Chow Mei-nam

Chow Mei-nam (born 14 November 1988) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. Chow made her international debut for Hong Kong in 2015 against Japan.[1] She captained Hong Kong in their first World Cup appearance in 2017.[2]

Chow Mei-nam
Date of birth (1988-11-14) 14 November 1988
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–  Hong Kong
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2021  Hong Kong

Biography

Chow is a P.E. teacher at Helen Liang Memorial Secondary School (Shatin).[3] After the 2017 World Cup she spent some time in New Zealand and played for College Rifles RFC. She made her rugby sevens debut at the Olympic Repechage tournament in Monaco in 2021.[4][1]

Chow was named in the squad that played in a two-test series against Kazakhstan in December 2022.[5][6][7]

References
  1. McNicol, Andrew (2021-06-10). "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: Hong Kong women's rugby stalwart Chow Mei-nam on sevens switch and dispelling body shape assumptions". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  2. "Preview: Women's Rugby World Cup". PlanetRugby. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  3. Agars, Sam (2017-08-05). "After years of toil, Hong Kong's Chow is ready to take to World Cup stage". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  4. "HKRU Women's VIIs squad announced for Olympic repechage in Monaco". Asia Rugby. 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
  5. "Hong Kong v Kazakhstan: Everything You Need To Know". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  6. "Hong Kong Women XV Celebrate Win Over Kazakhstan". RugbyAsia247. 2022-12-11. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  7. "Hong Kong Women XV Looking For Series Clean Sweep Over Kazakhstan". RugbyAsia247. 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
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