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.
Hong Kong Sevens
Union Hong Kong Rugby Football Union
Coach(es) Paul John
World Cup Sevens
Appearances 8 (First in 1993)
Best result 10th (1997)
Hong Kong national rugby sevens team
Medal record
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Jakarta Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Incheon Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guangzhou Team
East Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hong Kong 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 in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2022. Their current coach is Paul John. Formerly Dai Rees was the head coach.

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.

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, Dai Rees was promoted to be the HKRFU's head of technical development and performance.

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 Winners 1st 6 6 0 0
2022 Winners 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
2010 Plate 5th
2011 Runner-Up 2nd
2012 Winner 1st
2013 Runner-Up 2nd
2014 Winner 1st
2015 Runner-Up 2nd 15 12 3 0
2016 Winner 1st 15 13 2 0
2017 Runner-Up 2nd 18 15 3 0
2018 Runner-Up 2nd 15 12 3 0
2019 Runner-Up 2nd 15 13 2 0
2020 Not contested
2021 Winner 1st 5 5 0 0
2022 Winner 1st 15 14 0 1
Total 5 Titles 13/13 98 84 13 1

Current squad

Squad to 2023 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour:

  1. Max Woodward (Captain)
  2. Michael Coverdale
  3. Alessandro Nardoni
  4. Pierce Mackinlay-West
  5. Mak Kwai Chung
  6. Max Denmark
  7. Alex McQueen
  8. Russell Webb
  9. Seb Brien
  10. Salom Yiu
  11. Hugo Stiles
  12. Liam Herbert
  13. James Christie

Notable Players
Cado Lee

Player records

World Rugby Sevens Series

As of 27 September 2021, or after the 2021 Canada Sevens

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. Carl Murray – 48
  2. Keith Robertson – 30
  3. Russell Webb – 19
  4. Nigel D'Arce – 17
  5. Jamie Hood – 16

Most tackles

  1. Max Woodward – 42
  2. Liam Herbert – 32
  3. Jamie Hood – 31
  4. Cado Lee – 30
  5. Michael Coverdale – 28

Honours

See also