Mar 11 2023
finals upon us
5 big games ahead for the Club as we enter the finals weekend for the season
2 of our teams have fought through the ranks and qualified for the community leagues Championship Grand Finals
Mavericks were awarded a win against University last weekend and will be taking on HKFC Scorpions while the Reds had a great defeat over league winners USRC Tigers to place them in the final positionings.
Valley Mens will be taking on Sandy Bay and Valley Womens will be play USRC Tigerswith games as part of the Nan Fung Sewit Group Premiership Grand Championship Semi Finals. Both games will be hotly contested with all teams coming in with a wins and a loss against each other this season.
Knights complete the weekend with a semi final of their own against a strong standing Hong Kong Scottish side.
Societe Generale Valley RFC
Hong Kong Football Club
Sandy Bay
WOMENS
Societe Generale Valley RFC
USRC Tigers
Hong Kong Scottish
Hong Kong Football Club
MENS
GRAND CHAMPS SEMI FINAL
Gai Wu
FINAL FINAL
premiership teams
Mens STARTING XV Womens Tom Concu 1 Win Yan Leung, Andrea Luke Dewar 2 Tanya Dhar Faizal Solomona 3 Kea Herewini Martin Muller 4 Anna Marsland Chris Allman 5 Jade Scrouther James Cunningham 6 Naomi Peters Sion Bennett 7 Chloe Chan Nyasha Tarusenga 8 Olivia Coady Katsuya Fukunaga 9 So Yee Kei, Cherly Laurence May 10 Bella Milo Henry Shiell 11 Zoe Smith Max Woodward 12 Aislin Wu Elden Schoeman 13 Kat Roszinsky Luke Treharne 14 Tyler Botha Hugo Stiles 15 Tse Wing Kiu, Agnes IMPACT Danye Jans 16 KK Wong Rory Young 17 Claire Leung Barend Potgeiter 18 Karen So James Honey 19 Adrienne Davies Carl Marks 20 Lam Tsz Yan, Duc Will Batcup 21 Lewis Wong Rob Foggerty 22 Au Shuwan Thaddeus Summers 23 Nadia Cuvelier
v Sandy Bay Mar 11, Kings Park, 17:00 v Tigers Mar 11, Kings Park, ` 18:45
ULLER
POSITION
Second Row
YEARS @ VALLEY
7
HY THE RED & BLACK
Half my university team was playing for Valley at the time!
WHAT DOES YOUR GAME DAY PREPARATION LOOK LIKE?
1) Big breakfast
2) Ask the HV lads about a lift to KP
3) Get left behind by Chris A and the HV crowd
4) Get my own taxi to KP
5) cry
6) coffee, muffin and a voltaren
WHICH TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT AND WHY?
The Springboks -- because they are the greatest team of all time
WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE RUGBY MOMENT?
Springboks at Wembley
WHAT IS YOUR TOP 3 SONG CHOICE FOR GAME DAY?
Nyasha has on the playlist
JAD
YEARS @ VALLE
WHY
THE RED &
Went for the summer course, continued into preseason, and suddenly I was here to stay.
WHAT DOES YOUR GAME DAY PREPARATION LOOK LIKE?
A lot of pre match nerves and focusing on my role for the game. Watching the matches before mine is always fun to get in the right mind.
WHAT IS YOUR
That time I was meant to play in my first beach tournament but fractured my collar bone at the playground instead. But honestly, all the moments that have lead up to now.
Lock 1 WHICH TEAM D
My Flying Kukris team for getting me where I am now and being my lifelong teammates.
WHAT IS YOUR TOP 3 SONG CHOICE FOR GAME DAY?
2 be loved, saturd
POSITION
Mavericks
Championship Grand Finalists v HKFC Scorpions
The Valley Mavericks led by coaches Paul Deayton and Aaron Stockdale take on Hong Kong Football Club in the Mens Community Leagues Championship Grand Finals. Captained by Ben Campbell the team this year have built nicely with addition of younger new players to the Club and a mix of older long time Valley legends
With a selection of losses and wins in what proved to be a hotly contested league, the Mavericks find themselves at the last hurdle of the season as they take on Hong Kong Football Club Scorpions in the Grand Finals
Win v HKFC Scorpions 24-10 Win v HKFC Bulls 50 - 0 Win v Tin Shui Wai 17 - 0 Lost v Typhoons 27 - 5 Lost v University 21 - 10 Lost v HKFC Scorpions 52 - 7 Win v HKFC Bulls 46 - 12 Win v Tin Shui Wai 26-0 Lost v Typhoons 7-10 Win v University 24 - 22 Win v University 0-0 the journey
Lost
Reds Championship Grand Finalists v Gai Wu
the journey after ranking round league split
5-5
Tigers 5 - 18
12- 10
Kong Scottish 17 - 0
10-5
In a topsy turvy season, the Reds have overcome their challenges and find themselves contesting for an opportunity to lift the Women’s Championship Grand Championship Cup
Having played 8 teams in an initial ranking round, the team placed in the top 5 and were entered in the Championship A division. After defeating league winners USRC Tigers last weekend, the team will now come up against Gai Wu Fawkes for the final say this season.
A fairy tale finish will be what the team are after in what has been a positive season for all.
Draw v SCAA CWB Lost v USRC Win v Gai Wu Fawkesi v Hong Win v USRC Tigers
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.
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