oct 7 2022 Mens v HK Scottish Kings Park 1930 Friday, 7th October Womens v Gai Wu Falcons Kings Park 19:30 Saturday 8th October
round 2
This week kicking off round 2, sees our first Home games planned for the Red and Black this season to be played at Kings Park Kings Park will be the Club's adopted home, as our home grounds at the Valley go under much needed renovation for the whole season.
Our mens Premiership and the Knights (Premiership A team) take on Hong Kong Scottish on Friday night. And our Premiership Womens will play against Gai Wu on Saturday with all games taking part in King Park.
Our community leagues kick off this weekend with the Valley Griffins taking on Police RFC at Police Boundary Street and the Valley Reds taking on SCAA Causeway Bay at Tai Hang Tung.
Valley Causeway Bay 0 22
The Womens team started their season strong, with a convincing win over an ever improving SCAA Causeway Bay team With some new faces and debut tries it was good to see some new additions to the team, Tyler Botha and Katrina Roszynski making an immediate impact and helping the team come away with a . With some referee decisions going the wrong way for the team this week, they have some work on ' s to take away from the game, however would be pleased with their 22 0 victory over their rivals.
The Men's team finished a high scoring game on the wrong side of coin, as they lost to Sandy Bay in the opening round of the Nan Fung Group Sewit Premiership. With a shaky start in the beginning, they let in 3 easy tries in a 20 minute spell during the first half, bouncing back in the second however time had ran out, losing the game 47 29. The impact of the bench was positive, with Barend Potgeiter and Luke Van Der Smit making an immediate statement on the pitch with the driving mauls.
round 1 summary
Valley Sandy Bay 47 29
Pl W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Gai Wu Falcons 1 1 0 0 31 0 31 5 2 Societe Generale Valley RFC 1 1 0 0 22 0 22 5 3 Natixis HKFC Ice 1 1 0 0 20 0 20 4 4 Kroll USRC Tigers Ladies 1 0 0 1 0 20 20 0 Pl W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Natixis HKFC Club 1 1 0 0 30 7 23 5 1 IMPACTHK HKU Sandy Bay RFC 1 1 0 0 47 29 18 5 3 DAC Kowloon 1 1 0 0 11 5 6 4 4 KPMG HK Scottish RFC 1 0 0 1 5 11 6 1 5 Societe Generale Valley RFC 1 0 0 1 29 47 18 1 6 Kroll USRC Tigers 1 0 0 1 7 30 23 0 L E A G U E T A B L E S MENS WOMENS AFTER ROUND 1
the teams
Hong Kong Scottish
7, Kings Park
Thomas Concu
Luke Dewar
Faizal Solomona
Cunningham
Robert Lennox
Nyasha Tarusenga
Sion Bennett (c)
Luke Van Der Smit
Batcup
May
Field
Schoeman
Fogerty
Ron Steven Tavodi
Womens
Gai Wu
8, Kings Park
19:30
Ka Kei Leung, Claire
Tanya Dhar
Kea Herewini
Anna Marsland
Wing Yan Chan, Alexa
Fu Hui San, Tiffany
Caitlin Spencer (c)
Tsz Yan Lam, Duc
Tyler Botha
Wong Yi Tung, Lewis
Wu Rumeng, Aislin
Katrina Roszynski
Adrienne Garvey
Nadia Cuvelier Henry Shiell
Zoe Smith
Inot
Young
Barend Potgeiter
Te Mete
Marks
Katsuya Fukunaga
Felix Komiti
Farley
Sze Nga, KK
Jade Scrouther
Deena Ravi Thinakaran
Tsang See Ki, Stef
Rebecca Thompson
Wong Choi Ying, Claudia
Jess Knight
Mens STARTING XV
1
2
3
James
4
5
6
7
8
William
9
Laurence
10
Kevin
11
Elden
12
Rob
13
14
15
IMPACT MJ
16 Wong
Rory
17
18
Christopher
19
Carl
20
21
Taumafai
22
Andrew
23
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WING YAN CHAN
ALEXA
POSITION YEARS @ VALLEY
Lock 2 years
WHY THE RED & BLACK
I love the positive vibe of the team, yet competitive at the same time
YOU WON 2 TICKETS TO THE RWC FINALWHO FROM VALLEY ARE YOU TAKING WITH YOU?
Maggie! We have been lock buddy and she is my wisdom provider since 5 6 years ago
WHAT DOES YOUR GAME DAY PREPARATION LOOK LIKE?
Iced americano and plain white rice. I need caffeine and carbs to wake myself up
YOUR NETFLIX/AMAZON PRIME RECOMMENDATION
Midnight Gospel. I love the crazy and creative visual, plus the weird content that it has.
IELD
Wing / Fullback
@ VALLEY
Since Under 12s Minis with a few sabbaticals
THE RED & BLACK
Many of my school friends were there and convinced me to come to training at Stanley Fort. Came back here after finishing Uni and haven't looked back.
YOU WON 2 TICKETS TO THE RWC FINALWHO FROM VALLEY ARE YOU TAKING WITH YOU?
man Andrew Farley
WHAT DOES YOUR GAME DAY PREPARATION LOOK LIKE?
Couple games of FIFA with steak and rice to ease the nerves. Stretch and a light + fast gym session in the morning too.
YOUR NETFLIX/AMAZON PRIME RECOMMENDATION
The Boys or Peaky Blinders, can't go wrong.
WHY
POSITION YEARS
Good
community spotlight
Valley Reds
The Valley Reds team is one of two Womens teams at the Club Taking part in the Championship Division this year, the team is lead from the front by Captain Au Shu Wan
The team is coached by KK Wong and Chi Au Wai KK is a legendary Valley player and brings with her a wealth of coaching experience and knowledge. Au Wai is a well known touch rugby coach, and continues working with our Reds from last season to this season.
The Reds this season will feature many new faces, as it aims to develop more players from our community into the performance game.
4 Community teams
This season, the Club has entered a total of 6 Senior teams into the HKRU Leagues. Alongside the Mens and Womens Premiership teams, we have one additional Womens team, the Valley Reds and two Mens teams, Valley Mavericks and the Valley Griffins
Valley Reds play in the Womens Championship League, the Valley Mavericks play in the Mens Championship ranking round and the Valley Griffins play in Community League 3.
Yueh Tsz Wan, Gina Valley Reds Cyrus Chau Valley Griffins
WON 2 TICKETS
THE
FINALWHO FROM
ARE
TAKING WITH
DOES YOUR GAME DAY
usual
BEN VALLEY MAVER Was bought down looked back. WHY THE RED & BLACK WHAT
PREPARATION LOOK LIKE? POSITION YEARS @ VALLEY Prop (failed 8 now attempting a backs position) 4 years YOU
TO
RWC
VALLEY
YOU
YOU? Allan 50/22 Day and Turtle YOUR NETFLIX/AMAZON PRIME RECOMMENDATION Recover from the night before, pack the kit bag, listen to some music, sunscreen the emerging bald spot, the
preparation for any high performance social player. Hustle
14TH JANUARY 18TH FEBRUARY
This season, the Club has planned for 3 Club Days throughout the year, where all our teams will play at Kings Park These days will feature senior games, youth and mini showcase games, food, refreshments and entertainment for all. Save the dates and see you at our first club day held next Saturday on the 15th October
SAVE THE DATES
15TH OCTOBER
Tigers Kings Park, 15:00 15th Oct Tigers Kings Park, 18:00 Hong Kong Football Club HKFC, 19:30 20th Oct 22nd Oct Hong Kong Football Club, HKFC, 18:30 Challenge Cup TBC 29th Oct Kowloon Kings Park, 16:30 Challenge Cup TBC 12th Nov Gai Wu Shek Kip Mei, 16:30 the next 5 M W
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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