Jasmine Cheung
{{Short description|Hong Kong rugby union player}}
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Jasmine Cheung Shuk-han is a former Hong Kong rugby union player. She competed for Hong Kong when they made their first Rugby World Cup appearance at the 2017 tournament .
Rugby career
Cheung was named in Hong Kong's squad that toured Spain in a two-test match series in Madrid in 2015.{{Cite web |date=2015-12-01 |title=Gai Wu's Chow Mei-nam picked to lead Hong Kong women's 15s on tour of Spain |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/fifteens/article/1885548/gai-wus-chow-mei-nam-picked-lead-hong-kong-womens-15s-tour |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en |archive-date=2022-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314134633/https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/fifteens/article/1885548/gai-wus-chow-mei-nam-picked-lead-hong-kong-womens-15s-tour |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2015-12-16 |title=Spain 59-12 Hong Kong - First Test, Match Report |url=https://www.bcmagazine.net/2015/12/16/spain-59-12-hong-kong-first-test-match-report/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=www.bcmagazine.net |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415113911/https://www.bcmagazine.net/2015/12/16/spain-59-12-hong-kong-first-test-match-report/ |url-status=live }} She made her international debut against Spain in December 2015.{{Cite web |date=2017-08-08 |title=Exeter alumae take to the stage at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup |url=https://news-archive.exeter.ac.uk/sport/2017/articles/exeteralumaetaketothestag.html |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=news-archive.exeter.ac.uk}}
In 2016, she featured for her club, HKRU Scorpions, against a touring Princeton A team at King's Park in Hong Kong; Her team scored ten tries to win 58–17.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-03-19 |title=Hong Kong Super Series Sides Sweep Princeton |url=https://www.hkrugby.com/news/hong-kong-super-series-sides-sweep-princeton |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Hong Kong Rugby Union |language=en |archive-date=2016-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409051124/http://www.hkrugby.com/news/hong-kong-super-series-sides-sweep-princeton |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2016-03-20 |title=Hong Kong women give Sevens selectors plenty to think about |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/sevens/article/1927665/hong-kong-women-give-sevens-selectors-plenty-think-about |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}} She was named in Hong Kong's training squad in preparation for their Rugby World Cup qualifiers matches against Fiji and Japan in 2016.{{Cite web |date=2016-11-13 |title=Women's Rugby World Cup Qualifier Hong Kong |url=https://www.asiarugby.com/2016/11/14/womens-rugby-world-cup-qualifier-hong-kong/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Asia Rugby |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218171810/https://www.asiarugby.com/2016/11/14/womens-rugby-world-cup-qualifier-hong-kong/ |url-status=live }} She also featured in two training games against Kazakhstan as part of their preparation.{{Cite web |last= |date=2016-11-22 |title=Women's Rugby Results: 16-20 November, 2016 |url=https://www.bcmagazine.net/2016/11/22/womens-rugby-results-16-20-november-2016/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=www.bcmagazine.net |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314134633/https://www.bcmagazine.net/2016/11/22/womens-rugby-results-16-20-november-2016/ |url-status=live }}
Cheung was selected in Hong Kong's historic squad who made their first Rugby World Cup appearance in 2017.{{Cite web |date=22 July 2017 |title=Hong Kong Squad Selected For Women's World Cup Debut |url=https://www.irishrugby.ie/2017/07/22/hong-kong-squad-selected-for-womens-world-cup-debut/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313004832/https://www.irishrugby.ie/2017/07/22/hong-kong-squad-selected-for-womens-world-cup-debut/ |archive-date=2022-03-13 |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Irish Rugby |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Varty |first=Lindsay |date=2017-09-09 |title=Hong Kong team make history at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2017/09/09/hong-kong-team-make-history-2017-womens-rugby-world-cup/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220301220105/https://hongkongfp.com/2017/09/09/hong-kong-team-make-history-2017-womens-rugby-world-cup/ |archive-date=2022-03-01 |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Hong Kong Free Press HKFP |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last= |date=22 July 2017 |title=Hong Kong aiming to create legacy at World Cup |url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2021/news/266983 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220513021906/https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2021/news/266983 |archive-date=2022-05-13 |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=www.rugbyworldcup.com |language=en}}
Cheung was called again into the national team for the 2019 Asia Pacific Championship against Fiji and Samoa.{{Cite web |last=Birch |first=John |date=2019-05-23 |title=Asia Pacific Championship |url=https://www.scrumqueens.com/news/asia-pacific-championship |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Scrum Queens |language=en |archive-date=2022-02-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218212848/https://www.scrumqueens.com/news/asia-pacific-championship |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Gohar |first=Nawaz |date=2019-05-23 |title=Nine new caps selected as Hong Kong Women's team set sights on South Pacific |url=https://www.sportslink.pk/2019/05/23/nine-new-caps-selected-as-hong-kong-womens-team-set-sights-on-south-pacific/ |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=Sportslinkpk |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415000242/https://www.sportslink.pk/2019/05/23/nine-new-caps-selected-as-hong-kong-womens-team-set-sights-on-south-pacific/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-05-23 |title=Fong sisters assemble as Hong Kong prepare for 2021 World Cup |url=https://www.morechaos.com/post/2019/05/23/fong-sisters-assemble-as-hong-kong-prepare-for-2021-world-cup |access-date=2022-03-14 |website=morechaos |language=en}} She made her last appearance for Hong Kong in 2020.{{Cite web |title=Jasmine Cheung - Resume |url=https://jasminecheung.netlify.app/resume.pdf |access-date=2024-05-29 |website=jasminecheung.netlify.app}}
Personal life
Cheung is a full-stack software engineer; she completed an intensive 12 weeks of Makers Academy. She attended the University of Exeter.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Hong Kong 2017 WRWC Squad}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Exeter
Category:Hong Kong female rugby union players
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Hong Kong women's international rugby union players