Hong Kong national rugby sevens team

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The Hong Kong national rugby sevens team is a regular participant in the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The team's greatest achievements include winning the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and winning the Asian Sevens Series a record 8 times.

UnionHong Kong Rugby Football Union
CoachJevon Groves
Appearances8 (First in 1993)
Best result10th (1997)
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Hong Kong Sevens
UnionHong Kong Rugby Football Union
CoachJevon Groves
World Cup Sevens
Appearances8 (First in 1993)
Best result10th (1997)
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Hong Kong national rugby sevens team
Medal record
Asia Rugby Sevens Series
Bronze medal – third place2009{{{2}}}
Silver medal – second place2011{{{2}}}
Gold medal – first place2012{{{2}}}
Silver medal – second place2013{{{2}}}
Gold medal – first place2014{{{2}}}
Silver medal – second place2015{{{2}}}
Gold medal – first place2016{{{2}}}
Silver medal – second place2017{{{2}}}
Silver medal – second place2018{{{2}}}
Silver medal – second place2019{{{2}}}
Gold medal – first place2021{{{2}}}
Gold medal – first place2022{{{2}}}
Gold medal – first place2023{{{2}}}
Gold medal – first place2024{{{2}}}
Gold medal – first place2025{{{2}}}
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2022 HangzhouTeam
Gold medal – first place2018 JakartaTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 IncheonTeam
Silver medal – second place2010 GuangzhouTeam
East Asian Games
Silver medal – second place2009 Hong KongTeam
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History

The men's and women's Hong Kong national sevens teams were granted elite sport status by the Hong Kong Sports Institute on 1 April 2013, which means the HKRFU national sevens teams receive an annual stipend to be distributed to qualified players from the target teams.[1]

In November 2013, former Wales sevens coach Gareth Baber took over as head of the men's rugby sevens programme at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. At the same time former coach, Dai Rees, was promoted to be the HKRFU's head of technical development and performance.[2][3]

2024

They qualified for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai. In round one of the tournament, they were knocked out of the quarter-final by Germany. They went on to beat Georgia for seventh place.[4][5] They finished the overall series in fifth place.[6]

Tournament history

Rugby World Cup Sevens

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Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
Tournament Round Position Pld W L D
Scotland 1993 Group Stage 17th 5 1 4 0
Hong Kong 1997 Plate Finalist 10th 7 4 3 0
Argentina 2001 Bowl Quarterfinalist 21st 6 0 6 0
Hong Kong 2005 Bowl Quarterfinalist 21st 6 0 6 0
United Arab Emirates 2009 Bowl Semifinalist 19th 5 1 4 0
Russia 2013 Bowl Quarterfinalist 21st 4 1 3 0
United States 2018 Bowl Finalist 18th 4 2 2 0
South Africa 2022 19th Place Final 19th 4 2 2 0
Total0 Titles8/84111300
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Asian Games

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Asian Games record
Year Round Position Pld W L D
Thailand 1998 Classification 5th 3 1 2 0
South Korea 2002 Group Stage 7th 3 0 3 0
Qatar 2006 Classification 5th 3 2 1 0
China 2010 Runner-Up 2nd 7 5 2 0
South Korea 2014 Runner-Up 2nd 6 5 1 0
Indonesia 2018 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0
China 2022 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0
Total2 TitlesN/A192290
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Asia Rugby Sevens Series

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Asia Rugby Sevens Series record
Year Round Position Pld W L D Ref
Malaysia2009 2nd Runner Up 3rd [7]
ChinaMalaysia2010 Plate 5th [8][9]
ChinaMalaysia2011 Runner-Up 2nd [10]
ChinaMalaysia2012 Champions 1st [11]
ThailandMalaysiaSingapore2013 Runner-Up 2nd [12]
Hong KongMalaysiaChina2014 Champions 1st [13]
ChinaThailandSri Lanka 2015 Runner-Up 2nd 15 12 3 0 [14]
Hong KongSouth KoreaSri Lanka 2016 Champions 1st 15 13 2 0
Hong KongSouth KoreaSri Lanka 2017 Runner-Up 2nd 18 15 3 0
Hong KongSouth KoreaSri Lanka 2018 Runner-Up 2nd 15 12 3 0 [15]
South KoreaChinaSri Lanka 2019 Runner-Up 2nd 15 13 2 0
2020 Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
United Arab Emirates 2021 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 [16]
ThailandSouth KoreaUnited Arab Emirates 2022 Champions 1st 15 14 0 1 [17]
ThailandSouth Korea 2023 Champions 1st - - - - [18]
ThailandSouth KoreaChina 2024 Champions 1st - - - - [19]
Sri LankaChina 2025 Champions 1st - - - - -
Total8 TitlesN/A9884131
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Current squad

Squad for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai.[20]

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4 Pierce Mackinlay-West
5 Callum McCullough
6 Liam Doherty
7 Harry Sayers
8 Max Denmark
9 Bryn Phillips
10 Russell Webb
11 Seb Brien
17 Fong Kit Fung
20 James Christie
27 Cado Lee
54 Liam Herbert
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Player records

World Rugby Sevens Series

As of 27 September 2021, or after the 2021 Canada Sevens [21]

Most appearances

  1. Rowan Varty – 47
  2. Carl Murray – 39
  3. Ricky Cheuk – 39
  4. Andrew Chambers – 38
  5. Jamie Hood – 37

Most points

  1. Carl Murray – 139
  2. Keith Robertson – 135
  3. Rowan Varty – 105
  4. Matthew Reede – 90
  5. Ricky Cheuk – 75

Most tries

  1. Rowan Varty – 21
  2. Matthew Reede – 18
  3. Keith Robertson – 15
  4. Ricky Cheuk – 15
  5. Tom McQueen – 13

Most conversions

  1. Jamie Hood - 34
  2. Carl Murray – 30
  3. Keith Robertson – 25
  4. Russell Webb – 17
  5. Nigel D'Acre – 16

Most tackles

  1. Jamie Hood – 59
  2. Max Woodward – 42
  3. Liam Herbert – 32
  4. Cado Lee – 30
  5. Michael Coverdale – 28

Honours

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References

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