Asia Pacific Dragons








































Asia Pacific Dragons
Asia Pacific Dragons logo.png
Union Singapore Rugby Union
Founded 2011; 8 years ago (2011)
Location Singapore
Ground(s)
Queenstown Stadium (Capacity: 3,800)
Director of Rugby Hale T-Pole
Coach(es)

  • Ryan Martin [1]


  • Lee Allan (Asst.)
League(s) Global Rapid Rugby

The Asia Pacific Dragons, also known as APDs, is a rugby union team based in Singapore that will play in the Global Rapid Rugby Showcase Series of 2019.[2]


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Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Squad


  • 3 Staff


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





History


The team is owned and managed by Carinat Sports Marketing based in Hong Kong.


The Team was Founded in 2011 by bringing together the best Players from the Pacific Islands and those with heritage in the Islands. Over the past 8 years the Squads have been inspirational and aspirational for players and supporters alike.


A Unique Team and Brand that showcases the Best Rugby Players from the Region, but also has helped nurture Talent – and promote the Game – becoming the Rugby All Stars of the Region. Some of the greatest names in rugby have enabled fans to meet their heroes.


The team won their first match in Hong Kong against an invitational World XV to claim the inaugural Chartis Cup in 2011. The Asia Pacific Dragons successfully defended the cup against English club Saracens in 2012.


Initially the APDs played 15-a-side rugby, but soon expanded to play rugby sevens and rugby tens. The team won the Hong Kong Football Club Tens in 2012 and the Singapore Cricket Club Sevens in 2013, and competed at the World Club 10s in Singapore in 2014.[3]


In 2019 the Asia Pacific Dragons enters a new era by becoming a full-time professional Squad playing in the Global Rapid Rugby competition and being based in Singapore.



Squad


The squad for the 2019 season includes: [4][5]













2019 Asia Pacific Dragons – Global Rapid Rugby


Prop




  • Fiji Ropate Rinakama


  • Fiji Taniela Koroi





Hooker



  • New Zealand Sekonaia Pole




Lock



  • New Zealand Joketani Koroi




Backrow



  • Fiji Naulia Dawai

Scrum-half




  • Samoa Melani Matavao


  • New Zealand Kurt Hammer





Fly-half



  • Tonga Latiume Fosita




Centre



  • New Zealand Zac Harrison-Jones




Wing




  • Fiji Sireli Bobo


  • Australia Junior Laloifi


  • New Zealand Stacey Ili


  • Fiji Buka Duvuduvukula


  • New Zealand Mitchell Scott





Fullback



  • Tonga Kali Hala

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped, 1 denotes marquee player.


Staff


Coaches for the 2019 season:[1]




  • Hale T-Pole - Head of Rugby


  • Ryan Martin - Head Coach


  • Lee Allan - Assistant Coach



See also


  • Rugby union in Singapore


References





  1. ^ ab Otago Daily Times, Steve Hepburn (7 December 2018). "Martin to coach in Singapore in new competition". Archived from the original on 7 December 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Rapid Rugby 2019 Schedule on show" (PDF) (Press release). Global Rapid Rugby. 1 March 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 March 2019.


  3. ^ Teams World Club Tens


  4. ^ "Southern players head to Singapore". Otago Daily Times. 22 January 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2019.


  5. ^ "Done deals". BSM International. 22 January 2019.




External links



  • "Official website", Asia Pacific Dragons, archived from the original on 16 December 2014









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