Royce Chan

Royce Chan Leong-sze (born 16 September 1978) is a former Hong Kong rugby union player. She has represented Hong Kong internationally in rugby fifteens and sevens.[1] She competed at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[2][3]

Royce Chan
Date of birth (1978-09-16) 16 September 1978
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
 Hong Kong 28 (0)
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
 Hong Kong
Coaching career
Years Team
2022–  Hong Kong

Biography

Chan retired after the 2017 World Cup, she currently works as a women's high performance coach at the Hong Kong Rugby Union.[4][5] She captained the Hong Kong women's sevens team at the 2014 Hong Kong Women's Sevens. It was her ninth Hong Kong Women's Sevens appearance.[6][7] She made her tenth appearance in the tournament in 2015.[8]

In 2019 she was nominated for the Women's Sports Leadership Academy for High Performance Coaches (WSLA). It was a programme partnered by World Rugby and the International Olympic Committee.[4][9]

Chan was announced as Head of Women’s Rugby Performance by the Hong Kong Rugby Union on 8 March 2023.[10][11] She had coached Hong Kong at the 2022 Asia Rugby Women's Championship when they beat Kazakhstan to win the series.[10][11]

References
  1. Kam, Anna; Mok, Maisy (2019-02-20). "The Sky's the limit for Hong Kong Women's Rugby". The Young Reporter. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  2. "Women in Sport: Hong Kong rugby's Royce Chan". ocasia.org. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  3. Varty, Lindsay (2017-09-09). "Hong Kong team make history at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  4. McNicol, Andrew (2021-03-08). "Hong Kong coach Royce Chan targets second Rugby World Cup outing for 'the women trying to become leaders in the sport industry'". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  5. "Chan: 'Rugby changed my life a lot'". www.world.rugby. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  6. "Hong Kong Rugby's Men's and Women's Sevens Squads announced". boxscorenews.com. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  7. "Hong Kong Women's Sevens Squad Announced". www.bcmagazine.net. 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  8. "HKRFU Men's and Women's Sevens Squads Announced". CityLife. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  9. "Seven female coaches selected for Women's Sport Leadership Academy". www.world.rugby. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  10. "Royce Chan Leong-sze Appointed Head of Women's Rugby Performance". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  11. "Royce Chan Leong-sze Moves Into HKRU Head of Women's Rugby Performance Role". RugbyAsia247. 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
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