Royce Chan Leong-sze (born 16 September 1978) is a former

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player. She has represented Hong Kong internationally in rugby fifteens and sevens. She competed at the

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Biography

Chan retired after the 2017 World Cup, she currently works as a women's high performance coach at the

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. 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. She made her tenth appearance in the tournament in 2015. In 2019 she was nominated for the Women's Sports Leadership Academy for High Performance Coaches (WSLA). It was a programme partnered by

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and the

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. Chan was announced as Head of Women’s Rugby Performance by the

on 8 March 2023. She had coached

at the

2022 Asia Rugby Women's Championship The 2022 Asia Rugby Women's Championship is the 11th edition of the Asia Rugby Women's Championship following the cancellation of the 2021 edition due to COVID-19 related restrictions. Hong Kong hosted Kazakhstan on a 2 match series for the titl ...

when they beat

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to win the series.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Royce Living people Hong Kong female rugby union players Hong Kong female rugby sevens players Rugby sevens players at the 2010 Asian Games Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Asian Games 1978 births Hong Kong women's international rugby union players