Posts from the park | All change as players switch focus once again
Opportunities and errors matter as much in 15s as they do in sevens
With the closing of a successful HSBC Asian Sevens Series for Hong Kong, the lads’ focus now turns to the 15-a-side game and, with this in mind, players who have been competing and training as part of the sevens set-up are now returning to their clubs and making a complete change in how they view and perform on the park.
For Whichway Valley, we had five players who represented Hong Kong throughout the series: Lee Jones, Max Woodward, Salom Yiu Kam-shing, Ben Rimene and me.
Despite there being some interrelating factors between sevens and 15s, our roles can be quite different, depending on the position we play.
For me, the contact area and set piece in sevens and 15s is one of the core components of my game that I have to get right. There is probably less room for error in sevens because if you get it wrong, it invariably ends up being seven points conceded at the other end.
But with points less frequent in 15s, building every bit of momentum is the key and focusing on your piece of the jigsaw is vital to getting your team over the try line.