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]
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Biography edit
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 edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Women in Sport: Hong Kong rugby's Royce Chan". ocasia.org. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Chan: 'Rugby changed my life a lot'". www.world.rugby. 13 February 2020. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "Hong Kong Rugby's Men's and Women's Sevens Squads announced". boxscorenews.com. 22 March 2014. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "Hong Kong Women's Sevens Squad Announced". www.bcmagazine.net. 2015-03-20. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "HKRFU Men's and Women's Sevens Squads Announced". CityLife. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ "Seven female coaches selected for Women's Sport Leadership Academy". www.world.rugby. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ a b "Royce Chan Leong-sze Appointed Head of Women's Rugby Performance". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 2023-05-13. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ a b "Royce Chan Leong-sze Moves Into HKRU Head of Women's Rugby Performance Role". RugbyAsia247. 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2023-05-12.