HONG KONG—Société General Valley coasted to a comfortable bonus point victory over Herbert Smith Freehills HKCC, 43-10, on Saturday, in the Hong Kong Men’s Premiership. Both teams were without several first-choice players, but the strength in depth at Valley meant this had much less of an effect on them than HKCC. Valley was more composed, with a clearer game plan, and never looked like losing from the opening minutes of the match.
Valley began sharply: within 2 minutes they already had points on the board. A fine counter-attack straight from the kick-off, with fullback Hugo Stiles, cutting though the HKCC defense to set-up Valley on the HKCC tryline. The resulting scrum, saw the Valley pack dominate HKCC, and Number Eight, Karetai Williams power over for a try. Flyhalf Ben Rimene missed the conversion, and Valley lead 5-0.
