He played in the 1992 Hong Kong Sevens, the year the territory won the Plate Championship.

'It was the old stadium then. I have never played in the new one. It will be great playing cricket at the stadium,' said Brew, whose rugby career ended in injury.

He retired from rugby in 1992 after injuring a knee in a tackle in the dying moments of the World Cup Sevens qualifying tournament in Sicily. However, one of the best wingers to have turned out for Hong Kong saw his team qualify for the finals at Murrayfield, Scotland.

The territory will hope that the multi-talented Brew - the 1995 edition of Wisden picked him in an ICC associates World XI - will be able to spearhead a strong Hong Kong side into the latter stages of this weekend's international event.

Brew, who was the only local cricketer to play in an invitation side at the Summer Eights in Malaysia earlier this year (alongside the likes of Allan Border and Sanath Jayasuriya), has represented Hong Kong at all four previous Hong Kong Sixes.

So has skipper Pat Fordham. The pair are the two most experienced cricketers in Hong Kong and have proudly carried the flag at all levels, from the Sixes to the ICC Trophy.

Fordham will keep wicket, as he usually does, but the problem for the skipper and Hong Kong's selectors will be whom to drop.

The other five players - Rodney Bannister, Rahul Sharma, Riaz Farcy, Andrew Yates and Salim Malik - can all be match-winners, hard-hitting batsmen and effective bowlers. On paper, it is the strongest outfit fielded by Hong Kong.

Organiser Papu Butani has once again reiterated an old promise - that he will give $100,000 to Hong Kong if the team were to win the Sixes.

Come Sunday, do not be surprised if Hong Kong makes him regret that pledge. After all, Brew is back at his old hunting ground.