HKFC Rugby

The 2024-25 season is almost upon us! Read our newsletter to catch up on our last few summer events🔔 - https://mailchi.mp/hkfc/august-event-reminders

🎊 To celebrate the beginning of Rugby Sevens at the Olympics, we’re recapping our Olympic Day event that we hosted in June with our title sponsors Natixis Commitments! 🎉 🏉🥇

Click on the link below for a full recap of the event 🔗: https://hkfcrugby.com/natixis-cib-olympic-day-a-resounding-success/

You don’t want to miss out on our last Junior Youth Summer Camp☀️

Register for Camp 3 via the link in our bio!

☀️ SUMMER KICKING CLINICS ☀️

Join pro coach, Anna Birkett, in HKFC’s specialist rugby kicking clinics!

🚀 Learn new skills and get ahead of the competition before the season starts

6️⃣ spots available per class

Sign up via the link in our bio📲

It’s a summer of international rugby! 🏉 Wishing our HKFC family who are competing in the Touch World Cup in Nottingham this week a massive good luck and ga yau!

🔵 Stephanie Siu
⚪️ Keri CM Lam
🔵 Diana Li
⚪️ Charles Cheung
🔵 Lawrence Chan
⚪️ Ricky Cheuk
🔵 Bernie Reeves
⚪️ Justin Flowers
🔵 Kirk Kahu (not pictured)
⚪️ Laurent Villemeur (not pictured, representing France)

Shoutout to Storm Bell as Men’s Open team manager, representing

With the pool games done, U20s have 1️⃣ more to go at the World Rugby U20s Trophy. We’re very proud of our HKFC reps and wish them all the best in the final game!

🔵 Lukas Molyneux
⚪️ Minjun Koo
🔵 Luke Bannon
⚪️ Marco Conti
🔵 Luke Morrow
⚪️ Dewi Simons (not pictured)

Good luck to Men’s XVs who take on Paraguay 🇵🇾 tomorrow morning at 8am HKT! Congratulations to our 1️⃣1️⃣ HKFC boys representing on the pitch, and to (Coach) and (Team Manager) 🔵⚪️✊🏼

Good luck to our U20s HKCR reps Luke Bannon, Dewi Simons, Minjun Koo, Lukas Molyneux, and Marco Conti who are set to take on Scotland this evening, in the World Rugby U20 Trophy.. Go get ‘em, lads! 🇭🇰💥

Catch the game on at 9:30pm HKT!

☀️WEEK 1 SENIOR YOUTH CAMP✅

It’s not too late to sign up for camps 2 and 3!

Register through the link in our bio!

Good luck to our 9️⃣ HKFC players named for tonight’s face off against Chile 🇨🇱, in ’s first match of their South America tour.

🔵 Callum McCullough
⚪️ PJ Jenkinson
🔵 Josh Hrstich (C)
⚪️ Matteo Avitable
🔵 Tommy Hill
⚪️ Nate De Thierry (not pictured)
🔵 Matt Worley
⚪️ Tyler McNutt
🔵 Pierce Mackinlay-West

Shoutout to Coach Logan Asplin and Team Manager Charles Cheung (not pictured)!

THIS WEEK WE…

🦿 Covered the 7 fundamental movements
🏉 Levelled up our on pitch skills
📝 Learnt how to program sessions
📲 Used tech to analyse our own performance
🗣️ Practiced coaching our teammates

The summer is the best time to elevate your skills before the season starts!

Register for our Senior Youth camps 2 and 3 through the link in our bio!

HKFC Rugby Announces Hannah Edwards as Head of Women’s Rugby Hong Kong Football Club (HKFC) Rugby Section has confirmed that Hannah Edwards, who has been involved in the England Rugby setup for several years, will be joining the club as Head of Women’s Rugby. Hannah Edwards’ will arrive in Hong Kong in August 2024, and will be responsible for the whole wo...

WELCOME TO THE CLUB 🔵🏉

We're thrilled to announce that Hannah Edwards has been appointed as our new Head of Women's Rugby!

Hannah will bring her wealth of experience from England when she lands in August, and is the perfect person to help us grow the women's & girl's game at HKFC! Welcome Hannah! 🙌

Read the full announcement: https://hkfcrugby.com/hannah-edwards-hired-head-womens-rugby/

COUNTDOWN TO SUMMER ☀️😎

Looking for an exciting way to keep your kids active and engaged this summer? Join us for action-packed rugby fun at HKFC!

🏃‍♂️ Learn new skills
🤝 Make new friends
🏆 Build confidence

Register today: https://hkfcrugby.com/junior-youth-summer-camps/

🏉 LEVEL UP YOUR RUGBY SKILLS THIS SUMMER🌟

Our Senior Youth Development Camps offer:
🔹 On-pitch skills: catch, pass, offloading, contact & breakdown
🔹 Off-pitch skills: analysis, nutrition, physical prep & elite differentiators
🔹 Guest speakers & coaches with international rugby backgrounds

Don't miss out! Register today: https://hkfcrugby.com/senior-youth-development-camps/

加油香港 🇭🇰💥

Good luck to in their final match for the ARC Trophy decider against !

Big ups to our HKFC lads:
🔵 Johnnie McCormick-Houston
⚪️ Callum McCullough
🔵 Josh Hrstich (Captain)
⚪️ Matteo Avitabile
🔵 Tommy Hill
⚪️ Ben Axten-Burrett
🔵 Tyler McNutt
⚪️ Jack Abbott

🔵 Logan Asplin (Coach)
⚪️ Charles Cheung (Team Manager)

Support our Hong Kong China Teams! 🇭🇰 - https://mailchi.mp/hkfc/registration-6739105

The finale of the Asia Rugby Championship takes place at HKFC tomorrow!

Plus:
Youth Camps & Registration ✍️
Summer Social ☀️

OPEN NOW: 2024/25 Registration - https://mailchi.mp/hkfc/registration

Plus:
Summer Social ☀️
Hong Kong China are back at HKFC 🇭🇰
Oldham Tour Results 🇸🇬

OPEN NOW!

Youth Registration for the 24/25 season is now available. Click on the link below for more info:

https://hkfcrugby.com/hkfc-youth/registration/

Registration - HKFC Rugby YOUTH & SENIORS SECTION REGISTRATION HKFC YOUTH RUGBY: ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR 2024/2025 SEASON REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN REGISTER NOW HKFC Youth Rugby registration is open to children of both HKFC members and non-members. Please make sure you read and fully understand all the information below. Age....

Summer Rugby at HKFC ☀️ - https://mailchi.mp/hkfc/arc-6738840

Read more to find out about:
Our Summer Camps ☀️
Our 9 HKFC players taking on Malaysia 🇲🇾
Oldham Tour 🇸🇬

📢 CALLING ALL COACHES 📢

We're actively recruiting coaches for our adult teams for the 24-25 season.

Interested? Email [email protected] for more info today!

⭐️ PLAYER SPOTLIGHT ⭐️

A massive congratulations to Matteo Avitabile who will be making his test debut for Hong Kong China today! 🎉

Matteo has played for HKFC right through the age groups, and we couldn’t be prouder of how far he’s come. Congrats, Matteo!

Swipe to see his HKFC Rugby journey ➡️

🔵⚪️ HKFC REPRESENTING ⚪️🔵

Congratulations to our HKFC Men & Women who have been selected for this weekend’s HKCR face off against UAE (Men’s) and Kazakhstan (Women’s). Both games will be played on our home turf so be sure to get down to Sports Road! 🤩

Men (KO 3:00 pm):
- Johnnie McCormick-Houston
- Josh Hrstich
- Glyn Hughes
- Charles Higson-Smith
- Tommy Hill
- Ben Axten-Burrett
- Matteo Avitabile*
- Callum McCullough
- Tyler McNutt

Women (KO 6:30pm):
- Roshini Turner
- Agnes Chan Tsz-Ching
- Fion Got

Special shout out to Josh Hrstich who captains the Men’s side and to Matteo Avitabile on his debut. 💪🏼Good luck and ga yau to everyone!

*Denotes debut cap

Congratulations to our U9 Boys who travelled to Johor Bahru this month to compete in the TRC Cup!

We came away as Plate Champions to take home another bit of silverware this season. Thank you for hosting.

At the end of 2023, our community managed to sort through over 1500 items of kit - including jerseys, shorts, rugby boots, balls & trainers!

This month, those jerseys & shorts were donated to a local village and church group in Roxas, Isabela in the Philippines 🇵🇭

A big thank you to the Youth Rugby Committee for their work to coordinate the donation effort, with a special shoutout to Rob & Lynette Shaw!

🏆 TEAM OF THE YEAR 🏆

Congratulations to our 23-24 season’s TOTY picks. These 15 players from across our Senior section have consistently put in a huge shift this year and been integral parts of their squads. Well done everyone!

Well done to our national representatives Jamie Bourk, Callum McCullough and Max Denmark who participated in the HSBC Sevens Challenger series in Munich and Krakow this weekend!

📸: World Rugby Sevens