Ivan Torpey has an extensive background in sport, rugby development and coaching. During his time with the RFU, Ivan worked on a number of community rugby initiatives and coaching development, both of players and coaches.

Ivan has a wealth of coaching experience gained at clubs, mostly in the South of England, plus the West of Scotland team playing in the Scottish Premier Division. He has also coached the Royal Navy representative team and County youth teams.

Ivan visited Hong Kong last year as a member of the RFU Cathay Pacific community coaching team and a number of Hong Kong rugby community will be aware of his engaging and enthusiastic approach to the game of rugby. The HKRFU are confident that Ivan Torpey will contribute significantly to coaching and rugby development in Hong Kong.

The game started well for Hong Kong with 2 quick tries, but this early success led to a bit of overconfidence which, together with deteriorating weather conditions, resulted in the boys straying from the game plan and struggling for the rest of the half. Still, the defence was solid, and after the break we took the game to SRC, playing the game down their half and wearing down their bigger and slower forwards. Set piece ball was also good, and with the forwards recycling quickly space soon started opening up out wide, resulting in the Hong Kong backs and forwards running in a series of expansive tries. Notable performances included the excellent Jason Macleod, who stole lineout ball from the opposition at will, and capped a fine performance with a well-taken try.