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• Asian Champs 2007 prints are now on sale - 13 May 2008
  Sale of the century Capture forever the glory of the Asian Champs 2007 victory with your very own Special Limited Edition Channel 7 framed or regular print Team Photograph. As seen...
• Dragons pay homage to Mums by training - 13 May 2008
  Training, Sunday May 12 Despite the long weekend and Mothers Day clash with training, a respectable 20 players still turned out for an energetic run in relatively benign weather conditions. The...
• Bangkok, Manila and more. 2008 diary - 13 May 2008
  Training times and other key dates for 2008 *May 15, Training, Happy Valley, 7.30pm *May 18, Training Happy Valley, 6pm *May 19 - Nico's HK leaving drinks, Solas 7pm. * May 30 - June...
• Auskick underway for the kids - 13 May 2008
  Auskick starts Auskick is an international programme to develop and promote participation in Australian rules football amongst children, and has proven to be popular with both boys and girls. Hong Kong...
• HK Dragons run Wilson Trail, scale Twin Peaks - 16 April 2008
  A coterie of Dragons hit the Wilson Trail for a weekend training run with a difference last Saturday (April 5). Not content to walk the trail, they ran the track...
• Small concession in TV row - 22 March 2008
  The Australia Network has made some minor improvements to its scheduling of AFL games in response to a huge Dragons campaign sweeping Asia (details just below). The AFL has vowed...
• Run to the hills - 8 April 2008
  The schedule for training for the next 4 weeks will be quite varied. All details are below. This Saturday's hike is a great fitness workout and chance to get out...
• Wan Chai reels from footy fever - 25 March 2008
  THE FIREBREATHER Party night The Dragons first social event of the year was on Saturday night (March 15) and proved to be a great chance for players old and new, and their...
• Massive start to season 2008 - 11 March 2008
  Footy is back. Smear the dencorub, pry out the dried mud-caked socks from last season and snap a lace in exuberance as you don the boots for season 2008. Training starts on...
• New look committee for Dragons 2008 - 28 February 2008
  The Hong Kong Dragons will kick off season 2008 with a Bogan for a President and a mix of old and new powerbrokers in the Cabinet. The first committee meeting...
• In homage to departing Dragons players - 14 February 2008
  The retirement of at least six Dragons for season 2008 will leave some big dents in the duco of the Rolls Royce that is the Dragons. But while the Dragons...
• Dragons in huge SCMP feature - 26 February 2008
  The City section of the South China Morning Post this weekend (January 26) featured a large feature story on the Hong Kong Dragons as part of its Australia Day coverage....
• Firebreather Edition to February 29, 2008 - 10 April 2008
  Breaking news The Super Tuesday committee meeting to decide a new president and any other contested committee posts has been again been moved, and will now take place on Tuesday night,...
• Boy from Ballarat makes headlines - 11 January 2008
  BALLARAT - Former Dragon legend and 2003 Clubman of the Year Ben Davis is the darling of the media set in his home town of Ballarat, receiving page-lead headlines for...
• Firebreather Edition to January 24, 2008 - 23 January 2008
  THE FIREBREATHER Oz Day Post feature In a major media coup for the club, the Hong Kong Dragons will be featured in an exclusive story (with photo of a mystery Dragon) about...
• Feeney snatches miracle squash final - 24 January 2008
  Mojo beats Boges in squash classic ADMIRALTY: Matt 'Mojo' Feeney has secured the Dragons' inaugural intraclub squash competition with a miraculous comeback 5-set victory against Craig 'Boges' Francis. Mojo went into...
• Latest results from around Asia - 24 December 2007
  A new team has arrived on the international roster, with the discovery in the jungles of south-east Asia of the Laos Elephants. The team recently travelled to Hanoi where it was...
• Firebreather Edition to December 12 - 3 January 2008
  THE FIREBREATHER Triplets, triplets, triplets No stranger to defying the odds, Shannon Morgan is about to become a father of triplets! Shannon and wife Liz will be one of the one in...
• Besty wins coveted Ray Wood Medal - 3 December 2007
  Wan Chai - Aaron Bester won the Dragons highest individual honour at the 2007 awards night on friday at Heat in Wan Chai. He pocketed the Ray Wood Medal as...
• FEATURE: A few beers with The Jackal - 11 January 2008
  YOU’VE BEEN JACKALISED A Few Beers With The Jackal FIREBREATHER: So, how does it feel to eclipse previous club greats such as Webby and Burbs for the record for longest going-away soap...
• Firebreather Edition to November 7, 2007 - 10 November 2007
  THE FIREBREATHER URGENT: Trophy night Keep November 23 free for the Dragons trophy night. Venue is being hotly debated. But it will be a big night. Ladies welcome. Trailblazing fundraisers Four Dragons will be...
• Grand final day a sodden affair for some - 7 November 2007
  KOWLOON: The Aussie Association/HK Dragons latest AFL Grand Final collaboration was another outstanding success, especially for the majority Cats fan base in attendance. An estimated 400 people filled the Holiday Inn...
• Hong Kong beat Vietnam in heavy rain - 26 February 2008
  DRAGONS OUTLAST VIETNAM SWANS Ho Chi Minh City: The Hong Kong Dragons have cruised to a 67 point win over the Vietnam Swans at the weekend in Ho Chi Mihn City...
• Beach party rides wave of success - 22 September 2007
  The Dragons on Saturday staged one of their most colourful and original club nights, with 120 people turning out at South Bay beach on the southern shores of HK Island. The...
• President's Champs report: Bangkok 07 - 6 September 2007
  On Saturday 14th July at approximately 5.10pm, the Hong Kong Dragons (for the 3rd time in 5 years) won the 2007 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. In one of the hardest...
• Ladder and full results from Asian Champs - 16 August 2007
  Full list of results from the 2007 Asian Champs Group A China 4.2 d Vietnam 0.3 Bali 5.7 d Thailand 2.2 Jakarta 6.7 d Vietnam 4.1 Bali 3.8 d China 2.0 Jakarta 7.4 d Thailand...
• Dragons win Asian Champs in extra time - 25 July 2007
  BANGKOK: The Hong Kong Dragons have won the annual Asian Championships Aussie Rules tournament in front of 2,000 fans in Bangkok. The Dragons took the crown in the ten-team event...
• Player profiles - The men behind the crown - 17 July 2007
  With the Asian Champs looming, the rest of the region has been given a snapshot of just who it is that comprises the mighty outfit collectively known as the Dragons....
• Firebreather Edition to August 22, 2007 - 29 August 2007
  THE FIREBREATHER QUOTE OF THE WEEK "Lucky I did not marry an Italian - they all have small kn*bs". Mrs Dorian Lai Robertson, while looking at statues of famous people in Rome. Squash semi...
• Nico family welcome newcomer - 17 July 2007
  The following announcement from Chris Nicolay: "Ellie and I are very proud to announce the addition of another colt to the stable! We now have St Kilda's 2022 half back...
• Final preparations complete - 11 July 2007
  Sunday July 7 marked the final, hot instalment in the Dragons key training sessions. A good turnout on a sweltering artificial surface at Sandy Bay and the new talent also...
• An insider view of Ladies Night - 5 July 2007
  QUOTE OF THE WEEK "... and then I ended up in this interesting bar called Fenwicks." HK newbie Mick stumbles across a hitherto unknown little venue in Wan Chai Ladies night report (Photos welcomed...
• Firebreather Edition to July 11, 2007 - 11 July 2007
  Injury news Byrneseye and Nico sat out training this week (July 1) as a preventative measure as they watch their hammy and calf complaints. Rob Caldwell made a tentative return to...
• Japan clean up at Arafura Games - 11 June 2007
  Japan's Samurai squad swept through the 2007 Arafura Games undefeated recently, taking out the tournament for the first time. The team has returned to the event every two years and...
• Dragons win nailbiter at the fortress - 11 June 2007
  HONG KONG: The Jakarta Bintangs travelled to Hong Kong on 19 May to take on the mighty Hong Kong Dragons at fortress Tin Kwong Road. The Bintangs were at the tail-end...
• Warriors storm home in Malaysia - 22 May 2007
  May 12, 2007, Kuala Lumpur: The Hong Kong Dragons ventured to Kuala Lumpur to take on the Malaysian Warriors. It was the Dragons first trip to Malaysia since the...
• Firebreather edition to May 23, 2007 - 23 May 2007
  THE FIREBREATHER Dragons manage illegal entrance Faulks stood before the Malaysian customs official as the latter leafed through the other's passport. As Faulks peered over the counter he noticed in the passport...
• Dubai poised to sheikh up Asian Champs - 21 April 2007
  The Firebreather has learnt that Dubai is poised to take part in its first Asian Champs and will not be content to merely make up the numbers. It is rumoured...
• Western Whalers harpooned in HK - 25 April 2007
  HAPPY VALLEY: The Dragons opened the season with a convincing 48 point win over the visiting Western Whalers. The Perth veterans side, despite a sprinkling of youthful additions to the squad,...
• Firebreather Edition to May 5, 2007 - 4 May 2007
  THE FIREBREATHER Pin-up Rigger The Dragons have been recieving a plug in HK Magazine and this week enjoyed the HK PICKS special treatment, with our club plug running with a pic of...
• New committee to lead Dragons glory hunt - 10 March 2007
  From the rubble of empty beer bottles, a new new-look Dragons committee emerged at Bulldogs Bar in Lan Kwai Fong. A new coach, tours, sponsorship, recruiting and a master plan...
• Firebreather Edition to April 7, 2007 - 6 April 2007
  THE FIREBREATHER So which one are you? Quote of the week. Preamble: We’re all out the front of Stormies on Thursday night after the game and Besty had a couple of mates...
• Byrnesy wins Ray Wood medal - 14 March 2007
  The Dragons end of season night of nights saw the Byrning Bush, President Nathan Byrne, decorated with his first Ray Wood medal in a vote count that had more excitement...
• The Firebreather: As at Feb 20, 2007 - 21 February 2007
  THE FIREBREATHER Baby dragons Long-standing Dragon member, sponsor and non-playing tour specialist Alfie Chown is the proud father of a baby boy. Donna is well and good and the little fella is...
• Hong Kong Dragons take half a million hits - 13 January 2007
  The Hong Kong Dragons website has registered its 500,000th hit just hours before the end of 2006. Since taking the internet in particular, and sport in general, by storm, the Dragons...
• Hong Kong's Mr Incredible calls it a day - 10 December 2006
  After 21 games with the Dragons, the most famous Tasmanian since Boonie has decided to pull stumps on his Asian football career. After his Buck's night, he caught up with...
• Dragons snatch last-minute thriller - 10 December 2006
  DRAGONS SNATCH LAST MINUTE THRILLER Shanghai: With just seconds on the clock, the Hong Kong Dragons took the lead for the first time since early in the first quarter and held...
• Canadians prefer Dragons to ice hockey - 18 December 2006
  Once again we take a quick look at who's looking at us. This month saw the US reassert itself at the top of the list (after HK and Australia of course)...
• Asian Eagles want to take to the skies again - 9 December 2006
  Prompted by the alarming decline in sightings of the Philippines Eagles, the intrepid Firebreather went in search of the exotic bird. Thankfully, it seems the red, white, blue and yellow...
• Dragons' Back run - 12 December 2006
  October 30 Breaking the Dragon's Back An elite core of Dragons members took to the hills of Hong Kong island on the the public holiday Monday, ignoring their duty by local custom...
• China challenges for top spot on web list - 9 November 2006
  The website clocked up 39,516 page views in October, less than 300 shy of the record set in July. Web traffic from China doubled in just one month, perhaps a...
• To play or not to play? The Darren Jolly Test - 17 October 2006
  KOWLOON: On a day when 400 footy fans converged on another sell-out AFL grand Final function, the Hong Kong Dragons sought to unearth just how dedicated we are to the...
• Firebreather Edition to December 9, 2006 - 9 December 2006
  THE FIREBREATHER Old and New Dragons talk Two Dragons, old and new, have taken some time out with the Firebreather over a few dozen vodkas at the Big Bamboo in Shanghai and...
• Former President marries Lady Dorian - 6 November 2006
  THE FIREBREATHER ANNALS to NOVEMBER 5, 2006 QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "I'm surprised to see chardonnay on the table, Dorian said she likes a good semillon" Faulks makes a sly reference to Farmer's...
• The Jakarta Champs blow-by-blow - 18 September 2006
  DRAGONS TOIL IN THE INDONESIAN SUN JAKARTA: On the weekend of 26/27 August 2006, the Hong Kong Dragons toured to Jakarta for the seventh annual Asian championships. Having been in six...
• September sets web traffic record - 17 October 2006
  A record is a record and the website this month narrowly pipped its record for the most individual readers to visit the site in a single month. The 879 unique...
• Tickets selling fast for AFL Grand Final - 2 October 2006
  KOWLOON: The Holiday Inn in TST again plays host to the Grand Final live, big screen spectacular to mark the culmination of AFL season 2006. The day is one of the...
• Firebreather Edition to October 6, 2006 - 6 October 2006
  THE FIREBREATHER QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "Hit me. Hit me again. Hit me one more time, but harder." Villain of the month, Salty, demands his own punishment from fellow Dragon, Farmer, after...
• Opponents tune in to website - 18 September 2006
  TOP TEN READERSHIP BY NATION August top 10...........July United States................United States Singapore.....................China Japan............................Thailand Thailand........................Singapore Indonesia......................Great Britain China............................Japan Great Britain.................Bahrain France..........................New Zealand European Union............Philippines Netherlands..................Myanmar (All tables exclude Hong Kong and Australia, which represent about 80 percent of our readership) This month's global top...
• Dragons darkest hour - 4 September 2006
  JAKARTA: The Hong Kong Dragons plumbed new depths last week, winning a single game at the Asian Championships in Jakarta on their way to collecting the coveted wooden spoon. The Dragons...
• FEATURE: Enduring a Dragons fitness session - 23 August 2006
  The Dragons took another monumental step towards the Asian Champs weekend in Jakarta last night with the final fitness session at the hands of Mike the Masochist, the team's dedicated...
• INTRACLUB TEAM LISTS; Cats v Demons - 26 May 2006
  Following the hugely successful Dragons Draft Night on Anzac Day 2006, players have been selected to play in one of two teams. The first intra-club game is at Mission Rd...
• Momentum builds for 'most open' Champs - 15 August 2006
  Saturday, August 12 A full-sized touring squad turned out for training Saturday and put on a display of such precise synchronicity, even our growing Swiss website readership would have been impressed. For...
• More tune in to Dragons exploits - 19 August 2006
  The global brand that is The Dragons Aussie Rules continues to soar, with the latest web stats report showing page views doubling for the second successive month and the number...
• Cats-Demons intraclub match washed out - 30 July 2006
  July 29 More than 100mm of rain was dumped on Hong Kong on Saturday, forcing the abandonment of the second instalment of the Cats v Demons intraclub match. Although regarded as...
• Double delight for determined Dragons - 12 July 2006
  The Dragons, on a quest to regain their Asian throne, on Saturday fought off the challenge of Asian rivals China and Singapore to win a tri-nations competition played at Mission...
• Web traffic doubles as 30 countries tune in - 9 July 2006
  Monthly traffic to the Dragons website more than doubled for in June compared to May, the only other month for which figures were available. The number of unique visitors (or individuals)...
• Two Dragons named amongst best ever - 4 July 2006
  Two Hong Kong Dragons have been named by The Age newspaper as being among the greatest Aussie Rules players of all time. *** To read the full article go to: http://www.theage.com.au/realfooty/news/afl/youre-a-champ-china/2006/06/26/1151174134585.html...
• Match report: Irish beat battered Dragons - 30 May 2006
  Kowloon: The Hong Kong Dragons have lost their International Rules clash with the Irish, 75 points to 50. More details as they come to hand. Saturday 27th May saw the Hong...
• Cats pounce early for intraclub win - 27 May 2006
  Q1: FC - 6.3.39 v WD - 0.0.0 Q2: FC - 7.4.46 v WD - 2.3.15 Q3: FC - 11.5.71 v WD - 3.4.22 Q4: FC - 12.5.77 v WD...
• Scandal as Thailand result overturned - 27 May 2006
  The Thailand Tigers have declared the blockbuster Kanchanaburi Anzac clash with the Dragons a draw after studying DVD footage of game. The Tigers have informed the Dragons heirarchy that the scorers...
• Dragons make a point in Thailand Anzac blockbuster - 13 May 2006
  KANCHANABURI, western Thailand: The Hong Kong Dragons survived a withering opening salvo from the Thailand Tigers to steal a desperate one point come-from-behind victory in the Anzac weekend blockbuster at...
• Diggers' tales make it a tour like no other - 11 May 2006
  Craig 'Bogan' Francis KANCHANABURI: Footy tours always create bonds of mateship and help to unite the team in a way few other footy sides ever have the privilege to experience....
• Shocks aplenty in gala draft night - 8 May 2006
  By Michael 'Farmer' Robertson, Tour Manager On 25 April 2006, 50-odd Dragons and partners gathered at the Kangaroo Bar in East Admiralty to have a draft night for the 2006 domestic...
• Thailand thriller: How the Tigers saw it - 7 May 2006
  The following article from the Thailand Tigers appeared in the Bangkok Post. VALIANT TIGERS SUCCUMB TO ASIA’S BEST AFL TEAM IN TORRID CLASH By Mark Armsden KANCHANABURI – In one of the fiercest...
• Dragons snare first under father-son rule - 7 May 2006
  A FEW BEERS WITH .... DWIGHT STUCHBERY The Curious Dragon managed to pull up a couple of bar stools and get the dirt on new recruit and son-of-a-Dragon, Dwight Stuchbery, over...
• Huge response to Anzac Day player draft - 23 April 2006
  All Anzac tourists to Thailand tourists should acquaint themselves with this article to get a basic overview of our tour destination, Kanchanaburi. http://escape.news.com.au/story/0,9142,18849380-27983,00.html Draft night The Dragons intraclub competition has drawn a record...
• Dragons to star in DVD blockbuster - 14 March 2006
  Not since the 1957 movie starring William Holden scooped seven Academy Awards will the province of Kanchanaburi, home to the Bridge on the River Kwai, have seen such an esteemed...
• Second session for year sees tempo lift - 5 March 2006
  The second training session for season 2006 saw 23 blokes turn out at Happy Valley for the afternoon training session. The second run for the year saw a step up in...
• Coach stuns Dragons with shock resignation - 15 February 2006
  The newly appointed coach of the Hong Kong Dragons shocked the sporting world with the announcement that his brief tenure at the helm of Asia's foremost footy club had come...
• Where are they now? Catch up with McNair - 15 February 2006
  Ancient Greek philosopher and poet, the Bion of Smyrna, once said "Arrogance is the obstruction of wisdom". So just how did former captain Damien McNair become a lawyer? We had...
• Hellfire Pass opens season 2006 - 26 January 2006
  The first tour of the year is confirmed and is a must for all patriots. Bangkok (Hellfire Pass): 29th April (away - confirmed) Singapore in Hong Kong: 20th May (home...
• Website launched to critical acclaim - 28 January 2006
  The Dragons have set the standard in Asian football in recent years but one gaping hole in the organisation was the lack of a website. It is hoped the launch in...
• Founding father Ray Wood reflects - 23 January 2006
  Curious Dragon: What years did you live in Hong Kong, and where did you work? Ray Wood: I arrived in the British Colony of Hong Kong in September...
• Those vague Grand Final memories - 23 January 2006
  by Craig ‘Bogan’ Francis. I was just one of 450 people to converge on the Holiday Inn on Hong Kong’s Dark Side, or TST, to watch the Sydney Swans win the...
• Dragons stumble in quest for threepeat - 23 January 2006
  by Michael 'Farmer' Robertson. The Dragons travelled to Manila in September to compete in the 6th annual Asian Championships. Having won the past two years and travelled unbeaten all year, the...