Cado Lee Ka To MH (Chinese: 李卡度; born 27 December 1991) is a Hong Kong rugby union and rugby sevens player. He plays for USRC Tigers RFC, the Hong Kong national sevens team and the Hong Kong national rugby union team.
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| Date of birth | 27 December 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | British Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
edit2009–2017
editLee started playing rugby when he attended high school in England, and became involved with the Hong Kong Under-20 team on his return to his country of birth.[1] He was a member of the Hong Kong Sevens team at the 2011 Asian Sevens Series. He won a silver medal at the 2014 Asian Games, losing to Japan in the final.[2] He made his international 15's debut on 10th December 2011, in a 72-14 win over the United Arab Emirates in Dubai.[3] He joined the Hong Kong Sports Institute on a part-time basis in December 2013 when rugby sevens became the first team sport admitted to the institute.[4]
Move to Japan
editIn August 2017 Lee became the first Chinese player to be recruited by a Top League club, the NEC Green Rockets in Japan.[5] He signed a one-year deal with the Abiko-based club, and made ten appearances during the 2017–18 Top League season.[6] Despite NEC offering him a one-year contract extension, he returned to Hong Kong in early 2018 to prepare for the Hong Kong Sevens which served as qualification of World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and Asian Games.[7]
Hong Kong 2018
editIn the 2018 Hong Kong Sevens, Hong Kong was eliminated by Chile in the quarter finals, failing to gain promotion to the following year's World Series. In the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens, Hong Kong again lost to Chile again to finish as runners-up in the Bowl Final.[8] In the 2018 Asian Games, he helped Hong Kong to win all their games in both the group and knockout stages, including a 14–0 victory against Japan to become one of the first gold medal winners for Hong Kong in rugby sevens.[9]
2022
editLee competed for Hong Kong at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town.[10]
References
edit- ^ Kevin Kaho Tsui (14 March 2013). "Meet the Hong Kong Rugby Sevens Team". Hong Kong Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Get to know the Hong Kong National Men's & Women's Sevens teams". Hong Kong Sevens. 15 March 2018.
- ^ worldrugby.org. "Kenya climb four places in rankings | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ "Elite sevens players get into special program". The Standard (Hong Kong). 13 December 2013. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014.
- ^ "Hong Kong scrum half Cado Lee joins Max Woodward in Japan's Top League". South China Morning Post. 9 August 2017. Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "2014–15 Top League Player profile Cado Lee". Top League. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Hong Kong Sevens the focus for Cado Lee after sampling the 'work hard, play hard' delights of the Japan Top League". South China Morning Post. 5 April 2018. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "HONG KONG FINISH AS BOWL RUNNERS-UP AT RUGBY WORLD CUP SEVENS 2018". Hong Kong Rugby Union. 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Hong Kong strike gold at the Asian Games". Asia Rugby. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Hong Kong Men's Sevens Squad Confirmed - Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022". RugbyAsia247. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-09-17.