Coach’s Corner | It’s rugby everywhere you look – and what a feast awaits
It’s been a long wait since we pulled down the shutters on last season, both in the domestic Premiership and after our historic draw against Japan(!), but the wait has been well worth it with the Rugby World Cup now at the business end, our own domestic competition back up and running and not forgetting Hong Kong’s international test series just a month away.
It’s been a long wait since we pulled down the shutters on last season, both in the domestic Premiership and after our historic draw against Japan(!), but the wait has been well worth it with the Rugby World Cup now at the business end, our own domestic competition back up and running and not forgetting Hong Kong’s international test series just a month away.
We’ve yet to reach the finals and this year’s Rugby World Cup is already one to remember ... for the Japanese and English particularly, although clearly on opposite ends of the euphoria spectrum.
The Brave Blossoms’ result against South Africa will be talked about for decades and for us here at the HKRU it felt even more special due to the influence on the team of “one of our own” in former Hong Kong coach Leigh Jones, who is the Japanese defence coach.
We look forward to Leigh sharing his experiences with us as we attempt to create history ourselves over the next four years building up to Japan 2019 – the first Rugby World Cup to be held on Asian soil.
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