Having been absent from the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens since 1992, Germany came into the week very much under the radar. Now, after topping pool E, the question is being asked: who are these mysterious Germans?

The all-amateur Cayman Islands team experienced a baptism of fire on the first day of their Hong Kong Sevens debut, but while any hopes they had of earning World Rugby Sevens Series core status have been well and truly extinguished, their enthusiasm has certainly not been doused.

Zimbabwean winger Tafadzwa Chitokwindo said his team have learned their lesson after suffering two heartbreaking qualifying final defeats in the past 12 months and are ready to “go the whole way”.

It’s a little known fact that the German rugby team boasts an Olympic silver medal. The year was 1900, the venue Paris, and they shared second place with Great Britain. Okay, so there were only three teams taking part on that occasion – with hosts France scooping gold after, incredibly, being the only one of the three allowed to play more than one match. But the fact remains that Germany was once considered an elite force in the game.

One is an archipelago with strong British roots that is known throughout the world as an important financial centre – and the other is, um, an archipelago with strong British roots that is known throughout the world as an important financial centre.

Australian is on the verge of finally overhauling Unho Park at Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club as he takes a healthy lead into the final round