Ex-England star Simon Amor to coach Hong Kong 15s

The former England rugby sevens captain Simon Amor has been named interim coach of the Hong Kong men’s 15s side.

Amor is tasked with leading the SAR in the Asia Rugby Championship in November. He’s expected to arrive in August.

As a player, Amor won the Hong Kong Sevens four times with England in the early 2000s

After retiring from playing in 2010, he was head coach and director of rugby for Scottish, later coaching England Sevens (men and women) and Team Great Britain. He was part of Eddie Jones’s coaching team for England before leaving the RFU last month

Amor replaces Craig Hammond who announced last month that he was leaving Hong Kong after accepting a coaching job with Nottingham RFC in the UK.