Hong Kong China U20 Men’s XVs Announce December 2025 Fixture

rugbyasia247 Posted On December 14, 2025

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Hong Kong China U20 Men’s XVs Announce Two December 2025 Fixtures

Hong Kong China Rugby have announced that the Hong Kong China U20 Men’s XVs will be involved in a match in Singapore, with one more game to be confirmed.

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Following the cancellation of the annual U19 Men’s Asia Rugby Championship by Asia Rugby, HKCR has arranged for their U20 men to play in Singapore against Singapore U20s on Tuesday, 16 December at Jurong West Stadium.

HKCR U20s Head Coach Sam Beard said via the union: “It’s good to finally have the group together – there are logistics to navigate with players being dotted around the world, but we’ve had good engagement and it will be exciting to see the pieces of the puzzle come together. We have a good mixture of youth and guys who have experienced this type of environment and playing level before, making for some strong competition in certain positions.

We have some mobile and athletic players within the group, along with some key game drivers – now that they have had some time together to build combinations, it will be exciting to see what they can produce.

It’s a great opportunity for the 23 who are going to travel, so I’m excited to see who grabs hold of it with both hands and makes the most of it.”

Photo Credit – HKCR

HKCR Head of Performance Pathways Siân Moore added, “The purpose of our performance pathway is to create athletes that are skilful, adaptable and confident rugby players. We want to develop the person and athlete as much as the player. This program gives us the opportunity to expose players to a high level of competition to continue their development.

There’s a great energy amongst the squad. We’ve seen a good balance of cohesion and competition. It’s been pleasing to see players drive the standards within the environment.”

In 2026, it has been confirmed that Japan will join the newly formatted World Rugby U20 Championship, while Chile had previously proposed to host a World Rugby U20 Challenger Cup in 2026, but more details still need to be confirmed.

Hong Kong China Men’s XVs U20s Training Squad

Jordy BLAND (Valley RFC), Freddie BROWN (Loughborough University), Russell CARMICHAEL (HKU Sandy Bay), Marcus Chan (USRC Tigers), Davy CHIU (HKU Sandy Bay RFC), Nicholas DINGLEY (Valley RFC), Andrew DURANT (Valley RFC), Kian FALAHATI HKU (Sandy Bay RFC), Oliver FISHER (Kowloon RFC), Liam GORDON (Hong Kong Football Club), Huw HAND (Kowloon RFC), Tomos HAND (Kowloon RFC), Morgan HANSON (Kowloon RFC), Gabriel HORBERRY (Loughborough University), Jack JOYCE (University of Mary Washington), Floris KENNES (Valley Fort RFC), Leon LESEK (USRC Tigers), Fritz MAHN (Kowloon RFC), Louis McLAUGHLIN (Hong Kong Football Club), Craig MCSHEAFFREY (Hong Kong Football Club), Sam NICOLLE (Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club), William PANG (Kowloon RFC), Patipon THUNTHEP (Kowloon RFC), Noah REID (Kowloon RFC), Brody ROESSEL (USRC Tigers), Ryan SCHROEDER (USRC Tigers), Omar SHARIF (HKU Sandy Bay), Aidan SMART (HKU Sandy Bay), Kai TILTMAN (HK Scottish), Ian WONG (USRC Tigers), Tin Yuen YEUNG (Valley RFC)