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HKRU Premiership 2015-16

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HKRU Premiership 2015-16
The 2015-16 HKRU Premiership is the top club competition for men in Hong Kong. The six-team league runs over 15 rounds from October 3, 2015 and is followed in February 2016 by the Grand Championship play-offs. The defending league champions are Leighton Asia HKCC, while Societe Generale Valley won the 2014-15 Grand Final.
Valley fly-half Ben Rimene corrals HKCC winger Rowan Varty en route to the HKRU Premiership champions’ 21-5 final victory in the Grand Championship on Saturday. Photos: HKRU
Women’s Rugby

Valley cap 40th season in style as men’s and women’s firsts win Grand Championship titles

Societe Generale Valley capped their 40th anniversary season in style after claiming both the men’s and women’s HKRU Premiership Grand Championship titles on Saturday at King’s Park.

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HKCC edge Kowloon to join Valley juggernaut in men’s Grand Championship final

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Full-strength Kowloon out to spring another surprise in Grand Championship semis

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Battling Kowloon withstand late HKFC onslaught for shock win and a spot in Grand Championship semis

Bottom-ranked Sabre Kowloon finally found their mojo on Saturday as they withstood a late Natixis HKFC onslaught to win 18-12 and book their place in next weekend’s Grand Championship semi-finals.

HK Scottish players celebrate their 23-20 extra-time win over USRC Tigers in the Grand Championship quarter-finals on Saturday. Photo: HKRU
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Premiership clubs kick-off Grand Championship with scramble for semi-final berths

The race for spots in the HKRU Grand Championship final gets under way Saturday with the start of the quarter-finals.

Women’s Rugby

Double happiness: Valley men and women wrap up titles, issue warning for play-offs

Societe Generale Valley’s men and women celebrated their championship double in style on Saturday with convincing victories in the final round of the 2015-16 HKRU Premiership season.

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Scramble for second goes down to the wire in HKRU Premiership

The battle for runners-up spot in the 2015-16 HKRU Premiership will be settled Saturday on the last match day of the league season when third-ranked Natixis HKFC host second-placed Leighton Asia HKCC.

Pending a last-minute fitness test number eight Josh Afu (right) will anchor the HKFC pack when they face HKCC at Sports Road on Saturday. Photos: HKRU
Women’s Rugby

High-flying Valley Black, Gai Wu Falcons to face off in gripping end-of-season showdown

The highlight of this weekend’s HKRU Women’s Premiership triple-header at King’s Park will be the end-of-season clash between league champions Societe Generale Valley Black Ladies and league runners-up CPM Gai Wu Falcons.

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Nine-try HKFC crush Tigers to set up do-or-die final fling with HKCC

Natixis Hong Kong Football Club exploded for nine tries in a 57-7 romp over Borrelli Walsh USRC Tigers on Saturday, putting them just one win away from securing a pass straight through to the Grand Championship semi-finals.

Women’s Rugby

Top-flight clubs enter final stage of fight for ‘a week off’ ahead of Grand Championship

The season-ending play-offs don’t kick-off for another few weeks but many teams in the HKRU Premiership and HKRU Women’s Premiership are fighting like the Grand Championship has already started.

Salom Yiu Kam-shing gets over the line against HKFC two weeks ago, but it is the Sports road side who emerge victorious and become the only club to best the league champions this season. Photos: HKRU
Women’s Rugby

Valley’s perfect run ended by Club as HKCC edge Tigers in 12-try thriller

Societe Generale Valley’s perfect Premiership record was brought to a grinding halt by arch-rivals Natixis HKFC on Saturday after Matt Onesemo twice got over the line for the home side at Sports Road.

Teen stand-out Lucy Ross carries the ball into battle before scoring her first try for Gai Wu Falcons in a 17-0 triumph over HKFC Ice on Saturday. Photos: HKRU
Hong Kong China Rugby

Unstoppable: Seven-try Valley crush HKCC to wrap up league title and edge closer to a ‘perfect’ season

Societe Generale Valley wrapped up the HKRU Premiership in emphatic style Saturday at Sandy Bay with a seven-try 45-10 romp over their nearest title rivals Leighton Asia HKCC.

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Forward thinking: We must ‘front up’ to halt Valley juggernaut, says HKCC chief

Leighton Asia HKCC first team manager Richard Cooke expects a punishing scrap against top-of-the table Societe Generale Valley at Sandy Bay on Saturday, but says it is a fight his resurgent side can win if the forwards front up.

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Super Saturday promises a try-fest as clubs begin run-in to Grand Championship

Societe Generale Valley have already wrapped up the league title with a third of HKRU Premiership matches still to be played, but that isn’t slowing the other top-flight clubs facing off in this weekend’s final Super Saturday triple-header.

Coach Deacon Manu hopes his HKCC charges can deliver against HK Scottish on Saturday despite the absence through injury of eight key players, among them Tom McQueen (left). Photo: HKRU
Women’s Rugby

Business as usual: Tigers tumble as HKRU Premiership undergoes mid-season shuffle

The first day of HKRU Premiership action in 2016 produced a major mid-table shuffle as Bloomberg Hong Kong Scottish overcame Borrelli Walsh USRC Tigers 20-11 in a hard-fought match at The Rock while Societe Generale Valley hammered Sabre Kowloon 42-21.

The safe hands and reliable boot of scrum-half Charles Cheung Ho-ning were key to a 20-11 win for Hong Kong Scottish over USRC Tigers in the HKRU Premiership on Saturday. Photos: HKRU
Women’s Rugby

Forward planning: Valley still perfect after bruising battle of the packs against HKFC

Natixis HKFC pressed the runaway HKRU Premiership leaders very close at Happy Valley on Saturday but when push came to shove the home pack prevailed with Societe Generale Valley winning 13-6 to extend their perfect run to nine matches.

Hong Kong China Rugby

Take one for the league: HKFC need ‘best show’ to halt runaway Valley before the winter break

Hong Kong Football Club on Saturday have the last chance before the Christmas break to end Valley’s eight-match win-streak in the HKRU Premiership, but success will require their best performance this season according to head coach Phil Bailey.

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Unbeaten Valley secure Broony Quaich with win number eight against HK Scottish

The winning streak goes on for Societe Generale Valley: eight in a row and the Ranfurly-style Broony Quaich in the bag after their 30-15 victory over Bloomberg Hong Kong Scottish in HKRU Premiership action on Saturday.

HKFC's Charles Higson-Smith gets wrapped up by the USRC Tigers centres at King's Park. Tigers won the match 24-18. Photos: HKRU
Women’s Rugby

All change at the top as Premiership powerhouses prepare for key clashes

A frantic shuffling of several top-flight decks has taken place ahead of this weekend's eighth round of the men’s HKRU Premiership with some of the league’s top contenders preparing for potential season-changing match-ups.

Hong Kong China Rugby

Valley make it seven in a row as Kowloon grab their first Premiership win this season

A hard season for Leighton Asia Hong Kong Cricket Club got even tougher on Saturday after a nail-biting 21-16 loss to unbeaten Societe Generale Valley, while bottom-placed Sabre Kowloon got their first win this term with a surprise 33-19 romp over Borrelli Walsh USRC Tigers.

Hong Kong China Rugby

Valley win-streak faces a major threat from resurgent HKCC, says coach Jack Isaac

The Hong Kong Premiership resumes with some key match-ups Saturday after a hiatus for the Cup of Nations test series, with teams jockeying for position over the next three rounds before the league halts again for the Christmas break.

HKCC number eight Marcus Slade is stopped in his tracks by Valley's Ben Rimene when the teams clashed earier this season. Photo: HKRU
Women’s Rugby

Top three maintain stranglehold on Premiership as Tigers keep up their winning ways

The top three Hong Kong Premiership clubs all dispatched their bottom-half opponents Saturday though it wasn’t all easy going for Societe Generale Valley, Borrelli Walsh USRC Tigers and Bloomberg Hong Kong Scottish.

The first round of the three-leg Women’s Premiership Super Series took place at King’s Park on Saturday with Scorpions (red) beating Vipers 24-7. Photos: HKRU
Women’s Rugby

Tigers withstand Scottish onslaught to win 27-23 and prove they are the real deal

Borrelli Walsh USRC Tigers confirmed their newfound status as genuine HKRU Premiership contenders on Saturday by standing up to Bloomberg Hong Kong Scottish in a bruising encounter at King’s Park and coming away with a well-deserved 27-23 victory.

Women’s Rugby

Tigers look to shake underdogs tag by laying down big marker against Scottish

There will come a point in the very near future when Borrelli Walsh USRC Tigers are no longer seen as underdogs or the “surprise package” of the HKRU Premiership. That day will come, but not yet …

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Valley power home against under-strength HKCC

Societe Generale Valley vanquished an under-strength Leighton Asia HKCC 25-0 in the Hong Kong Premiership on Saturday. Normally a closely contested encounter, it was the widest margin of victory between the two sides in recent seasons.

Valley's Reece Hamon collects a high ball in the clash against HKCC. Photos: HKRU
Women’s Rugby

Valley coach Jack Isaac warns players to brace for HKCC backlash

Grand champions Societe Generale Valley are expecting a backlash from league title holders Leighton Asia HKCC in another HKRU Premiership showdown Saturday.

Matches between Valley and HKCC are generally hard-fought, gritty affairs and there is no reason to expect anything different when the clubs clash on Saturday at Happy Valley. Photo: HKRU
Hong Kong China Rugby

Big win sees HK Scottish rocket up the standings as Tigers’ fairy-tale start hits Valley roadblock

A torrent of second-half tries against Leighton Asia HKCC on Saturday earned Bloomberg HK Scottish a 34-15 bonus-point victory, driving them off the bottom of the HKRU Premiership ladder into a tie for second place.

Women’s Rugby

Intrigue and angst on the cards as Tigers go for repeat feat against Valley

A topsy-turvy HKRU Premiership bounces back into action Saturday with a clash between two hard-hitting league titans taking second billing to Borrelli Walsh USRC Tigers’ push to continue their fairytale start to the 2015-16 season.

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