In a similar vein, the HKRFU set up a new premiership team with the support of London Scottish, adopting their badge and sharing their colours (blue, white and red) as a mark of that relationship.

Hong Kong Scottish has also developed partnerships with local charities including SoCO, Mind HK, ImpactHK and Changing Young Lives Foundation.

Regular events give players and coaches the opportunity to teach local children from Shek Kip Mei and Sham Shui Po districts about rugby and fitness.

Scottish rugby legend Gavin Hastings agreed to lend his name as club ambassador to provide additional support and credibility to the venture.

The senior team, predominantly made up of ex-Scottish age-grade internationals and local Chinese players, won a record number of games for a debut side in the Premiership, finishing the season with five wins and seven losses.

Stars of the campaign included fly half James Murray, flanker Niall Shannon and full back Dave Whiteford.

Reserve side Nomads finished 3rd in Community 1 and were narrowly edged out by an experienced Valley Mustangs team in the Grand Championship semi-final.

During the year, Hong Kong Scottish developed a close relationship with Flying Kukris, who now serve as the youth section feeding into the club.

Hong Kong Scottish made their intentions known early in summer 2012 with the appointment of 33-year old ex-Nottingham Rugby captain Craig Hammond as their new Club Coaching Officer.

A step up from the level they had played at the previous year, the Nomads sometimes struggled to put out a competitive side but sustained enough small margin losses to give the club confidence that the team were heading in the right direction.

The Bravehearts – predominantly made up of local Chinese players playing rugby in their first or second season – won the domestic Community 3A league title and Grand Championship.

Off the field, the club further developed its community programme in conjunction with Edinburgh Napier University, running coaching sessions across Hong Kong with the Flying Kukris, Tsuen Wan Rhinos and Discovery Bay Pirates.

A scintillating campaign saw them run in 41 tries over the season and twice break their own record victory margin – on both occasions defeating Borelli Walsh Tigers, firstly by 64–10 in November and then by 74–20 in February.

Despite losing top scorer James Murray, who returned to the UK to enhance his career after two years at the club, Scottish were able to sign a replacement from Ampo Ordizia in the Spanish Premiership in Danny Kroll.

John Elliot of Langholm rugby fame was the first speaker, while Iain "The Bear" Milne spoke at a lunch to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Scotland's 1984 Grand Slam triumph.

Andrew Henderson, Bryan Rennie, Len Ascroft-Leigh were signed from English Championship sides Ealing Trailfinders, Bristol Rugby and Plymouth Albion respectively.

Kane Boucaut, Austin Smith and Diggy Bird flew in from the University of Queensland and made equally positive contributions to the club.

Henderson and Rennie brought a new level of skill to the backs and top-scored with nine and seven tries respectively, whilst Bird was excellent in front of goal and potted 178 points in total.

Centre Lex Kaleca was player of the year in his second season with the club, whilst Charles Cheung, Jack Parfitt, Lachlan Chubb and John Aikman earned international honours, representing Hong Kong in games against Russia, Japan and Korea.

The club's development programme received a boost when Ale Nardoni and Sjors Laurijsen were both selected to represent Hong Kong in the under-20 Junior World Trophy in Portugal.

Hong Kong Scottish Nomads made significant progress in National League 1, reaching their semi-final and finishing with a record of six wins and seven losses.

Hong Kong Scottish Kukris were beaten by HKFC in the final of the women's rugby tournament, with Jeronsica Kwok receiving player of the year honours at the end of season club dinner.

In the community, Hong Kong international scrum half Charles Cheung was heavily involved in coaching children from local schools and the club were proud to work with chosen charities The Hub and Changing Young Lives Foundation.

The pick of the bunch was a 34–15 victory over reigning league title holders HKCC at Aberdeen Sports Ground – a 31-point second half performance included tries from Ben Cullen, Lachlan Chubb, Jack Parfitt and Lex Kaleca to recapture the Broony Quaich.

Life Members Lunches saw an appearance in Hong Kong from Tony Stanger, with former Scotland and British & Irish Lions head coach Iain McGeechan OBE set to speak at an event in January.