Gai Wu Falcons beat City Sparkle comfortably 27-10 at Happy Valley Recreation ground. In hot but breezy conditions the game got off to a flying start when Gai Wu won a penalty within the first two minutes. Kicking for territory and winning the line out, an inside pass to Chan Lap Ting had spectators thinking Falcon’s could take the lead early. Sparkle defended well and a Gai Wu infringement saw City win a scrum on their five-metre line, allowing them to kick the ball clear.
The first 20 minutes had little to separate the teams with Falcons retaining slightly more possession. Sparkle briefly looked to go on the attack but Falcons won a penalty for City not releasing the ball. Kicking for territory they pushed Sparkle back onto their 22. Sparkle defended well but when Cheng Man King went to clear the ball it was intercepted by flanker Ching Tsz Yung in who charged through and over the try line to put Falcons ahead 5-0.
Bolstered by the confidence of a score Gai Wu needed just eight minutes to add to their total. This time, flanker Tsz Yung with an inside pass to outside centre Chiu Wing Sze who finished easily.
The Sparkle backline lost Tse Kar Man for 10 minutes courtesy of a yellow card for deliberate offside. Taking advantage of a weakened defence Gai Wu stretched Sparkle across the field. A wide pass from prop Lau Nga Wu to Lo Pui Shan on the left wing allowed her to score Gai Wu’s third try – 15-0 to the Falcons at half-time.
Gai Wu continued their dominance in the second half, Lock Chow Mei Nam needing just five minutes to scored the Falcon’s fourth try converted by fullback Lau Sze Wa.
Fine play by fly half Chui Kam Chi culminated with an inside pass to release Lau who almost outran the entire City defence before offloading a short pass to flanker Yip Hiu Ki, running hard in support, to added another five points to the score, 27-0.
Falcons looked on their way to a rout keeping City pinned in their half until Sparkles’ Cheng Man King turned the ball over on the Gai Wu 5 meter line and ran almost the full length of the field for a lovely try.
City attempted to fight back late in the second half and kept Gai Wu deep in their own half forcing the home team to defend their lead for the rest of the match. A quick inside flick from Sparkle’s Ng Yuk Yon to Tse Wing Kiu saw City add a second try for a final score of 27-10
Gai Wu Falcons: 1. Lau Nga Wun 劉雅緩; 2. Pun Wai Yan 潘慧欣; 3. Lee Ka Shun 李嘉萱; 4. Wong Ka Yin 黃家妍; 5. Chow Mei Nam 鄒美楠; 6. Ching Tsz Yung 程子容; 7. Yip Hiu Ki 葉曉琪; 8. Chan Ka Yan 陳嘉欣; 9. Lai Pui Shan 黎珮珊; 10. Chui Kam Chi 徐金枝; 11. Lo Pui Shan 羅佩珊; 12. Ho Hoi Lam 何凱琳; 13. Chiu Wing See 趙穎思; 14. Lum Ka Ching 藍嘉晴; 15. Lau Sze Wa 劉絲樺;
Reserve: 16. Lam Ka Wai 林嘉慧; 17. Lee Wing Yan 李穎欣; 18. Ng Ki Sum 吳其芯; 19. Man Yuen Yan 文琬茵; 20. Man Po Kei 文寶琪; 21. Fung Hoi Ching 馮凱晴; 22. Chan Wan Sum 陳韻心; 23. Chan Lap Ting 陳立婷