South China Tigers
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hong Kong English Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The South China Tigers is a professional rugby union team from Hong Kong that plays in the Global Rapid Rugby competition.[1]
The team was launched in 2018 to participate in the inaugural Global Rapid Rugby season.[2]
For the naming of the team, South China tigers are considered as the most distinctive of all tiger subspecies. The population once numbered more than 4,000 in the wild, distributed from Hunan, Jiangxi in the north to as far south as Hong Kong.[3]
History
The inaugural Global Rapid Rugby season was played as a showcase series in 2019, with the South China Tigers playing four matches in the Asia Showcase.[1] In the first Rapid Rugby match, Glyn Hughes scored the Tigers' first try in the ninth minute against the Western Force in Perth on 29 March 2019.[4] The team secured their first Rapid Rugby victory a month later in a home match against the Asia Pacific Dragons, winning 29–19 at the Aberdeen Sports Ground.[5]
Players and personnel
Squad
The squad for the 2020 season includes:
South China Tigers – 2020 Global Rapid Rugby
| |
|---|---|
| Template:Plainlist | Template:Plainlist
Notes: |
| Bold denotes player is internationally capped. (c) Denotes team captain. 1 denotes marquee player. |
Staff
Appointments for the 2019 season:[6]
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Craig Hammond | Head Coach |
| Scott Sneddon | Assistant Coach |
| Sam Hocking | Assistant Coach |
| Brett Wilkinson | Assistant Coach |
| Andrew Hall | Team Manager |
Records
Season standings
Global Rapid Rugby
| Year | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | +/− | BP | Pts | Play-offs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019
|
3rd | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 93 | 145 | −52 | 2 | 6 | — |
Notes:
<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^* 2019 Rapid Rugby matches in the Asia showcase.
Head coaches
- Craig Hammond (2019–present)
- REDIRECT Template:Hair space
Template:Redirect category shell[6]
Captains
- Liam Slatem and James Cunningham (2019)
- REDIRECT Template:Hair space
Template:Redirect category shell[6][7]
- Liam Slatem and Josh Dowsing (2020)
See also
Script error: No such module "Portal".
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
- Script error: No such module "Official website".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- HKRU website
Template:Rugby union in Hong Kong Template:Global Rapid Rugby