The Hong Kong Women’s Sevens squad was announced today. Hong Kong will face a stiff – albeit familiar, challenge after being drawn into an all-Asian pool for the Hong Kong Women’s Sevens in 2015. Hong Kong will face Asian number one China, Kazakhstan (ranked fourth behind third-placed Hong Kong) and Singapore in their opening round matches.
Although missing a few key players due to injury, head coach Anna Richards has still been able to name an experienced squad under the captaincy of Royce Chan Leong Sze, who makes her tenth appearance at the Hong Kong Women’s Sevens.
Try-scoring threats Aggie Poon Pak Yan and Natasha Olson-Thorne have both been named in the final twelve, which features two change to the squad that won the Asia-Pacific Cross-Regional Sevens in Borneo last month. The experienced Candy Cheng Tsz Ting earns her eighth Hong Kong Sevens appearance while Nam Ka Man makes her debut. In total, ten of the squad have played previously in the Women’s Sevens, with Adrienne Garvey and Nam the only debutants.
Women’s Squad:
Royce CHAN, Leong Sze (captain) #
Christy CHENG, Ka Chi (vice captain)
Candy CHENG, Tsz Ting
Adrienne GARVEY*
KWONG Sau Yan
LAI Pou Fan
NAM Ka Man*
Natasha OLSON-THORNE
Aggie POON, Pak Yan
Amelie SEURE
SHAM Wai Sum
Lindsay VARTY
Anna RICHARDS (Head Coach)
Mark KOMAR (Coach)
Dannii CHEUNG (Manager)
* Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens
# 10th Hong Kong Women’s Rugby Sevens appearance in 2015
Hong Kong Match Schedule (Pool Rounds)
Thursday 27th March, King’s Park
| Match | Time | Game | ||
| 4 | 11.00 | Hong Kong | v | Singapore |
| 10 | 13.00 | Hong Kong | v | Kazakhstan |
| 17 | 15.50 | Hong Kong | v | China |