2025 Tradition HKFC 10s Dates Locked In & Teams Confirmed

The 2025 Tradition HKFC 10s will be the 37th edition of the Hong Kong Football Club’s flagship rugby event and the dates for the tournament have been confirmed to be Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th March with the full complement of teams announced.

Updated Feb 2025 (Teams)

As is tradition, the world’s leading invitational rugby tens tournament takes place in the lead-up to the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens and is sanctioned by Hong Kong China Rugby (HKCR).

For the past two editions, women’s tens rugby has been included and there will once again be both women’s and men’s rugby on show at the Hong Kong Football Club.

Paul Christopher, Chair of 10s Organising Committee, expressed his excitement: “We have been overwhelmed by the number of quality teams that have applied for an invitation to the 2025 tournament. We are currently selecting the final places from the very best teams from around the world for both the men’s and women’s competitions.”

Olympic Rugby Sevens Stars Play The Tradition HKFC 10s

Over the years several capped international XVs and Sevens players have been involved in the HKFC 10s tournament, and 2024 saw 10s players that went on to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics in Rugby Sevens, including Asian-based players Ma Xiaodan, Wang Wanyu, Yang Fei Fei and Zhou Yan, all representing China’s women’s team who ended up a record best 6th.

Other 2024 Olympians who have played in the HKFC 10s are; Henry Hutchison (AUS), Hayden Sergeant (AUS) Sidney Taylor (AUS), Abi Burton (GB), Harry McNulty (Ireland), Ngarohi McGarvey-Black (NZ), Tone Ng Shiu (NZ), Joe Webber (NZ), Tysha Ikenasio (NZ), Naima Fuala’au (USA).

Rocky Khan who played in the 2016 HKFC 10s tournament was a Coach for the China Olympic team in 2024 and is still part of their setup for the Asia Rugby Emirates Sevens Series.

Photo Credit HKFC Rugby – China Five Stars triumph over Shandong Rugby Club to claim the Women’s Championship at the Tradition HKFC 10s 2024

2025 Tradition HKFC 10s Teams

The 2025 Men’s Competition will showcase a highly competitive field of 12 teams, running concurrently with an 8-team Women’s Competition, ensuring thrilling rugby action for all fans.

Heather Fisher, England Rugby World Cup winner and Team GB Olympian has been a head coach at the two previous tournaments.  and she said, “The standard of rugby gets better every year. It was great to see so many players from this year’s tournament go on to play in the Paris Olympics. I am excited to be coming back in 2025.”

One team has already confirmed they will be back and that is Pig Athletic Club from Australia, who made a fantastic run to the Cup Final in the 2024 tournament.

Head Coach Loveni Enari, a former Samoan 7s international, said, ‘We exceeded everyone else’s expectations, but fell short of our own. We’re excited to return and seize the opportunity to go one better!”

The Shogun Men have confirmed that recetly retired NZ7s legend and former captain Scott Curry will be with the side in a coaching capacity at the HKFC10s in 2025.

Confirmed Men’s Teams 2025 – HKFC 10s

• Pig Athletic Club
• Shogun RFC
• Scottish Exiles (Hong Kong China)
• Union Bordeaux Bègles (France)
• Valley Broncos
• Natixis HKFC (Hong Kong China)
• Shandong Men (China)
• Ashbury Tropics
• SHRM Overseas OldBoys
• Mourant Samoa
• Tradition YCAC
• Preseli Babas

Confirmed Women’s Teams 2025 – HKFC 10s

• RKS New Zealand Legends Women
• Shogun Rebels
• Shandong Women (China)
• Natixis HKFC Ice (Hong Kong China)
• Valley Broncos
• Beijing Rugby (China)
• Hayward Tropics
• Nagato Blue Angels (Japan)

You can see more about the 2024 Tradition HKFC 10s winners here.

What To Know About Tens Rugby

Tens rugby sees matches played in two halves of 10 minutes each, featuring 10 players per team, with games scheduled consecutively throughout the day’s play.

How To Watch 2025 Tradition HKFC 10s

There will be a livestream of the 2025 Tradition HKFC 10s. Tickets to attend are available to purchase from February 21 2025.

Gates open at 8:00 AM, with the last match kicking off at 8:30 PM on Wednesday 26th & Thursday 27th of March 2025 at Hong Kong Football Club.

Photo Credit HKFC Rugby – New Zealander rugby star Lolagi Visinia leads Shogun RFC to championship glory at the Tradition HKFC 10s 2024

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