The Hong Kong men’s sevens squad for the Rugby World Cup 7s in South Africa (9-11 September) has been announced by Hong Kong Rugby.
Hong Kong will kick off in the 16-team pre-round competition against Uruguay with the winner facing tournament favourites and new World Sevens Series champions, Australia.
Hong Kong head coach Paul John has named an experienced squad and commented that “We want them to enjoy the experience – this comes around every four years – and we earned the right to be here and this is a reward for that”
Hong Kong men will be making their eighth appearance sevens Rugby World Cup, two of which were hosted in Hong Kong (1997 and 2005).
All matches are streaming on the World Rugby website
Hong Kong Men’s Rugby World Cup Sevens Squad
- Russ WEBB (co-captain)
- Seb BRIEN (co-captain)
- Salom YIU Kam-shing
- Michael COVERDALE
- Cado LEE Ka-to
- Alessandro NARDONI
- Hugo STILES
- Harry SAYERS
- Max DENMARK
- Liam DOHERTY
- Pierce MACKINLAY-WEST
- Callum MCCULLOUGH
- James CHRISTIE
Photo credit: Mike Lee – KLC fotos for World Rugby
Additional reporting: RugbyAsia247