Dear All,
This Saturday the Guinness Cup staggers to a conclusion, the Division 4 Grand Championship climaxes at King’s Park, whilst in the other Divisions InProjects Kowloon Beavers, University II, Nomads III and RiceAid Revolution are all trying to hold on to top spot and claim the silverware! In the Women’s Divisions, Valley/City won the XVs league title last Saturday in a great tussle with Causeway Bay Phoenix, whilst DeA are still in prime position in the 10s league…all fixtures below!
On Sunday we have the last full Mini Festival of the year at HKFC, as usual an all-day extravaganza with the chance to meet the Hong Kong 7s teams. There is also the Standard Chartered Colts 7s Tournament taking place at various venues (locations and timings below), a nd at King's Park there will be the final games of the Standard Chartered Girls' 7s league. The league titles for the U19s, U16s and U14s are still up for grabs and the final game of the day, starting at exactly 12:43, should be an absolute cracker. Sai Kung Stingrays One v Flying Kukris One will probably decide the U14s Girls 7s league, with both teams going starting the day undefeated. One of those teams will be popping the champagne, or sorry, 7UP.
Upcoming Fixtures
The annual St Andrews v St Georges match will be played at HKFC at 7.30pm on Thursday 18th March -if you’d like to play for the mighty St Andrews team, please contact Laurence Denvir on [laurence.denvir@gs.com]. If you’d like to play for England please contact Matt Stockdale [matthewstockdale@playmore-sports.com]
Country of Origin Tournament is on Saturday 20th March at King’s Park – please contact your national team captain as below;
Team Hong Kong - Liu Kwok Leung - kwoky@kingspark.com.hk
Team New Zealand - Pale Tauti - twomeke007@gmail.com
Team France - Fred Laine - fred.laine@gmail.com
Team England - Robbie Vigers - robbie.vigers@imlworldwide.com
Team Scotland - John Bruce - john.bruce@hill-assoc.com
Team Wales - Gareth Page - garpage@mtr.com.hk
Team Japan/Korea - Fukunaga - fukunaga@cape.com.hk
Team China - Robbie McRobbie - robbie@hkrugby.com
Team Australia - Steve McKinnon - smesq@hotmail.com
Team Ireland - Mike Hayes - michael.e.hayes.hotmail.co.uk
Tournaments
The Guangzhou 10s, hosted by the Rams, will take place on 10th April, with sections for men, women, veterans and also youth U18 and U16s. If you’d like to enter a team please contact Jonathan Gander on pom_gander@hotmail.com
The Benidorm Sevens are on the 28-30 May, with competition for men, women and veterans. I suspect this event will be like the Fat Boys 10s but without the orphans, but that could be harsh – if you’d like to find out more contact tours@rugbylavila.net
Dates for the Diary…
HKRFU Annual Dinner – Friday 16th April
Rugby on TV
Big hand to our new friends at NOW Sports 5 on channel 635 who are showing the RBS 6 Nations live… this week;
Saturday 10.30pm – Ireland v Wales
Sunday 1.00am – Scotland v England
Sunday 10.30pm – France v Italy
French Top 14, Guiness Premiership, and the Heineken Cup continue on Eurosports
Australia Network is showing the Super 14s.
Saturday 13th March
Guinness Cup and G4S League
Guinness Cup Finals Round
Synovate HKCC v Dea Tigers HV 2.00pm
PLA v CBRE Club III & IV HKFC 3.00pm
G4S Division 4A Grand Championship Finals
CBRE Club V v Police KP-1 5.30pm
G4S Division 4B Grand Championship Finals
Rouse & Co Typhoon v Tradition Valley Broncos KP-1 3.30pm
G4S Division 5 Grand Finals Round
inProjects Kln Beavers v Tradition Valley Griffins KP- 1 2.00 pm
CBRE Club VI v Synovate HKCC IV Abdn 4.30pm
Police Panthers v DeA III PBS 3.30pm
G4S Division 5B
Manulife CWB Marines v Gai Wu B THT 5.00pm
Nomads II v University II THT 3.30pm
G4S Development Division A
Police Breakthrough v InProjects Kowloon Dev PBS 2.00pm
Nomads III v Dea Dev THT 2.00pm
G4S Development Division B
University III v Comvita City II SB 3.00pm
Tradition Valley Majais v HKCC V Abdn 3.00pm
G4S Women’s XVs Grand Championship Semi Finals
Tradition Valley / City 7 v CBRE Club Ice / TPD KP-2 5.30 pm
Manulife CWB Phoenix v Gai Wu SKP 5.30pm
G4S Women’s 10s
DEA v CWB SKP 4.30pm
Standard Chartered Colts 7s Tournament
- Under 14 Division 1: Sandy Bay 1500 – 1800
- Under 14 Division 2: Sandy Bay 1000 – 1500
- Under 14 Division 3: Tai Hang Tung 0930 – 1300
- Under 14 Division 4: PBS 0900 – 1330
- Under 16 Division 1: Happy Valley 1300 – 1700
- Under 16 Division 2: Happy Valley 1000 – 1300
- Under 16 Division 3: Tai Hang Tung 1300 – 1800
- Under 18: Aberdeen 0930 - 1230
- Under 19: PBS 1330 – 1700
Cheers,
Robbie