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Hong Kong hooker Dewi Simons scored his side’s first try against the USA. Photo: World Rugby

Hong Kong end World Rugby U20 Trophy on high note despite USA defeat

City’s young squad score three tries in closing stages of 47-22 loss in Nairobi, and battling display forces Americans to change front row with less than 30 minutes gone.

  • City’s young squad score three tries in closing stages of 47-22 defeat in Nairobi
  • Battling display forces Americans to change front row with less than 30 minutes gone

Kenya hold off ferocious Hong Kong onslaught to claim U20 Trophy win

Hong Kong coach hails side’s ‘massive growth’ after narrow Samoa defeat

Hong Kong begin U20 Trophy with 53-0 drubbing as Spain run in 9 tries in Nairobi

Spain could have scored several more and Hong Kong, too, butcher opportunities, while there are victories for Scotland, Samoa and Uruguay in the opening day’s other fixtures.

Spain wing Eloy de la Pisa Cuadrado scores one of his two tries against Hong Kong. Photo: World Rugby

Hong Kong must be bold in World Rugby U20 Trophy opener, coach Asplin says

City side take on Spain in their opening game of the tournament in Kenya, before facing Samoa and the hosts in Pool B.

Hong Kong face Holland in World Rugby U20 Trophy warm-up

Head coach Logan Asplin has named a 28-man squad for this month’s tournament in Kenya, where Hong Kong will take on the hosts, Samoa and Spain in Pool B.

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Hong Kong to face Spain, Samoa and Kenya in World Rugby Under-20 Trophy group

Tournament will be held between July 15 and 30, with eight teams battling it out for the right to play in the U20 Championship next year. Scotland and Uruguay in Pool A, with two qualifiers still to be decided.

The best of Hong Kong’s youth rugby players will travel to Kenya this summer for the Under-20 Trophy. Photo: Edmond So

Hong Kong rugby’s stars of future ready for 55th New Year’s Day tournament

Under-19 and under-16 matches will pit Hong Kong-based talent against overseas-based counterparts in a return to the event’s traditional format.

Hong Kong-born Scotland rugby player joins Leicester

Towering lock Cameron Henderson describes how playing junior rugby in Hong Kong ‘shaped’ him and why returning to the Leicester Tigers was the ‘best move’.

Junior rugby overhaul needed as HK come last in U20 Trophy: Rees

Max Denmark hunts for a gap in Hong Kong's loss to Canada at the World Rugby U20 Trophy. Photo: HKRU

Hong Kong capitulate in 66-10 loss to Uruguay at U20 Trophy

Scrum half Mark Coebergh gets the ball moving for Hong Kong. Photo: World Rugby

Hong Kong go down 31-24 to Portugal in World Rugby U20 Trophy

Coebergh scores but Hong Kong fall 26-7 to Fiji at U20 Trophy

Racing 92 debut in reach for Hong Kong’s Worley as U20 Trophy kicks off

Matt Worley hopes his Racing 92 debut is not too far away. Photo: Julien Poupart

Hong Kong withstand Zimbabwe fight-back to secure first-ever World U20s success and take seventh place

Hong Kong withstood a strong second-half fight-back from Zimbabwe in Harare on Sunday to record their first-ever World Rugby U20 Trophy triumph.

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Number eight Pierce Mackinlay-West carries the ball into battle during Hong Kong’s 44-40 victory over Zimbabwe at the World Rugby U20 Trophy in Harare on Sunday. Photos: World Rugby

Namibia’s romp over Hong Kong U20s tainted by suspected anti-doping violation

A Namibian player under investigation for violating an anti-doping rule has overshadowed his country’s 70-8 pool win over Hong Kong and their subsequent qualification for the third-place play-off match at the World Rugby U20 Trophy in Zimbabwe.

WATCH: Highlights from the 2016 World Rugby U20 Trophy

Watch highlights from the 2016 World Rugby U20 Trophy which took place in Harare, Zimbabwe from 19 April to 1 May and featured eight junior national teams – Hong Kong, who finished seventh, eventual champions Samoa, runners-up Spain, Fiji (3rd), Naimbia (4th), USA (5th), Uruguay (6th) and hosts Zimbabwe (8th).

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Humbled Hong Kong juniors enter seventh place play-off following crushing defeat by Namibia

Hong Kong’s juniors will on Sunday face hosts Zimbabwe in the 7th/8th play-off game at the World Rugby U20 Trophy following a crushing 70-8 pool loss to Namibia in mid-week.

Hong Kong scrum-half Mark Coebergh looks for a way around the defence during a 70-8 loss to Namibia at the World Rugby U20 Trophy in Harare, Zimbabwe on Wednesday. Photos: World Rugby

Spanish juniors bid adiós to Hong Kong in their World U20s opener

An experienced Hong Kong junior side were beaten 44-8 by European champions Spain on Tuesday in the opening round of the 2016 World Rugby U20 Trophy in Zimbabwe.

Hong Kong juniors go hunting in Zimbabwe for their first World U20 Trophy success

Hong Kong’s national junior squad are in Zimbabwe this week on the hunt for a first victory in the World Rugby U20 Trophy on what is their third consecutive appearance in the tier-two age-grade competition.

Overseas Lions beat Hong Kong Dragons in U19 Boys clash at NYD Youth Tournament

The Hong Kong Dragons breathed fire but it wasn’t enough to beat the Overseas Lions in the U19 Boys age-grade finale at the HKRU’s 2016 New Year’s Day Youth Tournament at Hong Kong Football Club on Friday.

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Hong Kong Dragons’ Zak Baldwin (left, in red) goes in to tackle Sam Walsh of the Overseas Lions during Friday's U19 Boys match in the New Year's Day Youth Tournament. Photo: KY Cheng/SCMP

WATCH: New Year’s Day Youth Tournament 2016

See all the action from the HKRU New Year’s Day Youth Tournament 2016 at Hong Kong Football Club on 1 January.

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The U12 Island Lions boys defeated the U12 Peninsula Dragons 12-5 in the HKRU’s 2016 New Year’s Day Youth Tournament on Friday at Hong Kong Football Club. Photo: HKRU

Warriors a ‘real boost’ to HKRU’s push for more local players, says Fan Shun-kei

The Hong Kong Warriors debut tour to the Philippines will attract more local players to the game, senior squad coach Fan Shun-kei said Wednesday.

Asian U19s hat-trick fires Hong Kong juniors into 2016 World U20s Trophy

Hong Kong’s junior 15s squad capped winning a third straight Asian U19s title with a nine-try 61-10 romp over hosts Singapore on Saturday.

All-new Hong Kong Warriors aim to represent on debut tour of Philippines

Two new representative 15s sides will make their international bows this week on a tour of the Philippines, the Hong Kong Rugby Union said Wednesday.

Erik Kwok Pak-nga (centre) is one of only a few Hong Kong Warriors senior squad members with experience in the HKRU Premiership where he plays on the wing for USRC Tigers. Photos: HKRU

Hong Kong U19s survive Sri Lanka scare to stay perfect in Singapore

Hong Kong’s junior national side needed a late rally to defeat Sri Lanka 24-13 in the second round of the Asia Rugby U19 Championship in Singapore on Wednesday.

Fly-half Hugo Stiles has been successful on 14 of 15 kicks so far for Hong Kong at the Asia Rugby U19 Championship in Singapore. Photo: HKRU

Classy Hong Kong launch defence of Asian U19s crown with 11-try romp over Taiwan

Teenage “veterans” Matt Worley and Hugo Chui Ho-ching each scored a brace as two-time defending champions Hong Kong delivered an 11-try masterclass of running rugby in crushing Taiwan 78-12 on Sunday at the Asia Rugby U19 Championship in Singapore.

Asia Rugby U19 Championship 2015 results & standings

Match scores and final standings from the 2015 Asia Rugby U19 Championship in Singapore (13-19 December), featuring junior 15s teams from two-time defending champions Hong Kong, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Taiwan. Hong Kong won all three of their matches to secure a hat-trick of Asian titles and qualify for the 2016 edition of the World Rugby Under 20 Trophy in Zimbabwe.

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World Rugby U20 Trophy
The World Rugby Under 20 Trophy is the second level of the World Rugby tournament structure and is played by the top eight second-tier junior national teams. 
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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