Hong Kong Rugby Union

Hong Kong Rugby Union

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	1952
WR affiliation	1988
Asia Rugby affiliation	1987
President	Thomas Brian Stevenson
Men's coach	Frankard Pearl
Women's coach	Andrew Tranent
Website	www.hkrugby.com

Hong Kong Rugby Union (until 31 July 2015, 'Hong Kong Rugby Football Union') is the governing body for rugby union in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1952 and became affiliated to the World Rugby in 1988.^[1] It organises and oversees local rugby, including the annual Hong Kong Sevens tournament and the HKRU Premierships.

References

↑ Bath, Richard (ed.) The Complete Book of Rugby (Seven Oaks Ltd, 1997 ISBN 1-86200-013-1) pp 67, 68

Rugby union in Hong Kong

Governing body

Hong Kong Rugby Football Union

National teams

Men's	Hong Kong XV 7's U-20

Women's	Women's XV 7's

Competitions

Local clubs

Rugby unions by best performance at the Men's World Cups

Winners	Australia (2 Times) England (Once) New Zealand (3 Times) South Africa (2 Times)

Runners up	France (3 Times)

Third	Argentina (Once) Wales (Once)

Fourth	Scotland (Once)

Quarter Final	Canada (Once) Fiji (2 Times) Ireland (6 Times) Samoa (2 Times)

Pool stages	Côte d'Ivoire (Once) Georgia (4 Times) Italy (8 Times) Japan (8 Times) Namibia (5 Times) Portugal (Once) Romania (8 Times) Russia (Once) Spain (Once) Tonga (7 Times) United States (7 Times) Uruguay (3 Times) Zimbabwe (2 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Jamaica Kazakhstan Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Netherlands Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia

Rugby unions by best performance at the Women's Rugby World Cup

Winners	England (2 Times) New Zealand (4 Times) United States (Once)

Runners up	Canada (Once)

Third	Australia (Once) France (5 Times)

Fourth	Wales (Once) Ireland (Once)

Group stages	Germany (2 Times) Italy (3 Times) Japan (3 Times) Kazakhstan (6 Times) Netherlands (3 Times) Russia (3 Times) Samoa (3 Times) Scotland (5 Times) South Africa (3 Times) Spain (5 Times) Sweden (4 Times)

Without World Cup experience	American Samoa Andorra Arabian Gulf Argentina Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belgium Bermuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Fiji Finland Georgia Ghana Guam Guyana Hong Kong Hungary India Iran Israel Ivory Coast Jamaica Kenya Kyrgyzstan Lao Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malaysia Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Namibia Nigeria Niue Norway Pakistan Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Romania Rwanda St. Lucia St. Vincent & the Grenadines Serbia Senegal Singapore Slovenia Solomon Islands South Korea Sri Lanka Swaziland Switzerland Tahiti Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Uganda Ukraine Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Zambia Zimbabwe

Sports governing bodies in Hong Kong (HKG)

Summer Olympic Sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Beach Volleyball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern Pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Synchronized Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo * Weightlifting * Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon * Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short Track Ice Hockey * Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard Sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport * Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water Ski Wushu

Paralympics and Disabled Sports

Others Sports	Rugby Union Rugby League Cricket

Misc	Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China

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Hong Kong Rugby Union

See also

References