The Hong Kong Thunder take to the world stage when they compete in the Rugby League 2018 Emerging Nations World Championship. The tournament takes place in Australia and features 11 countries and four Regional Confederation teams competing in 30 matches during the first two weeks of October.
The 11 teams have been broken into groups based upon their current World Rankings, and will play off for the Emerging Nations World Cup, Trophy and Bowl, whilst the four Regional Confederation teams will play off for their own trophy.
Hong Kong are in Pool C and will play Poland on the 4 October and the Solomon Islands on the 7 October. All matches are being live streamed on facebook and you can find out more about the tournament here www.rlenwc.com.
Hong Kong Thunder Squad for Emerging Nations World Cup
Seb Alfonsi, Ghislain Baleyte, Alvin Chan (陳兆墇), Jason Fairleigh, Lee Griffiths, John Howarth, Gareth Janes, Rhys Johnson, Toby Lei (雷穎中), Richard Lindsay (連冠英), Ringo Lung (龍卓楠) [Captain], Craig McMurrich, Ben Mouclier, Allan Newsome, Jack Nielsen, Komei Ogiyama (荻山浩明), Ari Rogers, Ben Ryan, Evi Seumanutafa, Alex Shvets (書羲賢), Frankie Solomona, Gus Spence, Hogan Toomalatai, Mike Tsang (曾仲禮), Matthew Waugh, Dicky Wong (黃迪奇), Tommy Wong (黄樺), Hung Yip (葉潤鴻), Jason Yip (葉仲芹)
Images: HKRL