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Hong Kong Rugby League

Bronco Rob

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A new player has emerged on the International scene with the formation of the Hong Kong Rugby League. Here's a link to their website and Facebook pages:

http://www.hongkongrugbyleague.com/

https://www.facebook.com/hkrugbyleague


Hong Kong Rugby League Established

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Rugby League’s continued push into Asia took a significant step forward this week with the formation of the Hong Kong Rugby League.
Joining the likes of Thailand, Japan and the Philippines, the Hong Kong Rugby League has been established to promote the growth and interest in all forms of the code in Hong Kong.
At the inaugural Annual General Meeting held on Saturday the 6th of December 2014 the first Hong Kong Rugby League board was established.
The inaugural Hong Kong Rugby League board consists of:
Chairman: James Hall
Secretary: Ray Meli
Treasurer: Ian Molyneux
Board Member: Brad Newman
Board Member: Jason Fairleigh
Board Member: Jack Muir
Board Member: Malcolm Pratt
Board Member: Daniel Mascord
In early 2015 the HKRL board will work hard to establish Rugby League by organising a wide ranging fixture list which will include international matches with the Hong Kong Thunder as well as local representative, domestic, junior, school and touch football.
“We are very excited as a group about giving Rugby League a presence here in Hong Kong. We have put together a board of talented and most importantly enthusiastic people who can push the sport forward in Hong Kong.” said inaugural HKRL Chairman James Hall.
“Our hopes for the future are high with regards to getting both adults and juniors playing Rugby League in and for this exciting country. Looking further down the road we can see Hong Kong, with it’s geographical positioning, being a venue of great interest to the global Rugby League community.”
“If you have any interest in playing, supporting or volunteering then please get in touch as we have some exciting plans in place for 2015.”
The Hong Kong Rugby League is honoured to be the custodians of the great game in Hong Kong and will use their passion and experience to take Rugby League to great heights in Hong Kong and internationally, especially with our Asian neighbours.
 

DlEHARD

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Hong Kong Nines is coming in October 21 2015.

Mini site - http://hongkongrugbyleague.com/nines/

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Couple of teams announced so far.

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Hunters Rugby League are the first team to secure their spot at the 2015 Hong Kong Nines tournament to be held at Kings Park in Kowloon in October.
Captain-coached by Jack Muir, the Hunters are one of six teams that will take part in the tournament.

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The district of Wan Chai is set to be represented at this years HKRL Nines, with the Wan Chai Warriors confirming their attendance at the inaugural tournament.

Managed by Andrew Zucco & captained by James Hall, the Warriors are planning to make their mark come October 21!
 

DlEHARD

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HKRL Residents XIII to tour the Philippines
http://hongkongrugbyleague.com

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There will be more on the line than just silverware on offer at this year’s Hong Kong Nines tournament, with the event to give players the opportunity to showcase their talent and potential secure a spot on the HKRL Residents XIII tour of the Philippines.

The tour, which will take place in November, will see the HKRL Residents XIII visit Manilla in the Philippines to play against the Manilla Storm.

The Manilla Storm are one of the domestic Rugby League teams in the Philippines and have been selected by the PNRL to be the Resident XIII’s opponents.

The tour match will take place on Southern Plains Field in Alabang on November 7.

The HKRL will announce further details around the tour, including how interested players can join the tour at a later date

The HKRL Residents XIII is a representative team made up of open-age players who are current residents of Hong Kong and playing Rugby League. The team is not the international representative team of Hong Kong (Hong Kong Thunder) and is designed to allow a wider mix of players to have the opportunity to not only represent their region, but also help spread the Rugby League message throughout Asia.
 

Mr. Sharky

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Hopefully the union clowns don't try to sabotage the HKRL like South Africa, UAE, France, Italy and Japan did.
 

Mr. Sharky

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Hopefully the game goes to the Chinese mainland.

I raised that question on the old Rleague forum several years ago.
 

DlEHARD

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Hong Kong Nines and Tag tournament taking place on Wednesday which is a public holiday in HK.
 

LJC

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Hopefully the union clowns don't try to sabotage the HKRL like South Africa, UAE, France, Italy and Japan did.

You can throw in Russia , Poland, Kenya and no doubt a lot more we don't know of!

A few of the latest tricks the RU affiliated/biased administrators/agencies use are:
1. RL is not an Olympic sport therefore it does not have access to government funding.
2. Any fledgling RL competition in a given nation(especially in central Europe)will be suddenly taken control of by RU administrators which ultimately leads to, when the shit hits the fan, the dropping of the RL competition.
3. Lack of access of rugby league to the private school system at large everywhere in the world. For that matter most public school systems as well outside of NSW & Qld and perhaps northern England.
 
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