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 March 2025 (Teams, Pools & Events)

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 & Key Players

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.  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.”

Pig Athletic Club from Australia will be back after they 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 recently retired NZ7s legend and former captain Scott Curry will be with the side in a coaching capacity at the HKFC10s in 2025.

RKS New Zealand Legends Women’s team is confirmed for the 2025 Tradition HKFC 10s with Rugby World Cup winner Anna Richards announced as a coach

For the Women’s Haywards Tropics side, Celia Quansah who has represented Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympic Games in Rugby 7s and currently plays professional rugby for England Premiership side, Leicester Tigers is set to return having won the Plate in 2024.

Confirmed Men’s Teams & Pools 2025 – HKFC 10s

Pool A

• Shogun RFC – Former NZ 7s legend Scott Curry will be with the team in a coaching role.
• Ashbury Tropics
• Shandong Men (China)
• SHRM Overseas OldBoys

Pool B

• Pig Athletic Club
• Union Bordeaux Bègles (France) – The side will be coached by former French 7s player and pro 15s (Top14 Clubs Brive and Bordeaux) Laurent Ferrères. He is the Head Coach of the Union Bordeaux Beglés 7s program and the UBB 10s team in the 2025 HKFC 10s tournament.
• Valley Broncos
• Preseli Babas – Comprises a mix of premier Welsh players from around the world.

Pool C

• Tradition YCAC – Former NZ7s and current China 7s coach Rocky Khan is part of the coaching team.
• Mourant Samoa
• Scottish Exiles (Hong Kong China)
• Natixis HKFC (Hong Kong China) – The team will be coached by local HKCR 7s legend Max Woodward.

Confirmed Women’s Teams & Pools 2025 – HKFC 10s

Pool A

• Shandong Women (China)
• RKS New Zealand Legends Women – 4x Rugby World Cup winner and former Hong Kong coach Anna Richards Head Coach. 
• Nagato Blue Angels (Japan) – The side has announced several new signings so it will be interesting to see if they play in Hong Kong.
• Valley Broncos

Pool B

• Shogun Rebels – A mix of Australian and GB players.
• Natixis HKFC Ice (Hong Kong China)
• Beijing Rugby (China)
• Hayward Tropics

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

2025 Tradition HKFC 10s – 2025 Legends Charity Match

The Tradition HKFC 10s will be partnering with Laureus Sport For Good and Mind The Waves for the 2025 Legends Charity Match, and they hope to raise HK $350,000 to help deliver a sports and mental health programme aimed at young local people.

This is part of the 10x10s initiative and it will be the third time the “Legends Charity Match” will take place and previously helped raise funds in 2019 (Hong Kong Cancer Fund) and in 2023 (Laureus Sport For Good and My Name’5 Doddie Foundation).

Mind The Waves is a Hong Kong-based charity founded in 2023 by Olympic swimmers, Camille Cheng, Stephanie Au and Jamie Yeung with a focus on mental well-being.

Confirmed Squads – 2025 Tradition HKFC 10s

Shogun Rebels Women

Shogun confirmed their women’s squad is a mix of Australian & GB players.

How To Watch 2025 Tradition HKFC 10s

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

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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The event is planned to take place at Happy Valley Suites at HKFC on Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

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