The Hong Kong national rugby union team is a third tier rugby union side. Hong Kong first played in 1969 and since then have always been in the group of the best Asian teams. Their team is made mostly from British origin players, with some natives from Hong Kong. They have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup. Rugby union in Hong Kong is administered by the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union.
Hong Kong took part in the last Asian world cup final qualifying round for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in which they played against Japan and Korea. In the first match against Japan, the Hong Kong side lost 52-3 where the only points for Hong Kong came from a Rob Naylor penalty. In the second match Korea won 23-5. The only try came from HKFC winger Ricky Cheuk who received a cross field kick from HKCC's Colin Bisley.
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