'I just love it. Three times in Hong Kong and not beaten as yet. I can't remember the game at all'
England gave the three-finger salute to Argentina last night. It was not hard to decipher what the digits signified for they had just become the first northern hemisphere team to win a Cup hat-trick at the Hong Kong Sevens.
'I just love it. Three times in Hong Kong and not beaten as yet. Honestly, I can't remember the game at all. All I know is that we are the champions,' laughed exhausted England captain Simon Amor after his side's 22-12 victory over the South Americans.
It was not a classic sevens final - apart from one brilliant passage of play from Saracens flyer Richard Haughton who scored a trademark try, a 70-metre sprint that left Argentina's defence for dead midway through the second half.
For most of the 20 minutes, however, it was a battle of attrition upfront with England forwards Geoff Appleford, Pat Sanderson and Phil Dowson doing yeoman service at the breakdown and ruling the trenches.
'We won the rucks. We were better in the contact situation. Our forwards had a huge game and we had the wheels out wide in Richard [Haughton] and Ben [Gollings],' said Amor.