Teammates Rowan Varty, Keith Robertson and Anthony Haynes share more than a few things in common.
Apart from playing for the Hong Kong sevens team, all grew up in Hong Kong, all attended English Schools Foundation (ESF) schools, all went to university in the UK and all are proud to be from Hong Kong, which they regard as home.
But perhaps the most uniting feature is that all three have an Asian mother and an English father.
The East-West mix is something they feel defines them. As all three see it, they are fortunate to have had the best of both worlds. 'I don't know that if you grew up in Hong Kong as a westerner you'd have quite the same experience,' says Haynes. 'It's an extra dimension in your character. We celebrate all of the Chinese festivals with my mother's family and we look forward to them. We follow the Chinese traditions of the table, such as serving the best part of the suckling pig, the biggest prawn, the plumpest piece of pork or the cheek of the fish to the most honoured or oldest guests. '
Whereas in western cultures, close family involvement is often seen as stifling by the average 20-year-old, in Chinese culture, it's quite the opposite. 'Embracing Chinese traditions like this gives you strength in your character,' says Haynes. 'Whenever I play, I know I have the support of the whole family here. Even if they don't understand rugby, they are always supportive and they understand the close ties that bind a Chinese family.
'My Cantonese could really do with some work. The Chinese guys in the team all have really good English. At the end of the day, not only do we speak the same language, we all really feel part of Hong Kong and blessed to be from here. This is our home, and we're very proud of that.'