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| Union | Hong Kong Rugby Union |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 |
| Location | Hong Kong |
| Ground(s) | (Cap: 40,000) Hong Kong Stadium(Cap: 11,981) Siu Sai Wan(Cap: 9,000) Aberdeen Stadium |
| Coach(es) | (Head coach) Craig Hammond(Team manager) Andrew Hall |
| Captain(s) | Liam Slatem |
| League(s) | Global Rapid Rugby |
| Official website | |
| southchinatigers | |
The South China Tigers is a professional rugby union team from Hong Kong that plays in the Global Rapid Rugby competition.[1]
The team was launched in 2018 to participate in the inaugural Global Rapid Rugby season.[2]
For the naming of the team, South China tigers are considered as the most distinctive of all tiger subspecies. The population once numbered more than 4,000 in the wild, distributed from Hunan, Jiangxi in the north to as far south as Hong Kong.[3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "HKFP History: A brief history of South China tigers in Hong Kong" (Press release). Hong Kong Free Press. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2018.