From a youth tournament on New Year's Day to more than twenty years at the HKFC 10s. We're still piecing parts of this together; if you can fill a gap, please get in touch.
- 1967:
Where it starts
The New Year's Day Youth Rugby Tournament begins when Vernon Roberts arranges the first Hong Kong v Overseas Schoolboys match at the Hong Kong Football Club. OSOB grew out of this tournament.
- 1986:
The HKFC 10s begins
The Hong Kong Football Club stages the first HKFC 10s to celebrate its centenary.
- 1997:
Unbeaten New Year's Day teams
Teams coached by Rob Wright and Tony Pannell go unbeaten at the New Year's Day tournament between 1997 and 2002.
- 2004:
First HKFC 10s
Numbers were so short on the first morning that Rob Wright went into the HKFC gym and recruited a player off the treadmill.
- 2005:
First silverware
Men's Bowl winners, beating China Agricultural University 17–0 in the final.
- 2008:
Three Shield finals
The field is cut from 24 teams to 16. OSOB reach the Shield final three years running, from 2008 to 2010.
- 2013:
The A-Trade years
The team plays as A-Trade Overseas Old Boys, backed by A-Trade Finance and its founding partner Lawrence Webb. The name lasts until 2024.
- 2016:
Men's Plate winners
Seeded 12th, OSOB beat Irish Vikings and Devils Own Shanghai in the pool, then Projecx Waterboys 14–10 and Taikoo Place Scottish Exiles 17–10 to win the Plate.
- 2018:
Back in the Plate final
Wins over Classic Wallabies and Pyrenees take OSOB to another Plate final, lost to Samurai International.
- 2020:
A pause
The 2020 tournament is cancelled amid unrest in Hong Kong, and Covid stops the next ones. The HKFC 10s returns in 2023, and so do we.
- 2023:
Back in the Cup semi-finals
The HKFC 10s returns after three years, and the club's records have OSOB in the Cup semi-finals. We're still looking for the match results.
- 2024:
Unbeaten in the pool
OSOB win Pool C, lose a Cup quarter-final 7–8 to Ashbury Tropics, and reach the Plate final, lost 7–10 to Taikoo Place Scottish Exiles.
- 2026:
Cup semi-finalists
Back in the Cup semi-finals: wins over Ashbury Tropics, Taikoo Place Scottish Exiles and Rugby Tens Selects, then a 12–17 defeat to Froggies Club.
Silverware
Trophies won at the HKFC 10s.
Were you part of an OSOB squad? We're still filling gaps in our records, especially before 2016.
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