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Hong Kong Sevens

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Yes, the cup. In honour of the supporters the coach walked over with the cup to share the glory with us! Thank you!!

Hong Kong Sevens

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Yep, All ready for the Games to begin!!! Xenia the champ who scored 2 tries and was featured in the Hong Kong Times. Posing with her No. 1 fans: The Blue Afs!!! The Blue Afros lining up hahaha! The Samoan Team discussing the game plan! Fiji the day before the big showdown.

In Samoa: Mom's 17th grandchild, Lani's 4th baby

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Haven't had time to update the blog in the past three weeks. I will update it all with pictures when I get back to Oman. But briefly: Alex and I were in Hong Kong for a week where we stayed with our hospitable friends Brad and Rhonda and their lovely kids. We had the greatest time in Hong Kong, we managed to cross the border to China to shop! Hong Kong was amazing and better yet the Hong Kong Sevens was just something else. The best of all was supporting Samoa from day One and then we went on to WIN the final. It was an honour and a privilege for us to witness such a victorious game. We were going hoarse from calling out "Samoa, Samoa, Samoa" but it was all worth it. We went giddy with sheer joy and pride from the boys' win. We went straight to town Wan Chai dressed in our lavalavas, blues and flag to revel in our team's win and boy did we enjoy it. We had a great time and the atmosphere was just festive and party-like! It was amazing. Hong Kong Sevens being the b