He’s back! Raef Morrison rejoins Hong Kong sevens for Asia Rugby Series after four-year break
Hong Kong sevens are in South Korea for second leg of Asia Rugby Series
Luckily, one thing has stayed the same, the West Island School graduate’s pre-game playlist he uses to pump himself up if he is trying to shake off some nerves. Although he is holding the song queue pretty close to his chest.
“Some of them are pretty embarrassing,” he said with a chuckle. “I’ve been listening to the same ones since I was in year 11, so I guess you could say that has been my only superstition over the years.”
He did divulge a few tracks, Good Life and Gold Digger by Kanye West and some old Eminem from the rapper’s glory days in the early-2000s when Morrison would have still been a pre-teen. But other than that, the 23-year-old was tight-lipped: “I’ll keep most of them to myself.”
Morrison, who has been back in Hong Kong since August after returning from the University of Edinburgh, said the Hong Kong national team programme had been great over the years, allowing him to train with the squad during summer and winter breaks from school. Now he is home and his focus is solely on rugby and the sevens.