Coach Hull keeps the faith against Lionesses as Hong Kong women open for Super Rugby’s Sunwolves in Singapore
Hong Kong women’s coach Jo Hull has selected a largely unchanged squad from last week’s home Test against Japan for this weekend’s clash with Singapore which will serve as the opener for the Sunwolves’ final match to be played at their “other” home.
Hong Kong women’s coach Jo Hull has selected a largely unchanged squad from last week’s home Test against Japan for this weekend’s clash with Singapore which will serve as the opener for the Sunwolves’ final match to be played at their “other” home.
Before the Japanese Super Rugby newcomers battle to avenge last month’s 19-46 loss to South Africa’s Stormers, Hong Kong will take on Singapore at the National Stadium as they prepare for round two of the 2016 Women’s Asia Rugby Championship in Tokyo in two weeks.
For Hull, who is in charge of her first regional championship as coach, Singapore are a relative unknown, but despite the fact they place their international rugby a tier below Hong Kong she is expecting a good challenge come Saturday.
“We don’t know too much about Singapore but we expect their forwards will be dominant and know that they have a good number of their sevens team in the squad,” she said.
We know we have a job to do after last weekend. We want to use this game to trial some new combinations
“They will be massively up for this match being played in the new stadium as well, but our focus continues to be on our own processes and correcting some of the faults we identified against Japan.
“We know we have a job to do after last weekend. Our focus has been on defence and our set-piece, as well as improving our accuracy in attack. We had a lot of opportunities against Japan but our accuracy wasn’t where we needed it to be. Singapore will provide another opportunity for us to refine [our] ability to play under pressure,” added Hull.
