HONG KONG—A restructured Hong Kong team put up a strong performance in the 2nd leg of the Asia U20 7’s series held at King’s Park, Hong Kong on Friday Aug 12 and Saturday Aug 13 with veteran members of the team Daniel Archer and Cameron Smith leading the way.
Hong Kong powered through the Pool matches winning against Singapore (36-5), UAE (40-5) and South Korea (33-9 to finish top of Pool B. South Korea also put in a strong performance in the Pool matches winning their earlier two matches against UAE and Singapore with ease to finish second in the group.
Sri Lanka topped Pool A with wins against Taiwan (36-12), Thailand (40-5) and Malaysia (40-5). Malaysia beat Thailand (42-0) and Taiwan (22-19) to finish runners up in Pool A.
These 4 teams contested the Cup semi-finals with Sri Lanka beating South Korea (19-12) and Hong Kong outplaying Malaysia (26-14) including a try on the last play of the game.
UAE won the Plate final against Taiwan 24-12 and South Korea outplayed Malaysia to finish in 3rd place in the tournament.
In the Cup final Hong Kong again put in a strong organized performance demonstrating good distribution, excellent ball handling and some fast elusive running with the ball to keep Sri Lanka on the back foot. Although Sri Lanka had two break away tries Hong Kong strode away with the game with 6 tries and some good conversion kicking. Hong Kong won the final 36-10.
