‘Frenchie’ Amelie Seure juggling cheese, bread and rugby as she prepares for seventh Sevens
The 33-year-old hails the fabric of the Hong Kong squad as they chase a spot on the Women’s Sevens World Series in the qualifying competition at So Kon Po
When she’s not hunting for the city’s best baguette, Amelie Seure is doing her bit to add to the undeniably strong fabric of the Hong Kong women’s sevens team.
While Hong Kong are still building on the field and will have their hands full at the HSBC Women’s Sevens World Series qualifier that starts at So Kon Po on Thursday, Seure cannot speak highly enough of the bonds the group has formed.
“I have learned a lot from them in terms of being together and having each other’s back, whether in real life or on the pitch,” Seure said.
“It’s great to have so many different cultures, it’s really cool. The local Chinese girls really have my back on all the local things that you need to handle, like when I had a scratch on my car, how to find the right repairer.”
Seure is lining up for her seventh Hong Kong Sevens event after first coming to Hong Kong as a 21-year-old in 2005 on an exchange.
“I was meant to be here for four months and the next minute it’s 12 years, it all goes so fast and part of it is picking up rugby on the way,” said Seure, now 33.