Date: 18 SEP 2019
Source: SCMP
Excerpt...
In one respect, Nick Hewson never thought his Hong Kong rugby career would last long.
“I always went into a test thinking it would be my last,” said the 35-year-old Hewson. “That was always my thinking, that I had to play well and prove myself.”
Fifty-eight matches later for the 15-a-side team, as well as a robust sevens career, and Hewson has the honour of calling himself Hong Kong’s most capped player.
He has decided to call it a day after a recurring knee injury required surgery, and Hewson, who first came to Hong Kong from Taranaki in the North Island of New Zealand in 2005 as a spry 21-year-old, is now looking on an unexpected yet impressive legacy.
“I originally came out for six months,” he said. “And 14 years later I’m still here.”
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