Hong Kong national rugby sevens team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Hong Kong women's national rugby sevens team.

The Hong Kong national rugby sevens team is a regular participant in the Rugby World Cup Sevens. The team's greatest achievements include winning the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and winning the Asian Sevens Series a record 7 times.

Hong Kong Sevens

Union	Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
Coach(es)	Jevon Groves
World Cup Sevens
Appearances	8 (First in 1993)
Best result	10th (1997)

Hong Kong national rugby sevens team

Medal record
Asian Games
	2022 Hangzhou	Team
	2018 Jakarta	Team
	2014 Incheon	Team
	2010 Guangzhou	Team
East Asian Games
	2009 Hong Kong	Team

History

The men’s and women’s Hong Kong national sevens teams were granted elite sport status by the Hong Kong Sports Institute on 1 April 2013, which means the HKRFU national sevens teams receive an annual stipend to be distributed to qualified players from the target teams.^[1]

In November 2013, former Wales sevens coach Gareth Baber took over as head of the men's rugby sevens programme at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. At the same time former coach, Dai Rees, was promoted to be the HKRFU's head of technical development and performance.^[2][3]

2024

They qualified for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai. In round one of the tournament, they were knocked out of the quarter-final by Germany. They went on to beat Georgia for seventh place.^[4][5] They finished the overall series in fifth place.^[6]

Tournament history

Rugby World Cup Sevens

Rugby World Cup Sevens Record
Tournament	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1993	Group Stage	17th	5	1	4	0
1997	Plate Finalist	10th	7	4	3	0
2001	Bowl Quarterfinalist	21st	6	0	6	0
2005	Bowl Quarterfinalist	21st	6	0	6	0
2009	Bowl Semifinalist	19th	5	1	4	0
2013	Bowl Quarterfinalist	21st	4	1	3	0
2018	Bowl Finalist	18th	4	2	2	0
2022	19th Place Final	19th	4	2	2	0
Total	0 Titles	8/8	41	11	30	0

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D
1998	Classification	5th	3	1	2	0
2002	Group Stage	7th	3	0	3	0
2006	Classification	5th	3	2	1	0
2010	Runner-Up	2nd	7	5	2	0
2014	Runner-Up	2nd	6	5	1	0
2018	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0
2022	Champions	1st	6	6	0	0
Total	2 Titles	7/7	19	22	9	0

Asia Rugby Sevens Series

Asia Rugby Sevens Series record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	D	Ref
2009	2nd Runner Up	3rd					[7]
2010	Plate	5th					[8][9]
2011	Runner-Up	2nd					[10]
2012	Champions	1st					[11]
2013	Runner-Up	2nd					[12]
2014	Champions	1st					[13]
2015	Runner-Up	2nd	15	12	3	0	[14]
2016	Champions	1st	15	13	2	0
2017	Runner-Up	2nd	18	15	3	0
2018	Runner-Up	2nd	15	12	3	0	[15]
2019	Runner-Up	2nd	15	13	2	0
2020	Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	[16]
2022	Champions	1st	15	14	0	1	[17]
2023	Champions	1st	-	-	-	-	[18]
2024	Champions	1st	-	-	-	-	[19]
Total	7 Titles	15/15	98	84	13	1

Current squad

Squad for the 2024 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Dubai.^[20]

No.	Players
4	Pierce Mackinlay-West
5	Callum McCullough
6	Liam Doherty
7	Harry Sayers
8	Max Denmark
9	Bryn Phillips
10	Russell Webb
11	Seb Brien
17	Fong Kit Fung
20	James Christie
27	Cado Lee
54	Liam Herbert

Player records

World Rugby Sevens Series

As of 27 September 2021, or after the 2021 Canada Sevens ^[21]

Most appearances

1. Rowan Varty – 47
2. Carl Murray – 39
3. Ricky Cheuk – 39
4. Andrew Chambers – 38
5. Jamie Hood – 37

Most points

1. Carl Murray – 139
2. Keith Robertson – 135
3. Rowan Varty – 105
4. Matthew Reede – 90
5. Ricky Cheuk – 75

Most tries

1. Rowan Varty – 21
2. Matthew Reede – 18
3. Keith Robertson – 15
4. Ricky Cheuk – 15
5. Tom McQueen – 13

Most conversions

1. Jamie Hood - 34
2. Carl Murray – 30
3. Keith Robertson – 25
4. Russell Webb – 17
5. Nigel D'Acre – 16

Most tackles

1. Jamie Hood – 59
2. Max Woodward – 42
3. Liam Herbert – 32
4. Cado Lee – 30
5. Michael Coverdale – 28

Honours

• 2018 Asian Games Gold Medal
• 2014 Asian Games Silver Medal
• 2013 China National Games Silver Medal
• 2010 Asian Games Silver Medal
• 2009 East Asian Games Silver Medal
• 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 Asian Sevens Series Runner-Up
• 2012, 2014, 2016 Asian Sevens Series Champions

See also

• Hong Kong Sevens