King Kongs of the Hottest 7s contest

HONG Kong completed a special men's and women's double last night at the Hottest 7s in the World at Marrara's Rugby Park.

The Hong Kong men's team celebrates taking out the Croc Final at the Hottest 7s in the World. Picture: JUSTIN SANSON

HONG Kong completed a special men's and women's double last night at the Hottest 7s in the World at Marrara's Rugby Park.

The teams from the special region of China took home a combined $29,000 in prize money after dominating both of their finals.

First the women proved too strong for local side Tribe 7's, winning the Jabiru Final 26-14.

Then it was the turn of the men who took control of the Croc Final early to record a convincing 28-12 win.

To add the icing on the cake, men's captain and chief playmaker Jamie Hood was named player of the tournament.

Hood, who was born in Hong Kong and educated in Edinburgh, was thrilled with the result.

"We flew in on Monday and worked hard for it as a team," Hood said. "It's fantastic for both the men's and women's teams to win their finals.

"Two fantastic wins on the day," he added.

In the men's Croc Final, Hong Kong led by two converted tries to nil at half-time after Hood and Tom McQueen went over.

But the Cavaliers hit back with their first try through Filimoni Marawa two minutes into the second half to reduce the deficit to seven.

The style and class of Hong Kong emerged with five minutes remaining when Rohan Varty went under the posts to restore their two converted tries advantage.

With less than three minutes left, McQueen went over in the corner for his second try of the final to put the issue beyond doubt.

There was, however, late drama when McQueen was shown a yellow card with the Cavaliers taking full advantage through Thomas Linde.

Earlier, the Cavaliers had produced the boilover of the tournament over the top seeds the Borneo Eagles.

The Eagles conceded the first try of their semi-final to Cavaliers before hitting back to draw level at 7-7.

A late converted try gave the Cavaliers a 14-7 half-time advantage which they increased by a further seven points immediately after the restart.

Meanwhile, a personal points haul of 21 by Rose Fong helped the Hong Kong women's team win the Jabiru final at their first attempt.

Fong was inspirational, scoring the opening two tries as Hong Kong, making their Darwin debut, took an early 14-0 lead in the final.

Two tries by Fong, which she converted, put Tribe 7's on the back foot from the kick-off.

A third try by Chrissy Cheng just a minute from half-time gave Hong Kong a handy 19-0 advantage but Tribe hit back with a try through D'Arcy Gadler just before the interval to put her side back in the contest at 19-7.

Within a minute of the restart Emily Chancellor scored to put Tribe within five of the tourists. Bo de la Cruz successfully converted.

But Fong completed her impressive hat-trick a minute later with a fine solo run which finished with a converted try under the posts and a 26-14 scoreline.

Fong, who has been playing rugby for 17 years, said she was delighted to have spent time in Darwin.

"It's a great place and the rugby Sevens are good too," she said.

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