Club Magazine Issue 2, 2023

RUGBY
HKFC
YOUTH
PLAYERS
MASTERCLASS!
T
he rugby section’s Movember
fundraiser included a number
of exciting prizes, one of which
was a kicking masterclass with Club’s
Glyn Hughes. Two of our youth rugby
players Jessica and William (U10G
& U7) were lucky enough to win
the session with Glyn who provided
some great tips and advice as the kids
looked to develop their own kicking
and follow in the footsteps of our
Prem star. A number of our senior
players generously gave their time to
coach our younger players, with all
age groups from U9 upwards having
a dedicated pro-coach in addition
to special events like this. HKFC
Youth Rugby is privileged to have this
connection to our senior teams and
the bonds across the section serve as
inspiration for the next generation of
senior players!
5 HKFC Players (Luke Bannon, Marco
Conti, Tanner Holland, Minjun Koo
and Dewi Simons) were part of the
Hong Kong U19 squad that travelled
to Kuala Lumpur to compete in the
Asia Rugby Championship in early
December. Hong Kong won against
Malaysia (43-9) and Chinese Taipei
(19-12), earning a place in the U20
World Rugby Trophy in 2023. Marco
and Dewi, both long-term HKFC
players, returned from the UK for the
competition while Luke, Tanner and
Minjun are locally based and at just
16 years of age will be excelling for
many years to come.
Other HKFC U18 players (Henry
Alder, Adam Farquhar, Nirvan Rai
and Thaddeus Sandeen) also trained
with the team and HKFC Head Coach
Logan Asplin was responsible for the
campaign. Well done all!
HOT OFF THE PRESS!
MORE SILVERWARE!
Huge congratulations to our U13
team, winners of Pool A in the U13/14
Championship on 18th December!
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