Han-Mi is slightly older than the average first-time player, here she tells the Post about her journey from the sidelines to the wing
Three months ago, the closest Han-Mi had come to throwing a rugby ball in anger was passing it to her young son while helping coach the under-8s at Hong Kong Football Club.
A tackle bag, cones and other training items were just something to be put away afterwards – not any more.
On Saturday, she threw herself into a full-contact game for the first time, running out on the wing in a pre-season friendly against Bangkok Belles. It was an experience she admitted beforehand to “not feeling ready for at all”.
In the end, she played the first quarter of the encounter at Happy Valley, which a Football Club side made up of players from the Ice and Fire women’s teams won 35-10.
