HONG KONG—Round 3 of the Old Mutual Hong Kong Premiership, Société Générale Valley narrowly beat Herbert Smith Freehills HKCC 29-26 at Aberdeen Sports Ground. It was a match Valley did just enough to win, based on a purple patch at the start of the second half, and confined HKCC to their third loss of the season. HKCC remain winless, with little to show for their three evenly contested matches this season.
HKCC started brightly and after 12 minutes, No. 8, Mark Prior barged over for a try converted by scrumhalf Jack Metters, to give the Cricketers a 0-7 lead. Valley responded immediately from the kick-off with a try from scrumhalf Ruan DuPlooy, who ran through the HKCC defence, and fullback Doug Fluker added the 2 points to even the score 7-7.
