Cathay / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2024 Star-Studded Line-up Of Ambassadors

The Cathay / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2024 organisers have confirmed a list of rugby stars set to be featured at the Hong Kong Stadium as ambassadors as the venue bids farewell to hosting the iconic event from 5-7 April 2024 after 30 years.

Two of the tournament’s all-time “Magnificent 7” team members will return to Hong Kong as Fiji’s Waisale Serevi and Australia’s David Campese are both confirmed. The two Hong Kong Sevens legends were voted into the all-time tournament team by the fans in 2015 and will headline a team of Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens ambassadors set to engage with fans during Hong Kong Sevens Rugby Week.

Serevi is synonymous with the Hong Kong Stadium, making his Hong Kong Sevens debut in 1989, before winning two Rugby World Cup Sevens tournaments in Hong Kong in 1997 and 2005. He was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame right at the ground in 2013.

David ‘Campo’ Campese played at the HK Sevens 12 times, helping Australia’s historic run during the 1980s, when they won four cups in seven years! The famed goosestep helped him to 64 tries from 101 tests for the Wallabies and he is a Member of the Order of Australia and an inductee into the World Ruby Hall of Fame.

Cathay / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2024 Ambassadors

In addition to the two “Magnificent Seven”, a long list of esteemed players and former players will interact with fans in the stadium throughout the weekend.

Ambassadors confirmed to attend in 2024 are 2008 World Rugby International Sevens Player of the Year and former New Zealand Sevens captain and the winner of six World Rugby Sevens Series titles, DJ Forbes. Also attending is dual 7s and 15s international for New Zealand Huriana Manuel.

From the northern hemisphere, ex-England international Maggie Alphonsi MBE, a pioneer of female representation in rugby; Welsh rugby star Jamie Roberts who has three Six Nations titles and two Grand Slam titles under his belt; and Benjamin Kayser, the French hooker who played rugby in Hong Kong before going to play professionally and internationally.

Hong Kong-born former Scotland rugby captain John Barclay; and English rugby stalwart James Haskell, who is also performing as a DJ over the weekend, are also both set to entertain the crowds.

Accompanying the international stars is Hong Kong’s own former 7s and 15s captain, Christy Cheng.

Full List of Ambassadors – Cathay / HSBC Hong Kong Sevens 2024

• Waisale Serevi
• David Campese
• DJ Forbes
• Huriana Manuel
• Maggie Alphonsi MBE
• Jamie Roberts
• Benjamin Kayser
• John Barclay
• James Haskell
• Christy Cheng

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