13 Jan 2017
League Defining Fixtures For HKFC
Jamie Lauder misses out this week through injury
The main fixture sees Natixis HKFC take on league leaders Valley at home, a 4.30pm kick off. Club are in the chasing pack – along with Kowloon and Scottish – and Phil Bailey’s side were buoyed during the week by the news they will be awarded the points for a match early in the season when HKCC pulled out due to a shortage of front-rowers.
The decision leaves them only four points behind Valley and Saturday’s game is the perfect time to further stake their claims.
“Kowloon has proved that [Valley are beatable], Kowloon has done a great job against them,” Bailey said.
“I think the competition is getting better and better and it is closer and closer.”
Despite this, Bailey has seen in his side’s two defeats to them so far this season just what Valley are capable of.
“Valley are very good at capitalising on any team’s mistakes. They play very good set-piece footy and they will pin you in a corner and they will keep you there all day, apply pressure and score points,” he said.
“We need to take our opportunities but also play smart footy and limit our mistakes. The big thing for us is errors and not compounding those errors.”
Valley welcome back winger Doug Fluker and second-rower Tom Broughton and are keen to bounce back from last week’s loss to Kowloon.
“[HKFC] are creeping up the table and have put some good performances in,” coach Andrew Kelly said.
“It’s a good opportunity for us to get back in to winning ways, a derby match against our rivals is just what we needed really, so hopefully the boys will be up for it.”
| PREM | Natixis HKFC Club | v | Valley | HKFC | 16:30 |
| 1 | Keelan Chapman |
| 2 | Mitch Andrews |
| 3 | Ronan Donnelly |
| 4 | Josh Afu |
| 5 | Rich Melford |
| 6 | Dan Falvey |
| 7 | Gabriel Carroll |
| 8 | Marcus Slade |
| 9 | Max Page |
| 10 | Nate De Theirry |
| 11 | Seb Alfonsi |
| 12 | Ben Axten-Burrett |
| 13 | Tom Isaacs |
| 14 | Charles Higson-Smith |
| 15 | Niall Rowark |
| 16 | Leon Wai |
| 17 | Johnny McCormick-Houston |
| 18 | Callum McFeat - Smith |
| 19 | Jamie McGregor |
| 20 | Cris Pierepont |
| 21 | Jack Scanlon |
| 22 | Gav Hadley |
| 23 | Lloyd Jones |
Natixis HKFC Dragons play their first game back after the Christmas break against Kowloon. The Dragons are buoyed by the return of back rower Ben Willis and half back Henry Williams. Both were recruited for the first team in the summer but suffered injuries in their first games.
| NL1 | Natixis HKFC Dragons | v | Kowloon | KP1 | 18:00 |
| 1 | Paddy COOK |
| 2 | Mitch Holloway |
| 3 | Jacob RUMBALL |
| 4 | Alex BAYLISS Capt. |
| 5 | James HOOPER |
| 6 | James MASON |
| 7 | Ben WILLIS |
| 8 | Yves NGAKOUTOU |
| 9 | Henry POON |
| 10 | Josh DILLON |
| 11 | Jon WEBBER |
| 12 | Will MELLOR |
| 13 | Robbie OUTRAM |
| 14 | Steve Mc CARRON |
| 15 | Henry WILLIAMS |
| 16 | A N Other |
| 17 | A N Other |
| 18 | Chris Pierrepont |
| 19 | Brice BOVITZ |
| 20 | Davie MORGAN |
| 21 | Jack ABBOT |
Natixis HKFC Scorpions play against Valley Knights who they beat at home earlier in the season but Valley since have recover their form and beat Kowloon convincingly last weekend 92-5.
| NL1 | Natixis HKFC Scorpions | v | Valley | 18:00 | HKFC |
| 1 | Callum McFeat-Smith |
| 2 | Neil McKinnon |
| 3 | Tom |
| 4 | Ben McCarthy |
| 5 | Jamie McGregor |
| 6 | Conor Cole |
| 7 | Will Brown © |
| 8 | Ed Botha |
| 9 | Katsuya Fukunaga |
| 10 | Ryan Matthyson |
| 11 | Chris Griffin |
| 12 | Nick Smith |
| 13 | Dave Vander |
| 14 | Roger Ng |
| 15 | Ryan Black |
| 16 | Larry Chan |
| 17 | Hairul Ramli |
| 18 | Paddy Plummer |
| 19 | Lee Curtis |
| 20 | Jack Scanlon |
| 21 | Lewis Jones |
Natixis HKFC Select are second place in NL2 and play HK Scottish who occupy the top spot. Scottish have only lost one game all season and that was to Select. The winner of this fixture will very much be in pole position to win the league title.
| NL2 | Natixis HKFC Select | Vs | HK Scottish | SKM | 13:30 |
| 1 | Cameron | Mitchell |
| 2 | James | Thomson |
| 3 | Ricky | De Freitas |
| 4 | Ben | Madsen |
| 5 | Robert | Hartley (C) |
| 6 | James | Larsen |
| 7 | Raef | Morrison |
| 8 | Richard | Sharp |
| 9 | Gareth | Bourne |
| 10 | Matt | Smith |
| 11 | Mark | Li |
| 12 | John | Oven |
| 13 | Alex | Tunesi |
| 14 | Bobby | Jones |
| 15 | Jimmy | Richards |
| 16 | Bradcock | Notclyfftingafinger |
| 17 | Patrick | O'Connor |
| 18 | Rupert | Gerald |
| 19 | Davie | Morgan |
| 20 | Ed | Botha |
| 21 | Steve | McCarron |
| 22 | Ed | Riley |
| 23 | Guy | Jolly |
| 24 | Ian | Morrison |
| 25 |
Natixis HKFC Bulls play runaway league leaders Trimex Typhoons but are looking to build up their performances leading into the Grand Champs.
| NL3 | Natixis HKFC Bulls | Vs | Typhoons | HKFC | 15:00 |
| 1 | Paudie |
| 2 | Tony |
| 3 | Joe |
| 4 | Ant |
| 5 | Brady |
| 6 | Killers |
| 7 | Tim |
| 8 | George |
| 9 | Ruari |
| 10 | Greg |
| 11 | Hairul |
| 12 | Tom B |
| 13 | Jarvs |
| 14 | Flynn |
| 15 | James |
| Sue | |
| 16 | Ryan Shum |
| 17 | Conor Byrne |
Natixis HKFC Sequins are sit in fourth place in NL4 but only five points off the top in what is turning out to be the tightest league in Hong Kong. They play Causeway Bay who sit one place above them.
| NL4 | Natixis HKFC Sequins | Vs | CWB | SKP | 13:30 |
| 1 | Pete Spizzirri |
| 2 | Dean Stallard |
| 3 | Mark Leonard |
| 4 | Steve Marcon |
| 5 | David Nazer |
| 6 | JD Peqiunot |
| 7 | Kevin Ho |
| 8 | David Powell |
| 9 | Rob Christie |
| 10 | David Cook |
| 11 | Richard Greenwood |
| 12 | Shane Bourk |
| 13 | Chris Harker |
| 14 | Paul Christopher |
| 15 | Tim Smith |
| Callum Dunn | |
| 16 | Lesley Cheung |
| 17 | Bob Sawnhey |
| 18 | Justin Flowers |
| 19 | Scott Lindsay |
| 20 | Alejandro |
| 21 | Jon Gillespie |
| NL5 | Natixis HKFC Expendables | Vs | Kowloon | HKFC | 13:30 |
| 1 | Conrad Wong |
| 2 | Colin Wong |
| 3 | Gary Yeung |
| 4 | Paul Su |
| 5 | Michael Courtney |
| 6 | Marko Pokia |
| 7 | Simon Young |
| 8 | Freddie Guede |
| 9 | Yan Yeung |
| 10 | Ben Grandy |
| 11 | Rob Lam |
| 12 | Richard Elms |
| 13 | Nigel Szeto |
| 14 | Dave Ng |
| 15 | James Penny |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Gabe Salcedo |
| 18 | Joe Kay |
| 19 | Alex Boggis |
Natixis HKFC Ice are looking to build on their win last week against Comvita City. They play Causeway Bay who are one place below them in the league.
| Wprem | Natixis HKFC Ice | Vs | CWB | SKP | 18:00 |
| 1 Cheryl Gourley |
| 2 Shonagh Ryan |
| 3 Denise Chan |
| 4 Claire Forster |
| 5 Angelina Cheung |
| 6 Claire Hunter |
| 7 Nina Pirie |
| 8 Bobby Wilson |
| 9 Royce Chan |
| 10 Helen Lee |
| 11 Emma Shields |
| 12 Jaime Ho |
| 13 Jamie Bourk |
| 14 Crystal Wray |
| 15 Jane Cheung |
| 16 Cynthia Luk |
| 17 Zuzana Osinska |
| 18 Martina Colombo |
| 19 Paula Murcia |
| 20 Rabbit Leung |
| 21 Maggie Wong |
| 22 Sophie Short |
| WNL2 | Natixis HKFC Fire | Vs | GaiWu | HV8 | 15:00 |
| 1) Karus |
| 2) Amy K |
| 3) Nicole |
| 4) Caroline |
| 5) Zuza |
| 6) Maureen |
| 7) Cynthia |
| 8) Apple |
| 9) Rabbit |
| 10) Paula |
| 11) Audrey |
| 12) Maddie |
| 13) Maggie |
| 14) Tash |
| 15) Casey |
| 16) Lu |
| 17) Doris |
| 18) Martina |
| 19) Morgane |
| 20) Alex |
| 21) Tracy |
