Women's Rugby League kicks off in Hong Kong

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At the recent Hong Kong 9s tournament there was a match between Northern Hemisphere and Southern for women.

This was preceded by several training sessions.

They really enjoyed it and there is another game scheduled 7 July as part of Hong Kong's Battle of Origin, which runs under the format of Hong Kong Island vs Kowloon and New Territories.

Full replay.

 

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Another lovely thing to note is that so many of the players were of Chinese ethnicity. Hong Kong also has a strong and growing HKtag (OzTag) organisation.

 

[Twizzle]

loved the drop kick conversion

 

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Southern Hemisphere levels series in Women’s Hong Kong Origin Nines
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The Southern Hemisphere Women’s Representative team have bounced back from their Round One loss to the Northern Hemisphere back in May to record a convincing 30 – 6 victory in Saturday’s match at King’s Park in Kowloon.

After going down 15 – 5 in the inaugural Women’s Nine match held as part of the 2018 Hong Kong Nines tournament, the Southern team went into Saturday’s match knowing that they needed to win to keep the series alive.

The series, which splits players based upon the Hemisphere that they were born, is the first Women’s Rugby League competition conducted in Asia.

The date and venue for the third and deciding match will be announced in the coming weeks by the Hong Kong Rugby League.

 

[Smack]

good stuff

 

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Decider will be played this Saturday night before the HK Super League Grand Final.

You would think, based upon the form shown in the second hame, the Southern Hemisphere team should take out the series. They were dominant in the match.