Gai Wu 20-5 DEA – 2 November, 2013

Lau Sze Wa

Wesley Feausi, coach of Gai Wu, reflects on their hard fought 20-5 victory over DEA “We always knew DEA were going to be a difficult prospect, and with home advantage, as such, this game was always going to come down to the team who made the least mistakes, defended well and scored points when down the right end of the pitch.

DEA started as expected, running hard and direct with their attack, stand-out performers were Ellie-May in the forwards and Natasha in the backs. We were able to defend well in the opening encounters and were lucky enough to come away a single try in the first half from winger GMA (Lau Sze Wa), who would add two more in the second-half to complete her 2nd hat-trick of the season. Half-time score 5-0 Gai Wu.

The second half proved to be no different to the first, both forward packs working hard cancelling each other out. It was a fantastic battle of two sides with excellent attacking weapons out wide as well as the hard nose grinders in the front row and ‘game breakers’ in the back row. DEA scored a try early in the second half giving them early momentum only for Captain Jay, Vice Captain Tammy and Christy to rev up the DEA girls to return the favour. GMA scored her second and third tries of the game bringing her try tally into double figures for the season and we were searching for that 4-try bonus point to make-up for the lapse in defence earlier. Rainbow Leung did exactly that, scoring our 4th try of the game. Full-time score 20-5 Gai Wu.”

Wesley continues “It was a great game for the fans and shows that women’s rugby in Hong Kong at club level is raising the bar each year complementing the HKSI who have initiated a professional program for elite women’s players. Gai Wu has many young girls new to rugby but they have stepped up this season and are playing hard and enjoying the games – although we have plenty of areas to improve the enthusiasm and commitment is there.”

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Gai Wu:
Tammy LAU (vc), Mang Li, Ka Wai Lam, Yung Ching, Sharon Tsang, Po Kei Man, Melody Li, Christy Cheng, Sum Wai Sham, Emmy Chan, Rainbow Leung, Jay Ho (c), Candy Cheng, GMA Lau, Aggie Poon, Shun Lee, Momo Lam, Belsy Yuen, Sharon Lui, Kwan Tang, BB Lee, Sum Chan
Tries: GMA (Lau Sze Wa) (3), Rainbow LeungGai Wu post match - 2 November, 2013

Women’s Rugby Results – 2 November, 2013

Women’s 15s Results

Kowloon v Tai Po Dragons
@ Kings Park

HK Scottish 0-20 HKFC
@ Shep Kip Mei

Tigers 5-20 Gai Wu
@ Kings Park

Gai Wu:
Tammy LAU (vc), Mang Li, Ka Wai Lam, Yung Ching, Sharon Tsang, Po Kei Man, Melody Li, Christy Cheng, Sum Wai Sham, Emmy Chan, Rainbow Leung, Jay Ho (c), Candy Cheng, GMA Lau, Aggie Poon, Shun Lee, Momo Lam, Belsy Yuen, Sharon Lui, Kwan Tang, BB Lee, Sum Chan
Tries: GMA (Lau Sze Wa) (3), Rainbow Leung

CWB Phoenix 5-10 Valley Black
@ So Kon Po

CWB Pheonix:
Queenie Yip, Liu Kit Ying, Eto Wong, Chow Mei Nam, Winnie On, Gofish Tam, Bacteria Wong, Isabella Lo, Dalmatian Chan, Hoty Chan, Lee Man Yi, Dora Kwok, Kim Lau, Stephanie Siu, Tang Ka, Lam Wing Tung, Lee Wing Yee, Lo Tsz Ching, Cheung Ka Ki

Women’s 10s Results

Police Sirens 32-10 Kowloon
@ Police Boundary Street

Tin Shui Wai 17-19 HKCC
@ Tin Shui Wai Community Sports

City Sparkles 49-0 University
@ Shep Kip Mei

SRC 7-19 Gai Wu
@ Kings Park

CWB Phoenix v Valley Black
@ So Kon Po

Women’s 15s Rugby Results – 26 October, 2013

HKFC 0-36 Valley Black
@ HK Football Club

Valley Black
Liz Iafeta, KK Wong, Sarah Nash, Sonia Vashi, Julie Savoie, Lorraine Parisot Rebekka Gardarsdottir, Isla Littlewood, Bobbie Poulton, Jayne So, Wuwu Haiman, Karen So, Adrienne Garvey, Elisa Crombie, Tanya Young, Anita Jensen,  Aggie Au-Yeung, Iris Chan, Wing Chan, Julie Diva
Tries: Adrienne Garvey, Julie Savoie, Sarah Nash, Jayne So, Tanya Young, Bobbie Poulton
Conversion: Karen So (2), Adrienne Garvey

HKFC
Shonagh Ryan, Amy Kong, Kim Kan, Fiona Atkinson, Christina McLaughlin, Anne McManus, Marie Gaschignard, Allison Lee, Aileen Ryan, Nicole Pang, Caroline Lau, Daniella Means, Daisy Miers, Helen Lee, Aysha Fiaz, Meghan Hayes, Thavy Read, Lois Lu

Tigers 61-0 Tai Po Dragons
@ Happy Valley

HK Scottish 0-75 CWB Pheonix
@ Shek Kip Mei

CWB Pheonix
Queenie Yip, Liu Kit Ying, Eto Wong, Chow Mei Nam, Gofish Tam, Lam Wing Tung, Bacteria Wong, Isabella Lo, Hoty Chan, Dora, Chan Ka Wai, Stpehanie Tang, Dora Kwok, Kim Lau, Tanyo Lo, Winnie On, Tang Ka, Stpehanie Siu, Henrietta Wong
Tries: Liu Kit Ying, Isabella Lo, Hoty Chan, Chan Ka Wai, Stpehanie Tang (4), Tanyo Lo (3), Tang Ka, Henrietta Wong

Kowloon 0-65 Gai Wu
@ King’s Park

Kowloon
Cham Lok Yee, Fung Tsz Yan, Cheung Hoi Ying, Tsang Sin Yan, Au Yeung Tsz Lam, Claire Forster, Jasmine Au Yeung, Christie Gordan, Kim Lam, Ho Chun Yan, Chu Wing Yee, Chau Hei Tung, Yip Yuk Wun, Fung Wai Man, Tsang Wing Chi, Mak Ho Yee

Valley Black

Women’s 15s Rugby Results – 19 October, 2013

SCAA CWB Pheonix 5-43 Gai Wu
@ So Kon Po, 14:30

SCAA CWB Pheonix
Tsang Siu Ching, Liu Kit Ying, Winnie On, Chow Mei Nam, Gofish Tam, Isabella Lo, Ng Wing Yee, Florence Lin, Hoty Chan, Dora, Tang Ka, Stephanie Tang, Kim Lau, Chan Ka Wai, Siu Man Nga, Queenie Yip, Dalmatian, Lam Wing Tung, Eto Wong, Stephanie Siu
Try: Tang Ka

Gai Wu
Melody Li, Li Lai Mang, Tammy Lau, Stephine Ching, Sharon Tsang, Rebi Dowle, Man Po Kei, Christy Cheng, Sham Wai Sum, Emmy Chan, Rainbow Leung, Ho Hoi Lam, Jay Jay, Candy Cheng, Aggie Poon, Lau Sze Wah, Rigel Mo,Belsy Yuen, Lee Tsz Ting, Tang Wai Kwan, Lau Ka Hei, Sum Chan
Tries: Christy Cheng (2), Sham Wai Sum, Rainbow Leung, Candy Cheng, Aggie Poon (2)  Conversions:  Man Po Kei (4)

Valley Black 7-0 Tigers
@ So Kon Po 18:30

Valley Black
Liz Lafeta, KK Wong, Sarah Nash, Lorraine Parisot, Toto Cheng, Lisa Soto, Olivia Coady, Amelie Suere, Bobbie Poulton, Colleen Tjosvold, Jayne So, Karen So, Adrienne Garvey, Elisa Crombie, Tanya Young, Anita Jensen, Sonia Vashi, Aggie Au-Yeung, Wuwu Haiman, Iris Chan, You Liu.
Try: Adrienne Garvey Conversion: Karen So

HKFC 32–5 Tai Po Dragons

Two years ago the Tai Po Dragons and HKFC Newedge Ice combined to field a single team for women’s 15-a-side rugby. This season, in a sign of the continued development of women’s rugby in Hong Kong, they fielded separate teams, though the camaraderie between them has never faded. Nevertheless, after two games and two losses, the Ice Ladies were determined to celebrate their first win of the season, even if it was at the expense of their old allies. And that put an extra edge on the game between the two sides that kicked off at 4:30pm on October 19 at the HK Football Club in Happy Valley.

The Ice Ladies got a boost to their confidence within the first five minutes when Royce Chan ran in a try for HKFC. That didn’t stop the Tai Po ladies putting up a strong fight, constantly competing for the ball but the Ice girls kept creating breaches in the Tai Po defensive line. Last week’s game had taught Ice that they needed more strength and aggression at the breakdown, and with that lesson firmly in mind, defending the ball in the ruck and keeping possession became the rule of the game: Daniella Means and Kim Kan scored additional tries and Helen Lee converted for a half time score of 17-0.

Going into the second half, the energy of the Ice team was peaking, and lessons learned in hard training sessions were obviously bearing fruit. But the Tai Po Dragons came back with a vengeance, determined to put some points on the board; which they did with a try. Then, as both teams started to tire, handling errors crept into the game resulting in frequent turnovers and some messy play in the middle of the half. Still, before the final whistle the Ice girls scored three more tries, two for Daniella Means (taking her to a hat trick) and another for Fiona Atkinson.

It might have been a pitched battle on the field but in true sporting spirit at the end of the tussle the two teams gathered to thank each other for a great game and hug old teammates. It was a fitting end to a competitive game of rugby.

HK Football Club
Kim Kan, Amy Kong, Ashley Dawson, Christina McLaughlin, Joelle Touchette, Fiona Atkinson, Diana Han, Allison Lee, Royce Chan, Helen Lee, Marie Gaschignard, Daniella Means, Daisy Miers, Anne McManus, Madeline Adcock, Adriana Garcia, Meghan Hayes, Caroline Lau, Bonita Leung

Tries: Daniella Means (3), Royce Chan, Kim Kan, Fiona Atkinson Conversions: Helen Lee