From humble beginnings in 1976, the Hong Kong Sevens has grown into the city's leading sports event, famed throughout the world. This year, as the tournament celebrates 40 years, we're taking a ride through the SCMP archives to see how the event became the jewel in the sevens crown. 

And if you see yourself or a friend in any of the pictures in our eight-part series, click here to enter your best memories of the Sevens and the most original/entertaining answers will win a pair of three-day tickets to this year’s Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens from March 27-29.

We begin part 7 in and Ben Gollings starred again as England made it four wins in Hong Kong in five years, and a fourth consecutive Hong Kong Sevens title. 

They beat Fiji with a last-second try from Gollings, 26-24, in one of the most tense finals of all time. 

"A well-behaved crowd erupted as England celebrated and police and security officials were forced to shield themselves from a rain of plastic beer jugs after arresting the first of at least a dozen pitch invaders," reported the SCMP.

It was the remarkable Gollings' 131st try in the Sevens World Series. "I was in the right place at the right time," he said. 

Meanwhile, fledgling rugby nation China enjoyed some success with victory in the Bowl.