Hong Kong crowd doesn’t boo the Aussies anymore, and David Campese can’t understand why
One of the great traditions of the Sevens has seemingly disappeared as the Wallabies are no longer greeted by jeers
David Campese used to wonder why the Hong Kong crowd would always boo the Aussies. Now he wonders why they don’t.
It appears that one of the greatest traditions of the Hong Kong Sevens – booing Australia – is no longer part of the So Kon Po culture as a new generation of players and fans take over in the professional era.
Campese, who led Australia to their last Hong Kong title in 1988, was a particular target of the fans who had a love-hate relationship with his brilliance and arrogance.
“It’s very unusual,” said Campese, who remembers being booed when he was named as part of the Magnificent Seven, alongside Waisale Serevi, Jonah Lomu and Eric Rush, in 2015.
“When they had the 40th year of the Sevens and I was one of the Magnificent Sevens, I said to the guys, ‘wait, when they announce my name, they’ll boo’, and they did.
