Tammy Lau Nga-wun

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Tammy Lau Nga-wun
Date of birth (1992-07-30) 30 July 1992 (age 31)
Height1.61 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–PresentFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong

Tammy Lau Nga-wun (born 30 July 1992) is a Hong Kong rugby union player. She represented Hong Kong at their first World Cup appearance in 2017 in Dublin. [1] [2] [3] She started in the match against eventual champions, New Zealand. [4]

Biography

In 2016, Lau was named Women's Premiership Player of the Year by the Hong Kong Rugby Union at their annual end-of-season awards night. [5] [6] She featured for Hong Kong against Japan at the 2016 Asia Women's Championship and in warm-up match against Singapore prior to the final leg of the Championship series. [7] [8] [9] She scored a try in her teams 40–7 routing of Singapore. [8] [9] Later in November, Lau was selected in Hong Kong's training squad as they prepared for the World Cup qualifiers against Fiji and Japan. [10]

Lau was selected for Hong Kong's two-test tour of Spain and Wales at the end of 2018. [11] She was in the Hong Kong squad that won their first test match and test series in Europe against the Netherlands. [12] [13]

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References

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