National League 1

Gai Wu Fawkes v Tai Po Dragons
@ Tai Hung Tang, Kick-off: 15:00

USRC Tigers 17-19 Valley Red
@ King’s Park, Kick-off: 16:30

HK Scottish Kukris 45-5 HKCC
@ KGV, Kick-off: 18:00

Woman's National League 1 table - 24 October, 2016

National League 2

City 15-21 Gai Wu Hawks
@ Shek Kip Mei, Kick-off: 16:30

HKFC Fire v CWB Lammergeier
@ So Kon Po, Kick-off: 16:30

Police 12-0 Tai Po Dragons
@ Police Boundary Street, Kick-off: 18:00

Tin Shui Wai 0-12 Kowloon
@ Tin Shui Wai, Kick-off: 18:00

Woman's National League 2 table - 24 October, 2016

Women’s Rugby Fixtures – 22 October, 2016

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Premiership Round-up: HKFC Ice beat Kowloon in Dramatic Fashion

hkfc-beat-kowloonKowloon Ladies lost a thriller as they nearly upended the Premiership form-book in round three – falling just short in a 22-17 loss to HKFC Ice. In other Premiership action, Valley Black outclassed City Sparkle 51-0, while USRC Tigers beat CWB Phoenix 32-0 at Kings Park.

HKFC scored twice as Stephanie SSY Siu and Jamie Bourk both crossed the try-line before Kowloon put it’s first points on the board with an unconverted try by Chloe Mak Ho Yee. Ice scored a third try through Sophie Short just before the hooter to take a comfortable 17-5 lead at half time.

Kowloon fought back with two tries in the second half the last coming in the 75th minute to pull level at 17-17. Despite a rash of six injuries in the second half, it was Ice who used the clock best as Crystal Wray scored in the dying seconds to secure the 22-17 win.

“We lost in the last minute because we lacked a bit of control late. We didn’t have to rush things as much as we did, but the performance in the second half was exactly what I was looking for,” said Kowloon coach Jonathan Ho.

“Scoring in the first half gave us some belief and the second half was a huge improvement. Just a tiny bit more and the game could have been ours. We can now look ahead confidently to Tigers next week,” Ho added.

“It was a tough day at the office and we were glad to come through,” said HKFC coach David Wigley. “We expect every game to be tough and today shows why. At half time we thought we were in a comfortable position: our lineouts were going well, and even though our scrums were problematic in places, we felt well ahead. We let them start the second half better and fair play to them, they turned the screw quite well. We had six injuries in the second half so we had to do a lot of adjusting. We were successful in reshaping and that was pleasing to see.”

Valley Black ran out easy winners against City Sparkle, improving their record to 3-0 on the season. Valley led 26-0 at halftime and closely mirrored that strike rate in the second half, a remarkable output considering they spent stretches with 13 on the pitch after having two players sin-binned for repeat infringements.

“It was a good game and a good result. It was quite difficult and feisty in places,” said Valley coach James Elliot. “They were a bit physical and our girls couldn’t get the fast ball that they wanted.”

USRC Tigers beat CWB Phoenix 34-0 but coach Liu Kwok-leung seemed pleased to have come through with any type of win at all:

“It was a very hard game. In the first half we played great and everything was going according to plan. In the second half we got some injuries, and had to bring on some younger players. That was when we lost our concentration. We lost momentum and focus, and made a lot of errors. They put us under pressure, but we worked hard in defence,” said Liu

It was another tough blow for Phoenix, who have faced the stiffest schedule in the early going – meeting last season’s top three in succession to start the year.

“In the end, we were very strong in our attack, but the players were not ready,” said a disappointed Causeway Bay coach Ocean Chow.

“We weren’t mentally ready in the first half. We raised our game and created some opportunities to score in the second, but we failed to follow through. We didn’t play as well as we did last week against Gai Wu. If we had, then the scores would have been closer, or it could have even been a win.”

Additional reporting: HKRU

Women’s Rugby Results – 15 October, 2016

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Premiership

City Sparkle 0-53 Valley Black
@ Shek Kip Mei, Kick-off: 18:00
Premiership round-up

HKFC Ice 22-17 Kowloon
@ Kings Park, Kick-off: 18:00
Premiership round-up, match report

CWB Phoenix 0-32 USRC Tigers
@ Kings Park, Kick-off: 19:30
Premiership round-up

National League 1

HKCC 10-36 USRC Tigers
@ Happy Valley, Kick-off: 15:00

Tai Po Dragons 44-5 HK Scottish Kukris
@ KGV, Kick-off: 18:00
Match report

Revolution SRC 40-5 Valley Red
@ Kings Park, Kick-off: 18:00

National League 2

Uni-Pirates 0-31 Tai Po Dragons
@ KG V, Kick-off: 16:30

Tin Shui Wai 10-14 HKFC Fire
@ Tin Shui Wai, Kick-off: 16:30

CWB Lammergeier 5-29 Police
@ Police Boundary Street, Kick-off: 18:00

Kowloon 17-7 Gai Wu Hawks
@ Kings Park, Kick-off: 19:30

Photo: Phoebe Leung

Women’s Rugby Fixtures – 15 October, 2016

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Match Report: Women Premiership Round 2 – 8 October, 2016

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Hong Kong’s sevens squad players returned to domestic action in the second round of the Women’s Premiership which saw Valley Black and Gai Wu Falcons register convincing wins over Kowloon and CWB Phoenix. The two top clubs in the local women’s game continued their impressive form of the opening Saturday with Valley’s 56-0 win over Kowloon equalling Gai Wu’s margin over the same opponents the previous weekend, while Gai Wu beat CWB Phoenix 31-0.

Gai Wu’s coach Lai commented after the game “Causeway Bay were really competitive in the first half, they put us under a lot of pressure in both defence and attack. Their attitude was positive and they got right on to us. I thought we took a long time to get on top of things but then we got a bit of confidence in the final quarter.” Lai added “We can take a lot of positives from the game but we made a lot of errors in basic skills too, which we’ll need to address for the next game.”

Despite the loss CWB Phoenix coach Ocean Chow was confident. “I was very pleased with our performance. This game built our team spirit and I think the players enjoyed the game.”

Causeway Bay got off to a torrid start putting the Falcons under significant pressure right up to the final quarter when the Falcons returning Hong Kong sevens players put some gloss on the scoreboard.

At half-time Phoenix trailed by only two tries, missing several chances to get on the board themselves.

“Gai Wu scored two tries in the first half while we had a very good chance that we did not take. In the second half, it was the same story as last week: not enough fitness, so our performance is not yet stable,” said Chow.

Chow was pleased with the efforts of his forwards “Our scrum was stronger than previously – we were probably 50:50 against Gai Wu [in this area] and our driving was also good, but it was not enough.”

In the days other Premiership game HKFC Ice got their campaign off to a solid start with a win over a battling City XV, 39-17.

Additional reporting and image: HKRU

Women’s Rugby Results – 8 October, 2016

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Premiership

Kowloon 0-56 Valley Black
@ Happy Valley, Kick-off: 16:30

Gai Wu 31-0 CWB Phoenix
@ So Kon Po, Kick-off: 16:30

HKFC Ice 39-17 City Sparkle
@ HK Football Club, Kick-off: 18:00

National League 1

Gai Wu Fawkes 31-7 HKCC
@ Aberdeen, Kick-off: 18:00

Tai Po Dragons v Revolution SRC
@ KGV, Kick-off: 18:00

HK Scottish v Valley Red
@ Shek Kip Mei, Kick-off: 18:00

National League 2

Uni-Pirates 15-68 Gai Wu Hawks
@ Happy Valley, Kick-off: 15:00

City v HKFC Fire
@ HK Football Club, Kick-off: 16:30

Tai Po Dragons 22-0 Tin Shui Wai
@ KGV, Kick-off: 16:30

Kowloon 12-32 Police
@ Police Boundary Street, Kick-off: 18:00

photo: HKRU

Women’s Rugby Fixtures – 8 October, 2016

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