Hong Kong to host first ever Super Rugby game

Hong Kong will stage its first ever Super Rugby match on 19 May 2018 at Mong Kok Stadium when Japan’s Hito-Communications Sunwolves host South Africa’s DHL Stormers in Week 14 of the 19-week 2018 regular season.

Mr Robbie McRobbie, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Rugby Union, welcomed the debut Super Rugby tie in the city long known for the Hong Kong Sevens tournament:

“Super Rugby is one of the world’s premier rugby competitions and the Hong Kong Rugby Union is excited to welcome the Sunwolves and Stormers for the first ever league fixture here in May. With a thriving rugby community and a large expatriate population, we are confident that both sides will be well received.

The Sunwolves enter the season under a new coach & former All Black and Japan international Jamie Joseph, who coached the Highlanders in the first ever appearance of a Super Rugby squad in Hong Kong against Racing 92 in 2016.

The DHL Stormers Hong Kong debut will mark the second visit of a South African Super Rugby franchise in the city in 2018, after Cell C Sharks beat Racing 92 in the Natixis Cup earlier this month.