Max Denmark aims to transfer his Hong Kong Sevens X-factor to city's 15s World Cup quest
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An ever-present in the city's sevens side, Denmark has accumulated Asian Games gold medals, regional dominance and some painful near misses in the bid to get the men's team to the highest level.
Throughout it all there have been tries – lots and lots of tries. There were three alone in a 31-7 rout of China during the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens in March.
The 25-year-old also has two from eight previous Test appearances, and added another – Hong Kong's only score – in the warm-up game against Japan last month.
It is that nose for the line, as much as anything, that has earned him a spot in the team to play the United Arab Emirates on Saturday in the opening round of the Asia Rugby Championship.
Max Denmark (right) puts in a tackle for Hong Kong against ACT Brumbies A in May. Photo: HKCR
And while excited to be back, Denmark admitted the sheer volume of information involved meant it had taken some time to readjust to a 'new but really enjoyable challenge'.
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