Boots and all | Asian Games warning shot heard loud and clear by rivals
Coach Gareth Baber said he wanted Hong Kong's Asian Games opposition to sit up and take notice ahead of next month's Incheon Asiad ... and they will certainly have done just that after the host's unbeaten run to the title in last weekend's RS Hong Kong Asian Sevens at HKFC.
Let’s get ready to rumble, or as was the case last weekend, play rugby.
Robbie McRobbie should perhaps consider giving up his job at the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union and become a full-time boxing ring announcer as he set the tone for Hong Kong’s first Asian Sevens Series tournament.
And from the red corner, both Hong Kong teams came out punching with the men landing a knockout blow to win the first leg of the series, while the women were equally ferocious making their first Cup final.
The results bode well for our Asian Games campaign next month in Incheon, South Korea. It will also have put a target on our backs – one which men’s head coach Gareth Baber was quite happy to paint.
Baber says he wants the opposition to sit up and take notice of Hong Kong. And they will certainly have done that after the unbeaten run which ended in a fantastic 40-0 rout of South Korea in the final.
Hong Kong battled it out in all four legs of the Cup final last year with Japan winning three. So it was a huge surprise to come up against South Korea, who knocked out the Asian champions 28-21 in the semi-finals.
One player who will have extra special attention at the Asian Games will be flying winger Tom McQueen. The Hong Kong Cricket Club flier scored 12 tries – including hat-tricks against Kazakhstan, Singapore and Korea – as Hong Kong grabbed the psychological high ground.