29th October - Premiership Program

from the Valley they call Happy

round 6

The only games played this weekend in the Nan Fung Group SEWIT Premiership are those of the Womens as the Mens league competition has paused for a month long hiatus, with a core of players unavailable due to international commitments. This week see ' s our Womens Premiership team taking on Kowloon in what will be a hotly contested match. Both teams have lost a core group of player from last season and are still trying to build their rhythm with a influx of new players this season. The Mens will play a mixed team of Premiership and Knights players as they spend the next couple of weeks taking part in the Challenge Cup HK Island Series and will play Sandy Bay and HKFC.

round 5 summary

A tough weekend for the Women's Premiership side last week as they lost to HKFC across the park at Sports Road. HKFC snapped a long losing streak, with the side unable to beat Valley since 2007. A well drilled side with a number of new overseas import players from last season and this season proved to be a turning point for the HKFC team as they made a difference on the pitch.

With a number of notable faces missing from the Valley Women's side, HKFC took well advantage and kept the heat on throughout the game

Nevertheless the team played well in phases and were able to field some more newer faces to the team. Some strong performances coming in from Wing Yan Chan, Alexa and Anna Marsland in forward pack and Au Shuwan in the backline. Adrienne Garvey, a Valley stelwart had another stellar game encouraging her players and lifting the team's spirit throughout the game

With a long season ahead, and two more opportunities to play each team in this league, the Women's are here for the long run and will continue getting their processes and combinations right with small wins along the way each weekend

team

Kowloon

Oct 29, Kings Park, 16:30

Womens Premiership

Wing Yan Leung, Alexa

Tanya Dhar

Kea Herewini

Jade Scrouther

Wing Yan Chan, Alexa

Anna Marsland

Karen So

Tiffany Fu

Au Shuwan

Wong Yi Tung, Lewis

Tyler Botha

Katrina Roszynski

Adrienne Garvey

Wu Rumeng Aislin

Bella Milo

Ka Kei Leung, Claire

Jess Knight

Chan Ka Yan

Tsang See Ki, Stef

Sonia Vashi Chandiramani

Wong Choi Ying, Claudia

Nadia Cuvelier

ELLA LYNAM

Because my friends joined and I wanted to play with them longer after youth rugby. Also my coach

me and told me that that valley was a

WHAT DOES GAME DAY PREPARATION LOOK LIKE?

I try to eat lots of carbs the day before a match I get a good night’s sleep, eat a light breakfast in the morning and drink lots

water

the 24 hours before so I’m well hydrated

IS

One of my

it’s a rugby league player) is Kotoni Staggs from the Brisbane Broncos

strength and ability to take all the opportunities in the

use them to benefit

team. When his team gets behind,

doesn’t let the score stop him from playing well and persevering.

WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE RUGBY MOMENT?

Last year I was a part of the flying Kukris team and we battled hard for the whole season and just barely made it to the finals against Sandy Bay. We showed up knowing we had to use the skills that our coach taught us in training and collectively as a team we managed to win by over 50 points I cherish that feeling and the moment we all came together as a team, gave it our all and came away with the win.

flashback - stadium showdown

With the Hong Kong Sevens looming next weekend, we thought it was right to flashback to almost 12 months ago when Valley RFC had the great opportunity to play a rare XV’s game at the Hong Kong Stadium.

With both our Mens and Womens Premiership teams taking on HKFC and the Womens coming away with the win, the stadium proved for a fitting venue for a league game. Let's hope for more in the future!

Societe Generale Valley RFC would like to acknowledge and express sincere thanks and gratitude to our sponsors and partners

We would not be here if it was not for our Title Sponsor Societe Generale, and our primary sponsors TV5 Monde, Mayer Brown, Bonaqua, Swire Properties, Links Moving, HKEX and the Happy Valley Bar and Grill.

We are also lucky to have the support of ONLY Beverage, Gweilo Beers and Metabev who provide our members with products and discount codes to be used throughout the season.