Former Wales sevens captain Jevon Groves settling in as Gareth Baber’s Hong Kong assistant
The 28-year-old is also playing for HKFC in Premiership 15s, with his side facing Kowloon in round three on Saturday
After years of warming up in front of the South Stand during his time playing sevens for Wales, new Hong Kong elite men’s coach and HKFC recruit Jevon Groves is already plotting a trip into the iconic party area come April.
He may fall short in his plan however, with the 28-year-old, who was appointed as Gareth Baber’s assistant in July, set to have other things on his plate at the Hong Kong Sevens.
Having captained Wales on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series and played as recently as the Singapore tournament in April, Groves fast-tracked his entry in to full-time coaching when the job in Hong Kong came along.
“This opportunity was probably something that was pretty early on in what I was thinking my coaching career professionally would have been, but it was too good an opportunity to turn down,” Groves said.
“I have always had ambition to coach and I suppose I had better opportunities to coach than I did to play, to be honest. I’ve pretty much studied and coached ever since I started playing professional rugby. It was basically an ongoing process of looking after myself because rugby is pretty unpredictable.”
