2019 Asia Rugby Championship

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For the divisional competitions, see 2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments.
2019 Asia Rugby Championship
Date18 May - 29 June
Countries Hong Kong
 Malaysia
 South Korea
Final positions
Champions Hong Kong (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Tries scored52 (8.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hong Kong Matthew Rosslee (44)
Most triesHong Kong Paul Altier (3)
Hong Kong Conor Hartley (3)
Hong Kong Callum McCullough (3)
Hong Kong Jack Neville (3)
Hong Kong Harry Sayers (3)
Websitewww.asiarugby.com
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The 2019 Asia Rugby Championship is the fifth annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia shall compete in the 2019 series. The Asia Rugby Championship in 2019 does not include Japan who is hosting the 2019 Rugby World Cup. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments.

The format of the tri-nations series is a double round-robin where the three teams play each other twice on a home and away basis. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series is declared the winner.

Teams[edit]

The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2019 tournament in brackets:[1]

Nation Home stadium City
 Hong Kong (25) Hong Kong Football Club Stadium Hong Kong
 South Korea (30) Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field Incheon
 Malaysia (45) National Stadium Kuala Lumpur

Standings[edit]

2019 Asia Rugby Championship Champions
Pos Nation Games Points Bonus
points 		Total
points
Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff
1  Hong Kong 4 4 0 0 212 37 +175 4 20
2  South Korea 4 2 2 0 103 141 -38 2 10
3  Malaysia 4 0 4 0 54 191 -137 1 1
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win - 4 points
Draw - 2 points
4 or more tries - 1 point
Loss within 7 points - 1 point
Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points

Fixtures[edit]

Source: asiarugby.com[2]

Week 1[edit]

18 May 2019
16:00 KST (UTC+9)
South Korea 52–14 Malaysia
Try: You Ji-hoon 24' m
Jang Seong-min 30' c
Lee Myung-jun 34' c
Lee Jin-seok 47' c
Na Kwan-young 61' m
Jeong Yeon-sik 72' c
Jang Jeong-min 76' c
Lee Jae-bok 80+1' c
Con: Han Gu-min 31', 35', 48' (3/5)
Park Ji-su 73', 77', 80+2' (3/3)		ReportTry: Petrus 20' c
Wong 67' c
Con: Abdul Rahman 21', 68' (2/2)
Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon
Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong)
FB 15 Lee Jae-bok
RW 14 Jeong Yeon-sik
OC 13 Kim Jin-hyeok
IC 12 Jang Seong-min
LW 11 Jang Jeong-min
FH 10 Han Gu-min
SH 9 Lee Myung-jun
N8 8 Cha Sung-kyun
OF 7 Kim Dae-hwan
BF 6 You Ji-hoon
RL 5 Yang Dae-yong
LL 4 Lee Jin-seok
TP 3 Lee Gyu-sang
HK 2 Kim Jeep
LP 1 Na Kwan-young (c)
Replacements:
16 Son Young-gi
17 Lee Hyun-su
18 Kang Soon-hyuck
19 Park Ye-chan
20 Son Min-su
21 Chae Min-seong
22 Park Ji-su
23 Kim Nam-uk
Coach:
South Korea Seo Chun-oh
FB 15 Seru Pepeli Naqasima
RW 14 Wong Wye Wye
OC 13 Mohd Syahir Asraf Rosli
IC 12 Sakiusa Terence Gavidi
LW 11 Badrul Bin Muktee
FH 10 Mohd Fairuz Bin Abdul Rahman
SH 9 Mohamad Khairul Abdillah Bin Ramli
N8 8 Etonia Vaqa Saukuru
OF 7 Samuel Rentap Meran
BF 6 Timoci Vunimoku
RL 5 Dineshvaran Krishnan (c)
LL 4 Muhammad Sameer Bin Muhammad Sani Surinder
TP 3 Lawrence Petrus
HK 2 Amirul Mukminim Amizan
LP 1 Bryan Wilfreddoline
Replacements:
16 Mohd Nurazman bin Ramli
17 Mohamad Akmal Yassin Chong
18 Amirul Aiman Ihsan bin Abas
19 Muhammad Danial bin Noor Hamidi
20 Hashraffuddin Basir
21 Mohd Nur Ikqwan bin Nordin
22 Muhamad Amirul Aqil Kamsol
23 Muhammad Hafizin Aiman Bin Halim
Coach:
New Zealand Brad Mika

Week 2[edit]

25 May 2019
21:00 MST (UTC+8)
Malaysia 16–38 South Korea
Try: Mukminin Amizan 30' c
Con: Abdul Rahman 32' (1/1)
Pen: Abdul Rahman 26', 37', 53'		ReportTry: Cha Sung-kyun 5' m
Yang Dae-yong 22' m
Na Kwan-young 34' c
Shin Hyeon-seong 40' c
Kim Nam-uk 58' c
Lim Jun-hui 77' c
Con: Park Ji-su 35', 40+1' (2/4)
Kim Ki-min 59', 78' (2/2)
National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referee: Craig Chan (Hong Kong)
FB 15 Mohd Fairuz Bin Abdul Rahman
RW 14 Wong Wye Wye
OC 13 Mohd Syahir Asraf Rosli
IC 12 Sakiusa Terence Gavidi yellow card 38' to 48'
LW 11 Badrul Bin Muktee
FH 10 Seru Pepeli Naqasima
SH 9 Mohamad Khairul Abdillah Bin Ramli
N8 8 Etonia Vaqa Saukuru
OF 7 Hashraffuddin Basir
BF 6 Timoci Vunimoku
RL 5 Dineshvaran Krishnan (c)
LL 4 Nathaniel Tan Aik-ming yellow card 46' to 56'
TP 3 Amirul Aiman Ihsan bin Abas
HK 2 Amirul Mukminim Amizan
LP 1 Bryan Wilfreddoline
Replacements:
16 Mohd Nurazman bin Ramli
17 Lawrence Petrus
18 Mohamad Akmal Yassin Chong
19 Muhammad Danial bin Noor Hamidi
20 Syahmi Afiq Edan
21 Mohd Nur Ikqwan bin Nordin
22 Muhamad Amirul Aqil Kamsol
23 Muhammad Zharif Afendi Mohamed Zahib
Coach:
New Zealand Brad Mika
FB 15 Lee Jae-bok
RW 14 Jeong Yeon-sik
OC 13 Lee Yong-un
IC 12 Kim Nam-uk
LW 11 Jang Jeong-min
FH 10 Park Ji-su
SH 9 Chae Min-seong
N8 8 Cha Sung-kyun
OF 7 Son Min-su
BF 6 You Ji-hoon
RL 5 Yang Dae-yong
LL 4 Lee Jin-seok
TP 3 Lee Gyu-sang
HK 2 Kim Jeep
LP 1 Na Kwan-young (c)
Replacements:
16 Son Young-gi
17 Lee Hyun-su
18 Kang Soon-hyuck
19 Choi Seong-dok
20 Lim Jun-hui
21 Kang Min-jun
22 Kim Ki-min
23 Shin Hyeon-seong
Coach:
South Korea Seo Chun-oh

Week 3[edit]

8 June 2019
16:00 KST (UTC+9)
South Korea 10–47 Hong Kong
Try: Jeong Yeon-sik 7' c
Con: Han Gu-min 9' (1/1)
Pen: Han Gu-min 34'		ReportTry: Hartley (3) 20' m, 49' c, 80' m
Sayers 53' c
Altier 59' c
Jans 73' c
Con: Rosslee 50', 54', 60', 74' (4/6)
Pen: Rosslee 4', 16', 39'
Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field, Incheon
Referee: Tasuku Kawahara (Japan)
FB 15 Lee Jae-bok
RW 14 Jeong Yeon-sik
OC 13 Kim Nam-uk
IC 12 Jang Seong-min
LW 11 Jang Jeong-min
FH 10 Han Gu-min
SH 9 Lee Myung-jun
N8 8 Cha Sung-kyun
OF 7 Kim Yo-han
BF 6 Lim Jun-hui
RL 5 Yang Dae-yong
LL 4 Kim Dae-hwan
TP 3 Lee Gyu-sang
HK 2 Kim Jeep
LP 1 Na Kwan-young (c)
Replacements:
16 Yeo Jae-min
17 Lee Hyun-su
18 Kang Soon-hyuck
19 Park Ye-chan
20 Choi Seong-dok
21 Kang Min-jun
22 Kim Jin-hyeok
23 Baeg Jong-eun
Coach:
South Korea Seo Chun-oh
FB 15 Paul Altier
RW 14 Harry Sayers
OC 13 Ben Axten-Burrett
IC 12 Matthew Rosslee
LW 11 Conor Hartley
FH 10 Jack Neville
SH 9 Liam Slatem (c)
N8 8 Kane Boucaut
OF 7 Callum McCullough
BF 6 James Cunningham
RL 5 Kyle Sullivan
LL 4 Fin Field
TP 3 Grant Kemp
HK 2 Alexander Post
LP 1 Ben Higgins
Replacements:
16 Dayne Jans
17 Dan Barlow
18 Jack Parfitt
19 Craig Lodge
20 Cris Pierrepont
21 Bryn Phillips
22 Lewis Warner
23 Robert Keith
Coach:
Scotland Andrew Hall

Week 4[edit]

15 June 2019
16:00 HKT (UTC+8)
Hong Kong 30–24 Malaysia
Try: Phillips 16' m
Purvis 36' c
McCullough 57' c
Andrews 64' m
Con: Altier 38' (1/2)
Neville 58' (1/2)
Pen: Altier 40+1'
Neville 79'		ReportTry: Saukuru (2) 8' c, 68' c
Vunimoku 74' c
Con: Abdul Rahman 9', 69', 76' (3/3)
Pen: Abdul Rahman 26'
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Referee: Teruhisa Kajiwara (Japan)
FB 15 Robert Keith
RW 14 Sam Purvis
OC 13 Lewis Warner
IC 12 Ben Axten-Burrett
LW 11 Sebastian Brien
FH 10 Paul Altier
SH 9 Bryn Phillips
N8 8 Kane Boucaut
OF 7 Cris Pierrepont
BF 6 Callum McCullough
RL 5 Kyle Sullivan
LL 4 Craig Lodge
TP 3 Jack Parfitt
HK 2 Jamie Tsang (c)
LP 1 Dan Barlow
Replacements:
16 Mitch Andrews
17 Callum McFeat-Smith
18 Keelan Chapman
19 Sam Tsoi
20 James Cunningham
21 Jamie Lauder
22 Jack Neville
23 Tyler Spitz
Coach:
Scotland Andrew Hall
FB 15 Muhamad Amirul Aqil Kamsol
RW 14 Wong Wye Wye
OC 13 Mohd Syahir Asraf Rosli
IC 12 Sakiusa Terence Gavidi
LW 11 Badrul Bin Muktee
FH 10 Mohd Fairuz Bin Abdul Rahman
SH 9 Mohamad Khairul Abdillah Bin Ramli
N8 8 Etonia Vaqa Saukuru
OF 7 Samuel Rentap Meran
BF 6 Muhammad Danial bin Noor Hamidi
RL 5 Dineshvaran Krishnan (c)
LL 4 Muhammad Sameer Bin Muhammad Sani Surinder
TP 3 Mohamad Akmal Yassin Chong
HK 2 Amirul Mukminim Amizan
LP 1 Bryan Wilfreddoline yellow card 47' to 57'
Replacements:
16 Mohd Nurazman bin Ramli
17 Syahmi Afiq Edan
18 Lawrence Petrus
19 Timoci Vunimoku
20 Nathaniel Tan Aik-ming
21 Mohd Nur Ikqwan bin Nordin
22 Muhammad Hafizin Aiman Bin Halim
23 Naivaluoni Raturibi
Coach:
New Zealand Brad Mika

Week 5[edit]

22 June 2019
20:00 MST (UTC+8)
Malaysia 0–71 Hong Kong
ReportTry: Penalty try 6'
Sayers (2) 18' c, 65' m
Spitz 24' m
Post 34' c
Altier (2) 38' c, 51' c
Slatem 43' m
Boucaut 57' c
Neville 69' c
Warner 72' c
Con: Rosslee 19', 35', 39', 52', 58', 70', 73' (7/10)
National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referee: Tasuku Kawahara (Japan)
FB 15 Muhamad Amirul Aqil Kamsol
RW 14 Wong Wye Wye (c)
OC 13 Seru Pepeli Naqasima
IC 12 Sakiusa Terence Gavidi
LW 11 Badrul Bin Muktee
FH 10 Mohd Fairuz Bin Abdul Rahman
SH 9 Mohd Nur Ikqwan bin Nordin
N8 8 Etonia Vaqa Saukuru
OF 7 Samuel Rentap Meran
BF 6 Hashraffuddin Basir
RL 5 Muhammad Danial bin Noor Hamidi
LL 4 Timoci Vunimoku
TP 3 Mohamad Akmal Yassin Chong
HK 2 Amirul Mukminim Amizan yellow card 16' to 26'
LP 1 Bryan Wilfreddoline
Replacements:
16 Mohd Nurazman bin Ramli
17 Amirul Aiman Ihsan bin Abas
18 Lawrence Petrus
19 Nathaniel Tan Aik-ming
20 Naivaluoni Raturibi
21 Mohamad Khairul Abdillah Bin Ramli
22 Mohd Syahir Asraf Rosli
23 Mohamad Faris bin Pead
Coach:
New Zealand Brad Mika
FB 15 Paul Altier
RW 14 Harry Sayers
OC 13 Tyler Spitz
IC 12 Matthew Rosslee
LW 11 Conor Hartley
FH 10 Jack Neville
SH 9 Liam Slatem (c)
N8 8 Kane Boucaut
OF 7 Callum McCullough
BF 6 James Cunningham
RL 5 Kyle Sullivan
LL 4 Fin Field
TP 3 Grant Kemp
HK 2 Alexander Post
LP 1 Ben Higgins
Replacements:
16 Mitch Andrews
17 Dan Barlow
18 Faizal Solomona Penesa
19 Sam Tsoi
20 Cris Pierrepont
21 Jamie Lauder
22 Ben Axten-Burrett
23 Lewis Warner
Coach:
Scotland Andrew Hall

Week 6[edit]

29 June 2019
16:00 HKT (UTC+8)
Hong Kong 64–3 South Korea
Try: Neville (2) 10' m, 21' c
Brien 12' c
Axten-Burrett (2) 15' c, 70' c
Spitz 38' m
Rosslee 44' c
McCullough (2) 58' c, 72' c
Solomona Penesa 61' c
Con: Rosslee 14', 16', 22', 45' (4/7)
Neville 62', 71', 73' (3/3)		ReportPen: Han Gu-min 25'
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
FB 15 Jack Neville
RW 14 Sebastian Brien
OC 13 Tyler Spitz
IC 12 Ben Axten-Burrett
LW 11 Harry Sayers
FH 10 Matthew Rosslee
SH 9 Liam Slatem (c)
N8 8 Kane Boucaut
OF 7 Callum McCullough
BF 6 James Cunningham
RL 5 Kyle Sullivan
LL 4 Fin Field
TP 3 Grant Kemp
HK 2 Alexander Post
LP 1 Ben Higgins
Replacements:
16 Callum McFeat-Smith
17 Mitch Andrews
18 Faizal Solomona Penesa
19 Craig Lodge
20 Sam Tsoi
21 Jamie Lauder
22 Lewis Warner
23 Robert Keith
Coach:
Scotland Andrew Hall
FB 15 Lee Jae-bok
RW 14 Kim Nam-uk
OC 13 Kim Jin-hyeok
IC 12 Jang Seong-min
LW 11 Hong Sung-jong
FH 10 Han Gu-min
SH 9 Lee Myung-jun
N8 8 Cha Sung-kyun (c)
OF 7 Kim Yo-han
BF 6 Choi Seong-deok
RL 5 Park Ye-chan
LL 4 Kim Do-kun
TP 3 Lee Gyu-sang
HK 2 Kim Jeep
LP 1 Lee Hyun-su Red card 27'
Replacements:
16 Yeo Jae-min
17 Shin Ji-min
18 Kang Soon-hyuck
19 Park Joo-young
20 Noh Ok-gi
21 Kang Min-jun
22 Kim Ki-min
23 Shin Hyeon-seong
Coach:
South Korea Seo Chun-oh

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Men's Rankings | World Rugby". Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2019-04-09.
  2. ^ "Asia Rugby Championship 2019". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 9 April 2019.
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