2015 Asian Rugby Championship

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For the divisional competitions, see 2015 Asian Rugby Championship Division Tournaments.
2015 Asian Rugby Championship
Date 18 April – 23 May
Countries  Hong Kong
 Japan
 South Korea
Final positions
Champions  Japan (23rd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Tries scored 50 (8.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Japan Ayumu Goromaru (38)
South Korea Oh Youn-hyung (38)
Most tries South Korea Jegal Bin (4)
Japan Karne Hesketh (4)
South Korea Jang Seong Min (4)
Website www.asian5nations.com
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2016 →

The 2015 Asian Rugby Championship, was the inaugural series of the newly formatted Asian rugby union tournament for the ARFU region. The Asian Rugby Championship replaced the Asian Five Nations tournament for 2015, with the main ARC only consisting of three nations as opposed the previous of five nations. The inaugural series included; Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. Unlike the A5N, the ARC saw each of the top three nations play each other twice, on a home and away bases, with the team with the most table points at the end declared winner. While the bottom placed team, will play a promotion-relegation play-off against the winning nation from Division 1 to earn the right to compete in the following series.[1]

Standings

Champions
Will play in the top 3 challenge
Position Nation Games Points Bonus
points		 Total
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference
1  Japan 4 3 1 0 163 40 +123 3 21
2  Hong Kong 4 1 1 2 64 111 –47 3 11
3  South Korea 4 1 0 3 110 186 –76 3 8
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win - 5 points
Draw - 3 points
4 or more tries - 1 point
Loss within 7 points - 1 point
Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points

Notes:

  • The final match saw the Japan v Hong Kong match abandoned due to adverse weather. It was agreed that Japan and Hong Kong would share the points, with each team receiving 3 points each.

Fixtures

Week 1

18 April 2015
12:00 KST (UTC+09)
South Korea  30–56  Japan
Try: Seong Min (2) 11' c, 15' c
Namuk 68' c
Con: Youn-hyung (3/3) 11', 15', 68'
Pen: Youn-hyung (3/3) 6', 36', 48'		 Report Try: Hopgood (2) 24' c, 71' m
Matsui 32' m
Penalty try 38' c
Hesketh 46' m
Fujita 53' m
Tamura 62' m
Holani 74' c
Ives 78' c
Con: Goromaru (4/9) 25', 39', 75', 79'
Pen: Goromaru (1/1) 2'
Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium, Incheon
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong)
FB 15 Jang Seong Min Substituted off 43'
RW 14 Jegal Bin
OC 13 Kim Sung Soo (c) Substituted off 46'
IC 12 Kim Namuk
LW 11 Kim Gwong Min
FH 10 Oh Youn-hyung
SH 9 Lee Myung Jun
N8 8 Han Kun Kyu
OF 7 Jang Seok Hwan
BF 6 Kim Hyun Soo
RL 5 Youn Kwon Woo Substituted off 40'
LL 4 Kim Ho Bum Substituted off 71'
TP 3 Kim Kwang Sik Substituted off 46'
HK 2 Kim Jeep Substituted off 46'
LP 1 Park Sung Ku Substituted off 46'
Replacements:
HK 16 Na Kwan Young Substituted in 46'
PR 17 Son Young Ki Substituted in 46'
PR 18 Shin Dong Won Substituted in 46'
FL 19 Hwan In Jo Substituted in 43'
N8 20 Lee Young Seung Substituted in 40' Substituted off 43'
SH 21 Shin Ki Chul Substituted in 71'
FB 22 Nam Young Soo Substituted in 43'
WG 23 Park Han Gyul Substituted in 46'
Coach:
South Korea Chung Hyung Seok
FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru
RW 14 Chihito Matsui
OC 13 Karne Hesketh
IC 12 Yuu Tamura Substituted off 63'
LW 11 Yoshikazu Fujita
FH 10 Harumichi Tatekawa Substituted off 56'
SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa Substituted off 72'
N8 8 Ryu Holani
OF 7 Hayden Hopgood Sent to blood bin 9' to 19' Substituted off 75'
BF 6 Justin Ives
RL 5 Shoji Ito
LL 4 Luke Thompson Substituted off 75'
TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama (c) Substituted off 66'
HK 2 Takeshi Kizu Substituted off 54'
LP 1 Masataka Mikami Substituted off 70'
Replacements:
PR 16 Hisateru Hirashima Substituted in 70'
HK 17 Hiroki Yuhara Substituted in 54'
PR 18 Hiroshi Yamashita Substituted in 66'
LK 19 Kazuhiko Usami Substituted in 75'
FL 20 Tsuyoshi Murata Substituted in 9' Substituted off 19' Substituted in 75'
SH 21 Keisuke Uchida Substituted in 72'
CE 22 Ryohei Yamanaka Substituted in 63'
WG 23 Toshiaki Hirose Substituted in 56'
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones

Touch judges:
Matthew Rodden (Hong Kong)
Stephen Copeman (Hong Kong)

Week 2

25 April 2015
16:00 HKT (UTC+08)
Hong Kong  26–33  South Korea
Try: T. McQueen 15' c
Aikman 45' c
A. McQueen 56' m
Kam Shing 71' c
Con: McAdam (1/1) 17'
Rowark (2/3) 46', 73'		 Report Try: Seong Min (2) 4' m, 39' m
Bin (2) 10' c, 25' m
Yong Heung 49' m
Con: Youn-hyung (1/5) 11'
Pen: Youn-hyung (2/2) 32', 41'
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Paul McKay (Singapore)
FB 15 Alex McQueen
RW 14 Tom McQueen
OC 13 Max Woodward
IC 12 Tyler Spitz Substituted off 61'
LW 11 Salom Yiu Kam Shing
FH 10 Chris McAdam Substituted off 40'
SH 9 Cado Lee Ka-to
N8 8 Nick Hewson (c)
OF 7 Matt Lamming
BF 6 Alex Baddeley Substituted off 61'
RL 5 Paul Dywer
LL 4 Jack Delaforce Substituted off 51'
TP 3 James Cooper Substituted off 58'
HK 2 Lachlan Chubb Substituted off 52'
LP 1 John Aikman Substituted off 51'
Replacements:
HK 16 Alex Harris Substituted in 52'
PR 17 Leon Wei Hon Sum Substituted in 51'
PR 18 Jack Nielsen Substituted in 58'
LK 19 Bill Brant Substituted in 51'
FL 20 Toby Fenn Substituted in 61'
SH 21 Jaime Hood Substituted in 61'
WG 22 Charlie Higson-Smith
FH 23 Niall Rowark Substituted in 40'
Coach:
Scotland Andrew Hall
FB 15 Jang Seong Min
RW 14 Jegal Bin
OC 13 Kim Sung Soo (c) Substituted off 58'
IC 12 Kim Namuk
LW 11 Chang Yong Heung
FH 10 Oh Youn-hyung Substituted off 69'
SH 9 Lee Myung Jun
N8 8 Hwan In Jo Substituted off 42'
OF 7 Jang Seok Hwan
BF 6 Kim Hyun Soo Substituted off 53'
RL 5 Youn Kwon Woo
LL 4 Park Soon Chai
TP 3 Kim Kwang Sik Temporarily suspended from 44' to 54' 44' to 54' Substituted off 73'
HK 2 Kim Jeep Substituted off 46'
LP 1 Park Sung Ku Substituted off 57'
Replacements:
HK 16 Na Kwan Young Substituted in 46'
PR 17 Son Young Ki Substituted in 57'
PR 18 Shin Dong Won Substituted in 73'
FL 19 Kim Min Kyu Substituted in 53'
N8 20 Kim Jeong Min Substituted in 42'
SH 21 Shin Ki Chul
FB 22 Nam Young Soo Substituted in 69'
WG 23 Kim Gwong Min Substituted in 58'
Coach:
South Korea Chung Hyung Seok

Touch judges:
Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Rui Shimizu (Japan)

Week 3

2 May 2015
14:00 JST (UTC+09)
Japan  41–0  Hong Kong
Try: Yamada (2) 15' c, 48' m
Hesketh 27' c
Thompson 31' m
Tamura 43' m
Holani 64' c
Fujita 72' m
Con: Goromaru (3/7) 16', 28', 64'		 Report
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 8,760
Referee: Norman Drake (United Arab Emirates)
FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru
RW 14 Chihito Matsui Substituted off 39'
OC 13 Karne Hesketh
IC 12 Yuu Tamura
LW 11 Akihito Yamada
FH 10 Harumichi Tatekawa Substituted off 61'
SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa Substituted off 63'
N8 8 Ryu Holani
OF 7 Tsuyoshi Murata Substituted off 39'
BF 6 Justin Ives
RL 5 Shoji Ito
LL 4 Luke Thompson Substituted off 63'
TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama (c) Substituted off 61'
HK 2 Takeshi Kizu Substituted off 29' Substituted in 62'
LP 1 Masataka Mikami Substituted off 29' Substituted in 53'
Replacements:
PR 16 Yusuke Nagae Substituted in 29' Substituted off 53'
HK 17 Ryuhei Arita Substituted in 29' Substituted off 62'
PR 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga Substituted in 61'
LK 19 Kazuhiko Usami Substituted in 63'
FL 20 Hayden Hopgood Substituted in 39'
SH 21 Keisuke Uchida Substituted in 63'
WG 22 Toshiaki Hirose Substituted in 61'
WG 23 Yoshikazu Fujita Substituted in 39'
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones
FB 15 Alex McQueen
RW 14 Tom McQueen
OC 13 Jaime Hood
IC 12 Max Woodward Substituted off 64'
LW 11 Charlie Higson-Smith Temporarily suspended from 61' to 71' 61' to 71' Substituted off 71'
FH 10 Ben Rimen
SH 9 Cado Lee Ka-to Substituted off 46'
N8 8 Nick Hewson (c) Substituted off 55'
OF 7 Toby Fenn
BF 6 Matt Lamming Temporarily suspended from 46' to 56' 46' to 56'
RL 5 Paul Dywer
LL 4 Adam Butterfield Substituted off 40'
TP 3 Jack Parfitt Substituted off 64'
HK 2 Alex Harris Substituted off 52'
LP 1 Leon Wei Hon Sum Substituted off 40'
Replacements:
HK 16 John Aikman Substituted in 52'
PR 17 Lachlan Chubb Substituted in 40'
PR 18 Jack Nielsen Substituted in 64'
LK 19 Alex Baddeley Substituted in 40'
N8 20 Damian Bailey Substituted in 55'
SH 21 Adam Rolston Substituted in 46'
WG 22 Jonny Rees Substituted in 71'
FH 23 Niall Rowark Substituted in 64'
Coach:
Scotland Andrew Hall

Touch judges:
Chris Linwood (United Arab Emirates)
Sansudin Saleh (Malaysia)

Week 4

9 May 2015
JST (UTC+09)
Japan  66–10  South Korea
Try: Fukuoka (3) 1' c, 64' c, 79' c
Tatekawa 16' m
Hesketh (2) 24' c, 60' c
Goromaru 29' c
Hatakeyama 39' m
Holani 52' c
Thompson 72' c
Con: Goromaru (8/9) 1', 24', 29', 52', 60', 64', 72', 79'		 Try: Bin 11' c
Con: Han Gyul (1/1) 11'
Pen: Youn-hyung (1/1) 49'
Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka
Attendance: 4,583
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru
RW 14 Yoshikazu Fujita
OC 13 Karne Hesketh
IC 12 Yuu Tamura Substituted off 61'
LW 11 Kenki Fukuoka
FH 10 Harumichi Tatekawa Substituted off 67'
SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa Substituted off 61'
N8 8 Ryu Holani
OF 7 Tsuyoshi Murata Substituted off 46'
BF 6 Justin Ives
RL 5 Shoji Ito
LL 4 Kazuhiko Usami Substituted off 64'
TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama (c) Substituted off 54'
HK 2 Takeshi Kizu Substituted off 61'
LP 1 Hisateru Hirashima Substituted off 46'
Replacements:
PR 16 Masataka Mikami Substituted in 46'
HK 17 Hiroki Yuhara Substituted in 61'
PR 18 Hiroshi Yamashita Substituted in 54'
LK 19 Luke Thompson Substituted in 64'
FL 20 Hayden Hopgood Substituted in 46'
SH 21 Yuki Yatomi Substituted in 61'
CE 22 Ryohei Yamanaka Substituted in 61'
WG 23 Toshiaki Hirose Substituted in 67'
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones
FB 15 Jang Seong Min Substituted off 46'
RW 14 Park Han Gyul
OC 13 Jegal Bin
IC 12 Kim Namuk
LW 11 Kim Gwong Min
FH 10 Lee Eutteum Substituted off 78'
SH 9 Shin Ki Chul Substituted off 21'
N8 8 Park Soon Chai
OF 7 Kim Jeong Min (c) Substituted off 65'
BF 6 Jang Seok Hwan
RL 5 Youn Kwon Woo Substituted off 73'
LL 4 Kim Ho Bum
TP 3 Shin Dong Won Substituted off 50'
HK 2 Kim Jeep Substituted off 73'
LP 1 Son Young Ki Substituted off 50'
Replacements:
PR 16 Na Kwan Young Substituted in 50'
HK 17 Kim Min Kyu Substituted in 73'
PR 18 Kim Min Kyu Substituted in 50'
LK 19 Choi Kang San Substituted in 73'
FL 20 Hwan In Jo Substituted in 65'
SH 21 Lee Myung Jun Substituted in 21'
FH 22 Oh Youn-hyung Substituted in 46'
FB 23 Nam Young Soo Substituted in 78'
Coach:
South Korea Chung Hyung Seok

Touch judges:
Tim Baker (Hong Kong)
Patrick Wallingford (Hong Kong)

Week 5

16 May 2015
12:00 KST (UTC+09)
South Korea  37–38  Hong Kong
Try: Jeong Min (2) 11' c, 22' c
Bin 17' m
Yong Heung 41' c
Namuk 74' m
Con: Youn-hyung (3/4) 13', 23', 42'
Pen: Youn-hyung (1/1) 58'
Drop: Youn-hyung (1/1) 68'		 Report Try: Kam Shing (2) 19' c, 80+2' c
Fenn 38' m
Spitz 62' m
Dywer 71' c
Hewson 78' c
Con: Rimen (1/2) 20'
Rowark (3/4) 72', 78', 80+3'
Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium, Incheon
Referee: Rui Shimizu (Japan)
FB 15 Jang Seong Min
RW 14 Jegal Bin
OC 13 Kim Sung Soo Substituted off 68'
IC 12 Kim Namuk Temporarily suspended from 79' to 80' 79' to 80'
LW 11 Chang Yong Heung
FH 10 Oh Youn-hyung Substituted off 72'
SH 9 Lee Myung Jun
N8 8 Park Soon Chai Substituted off 69'
OF 7 Kim Jeong Min (c)
BF 6 Jang Seok Hwan
RL 5 Youn Kwon Woo Substituted off 55'
LL 4 Kim Ho Bum Substituted off 74'
TP 3 Kim Kwang Sik Red card 49'
HK 2 Kim Jeep Substituted off 55'
LP 1 Park Sung Ku Substituted off 64'
Replacements:
PR 16 Na Kwan Young Substituted in 64'
HK 17 Kim Min Kyu Substituted in 55'
PR 18 Shin Dong Won Substituted in 55'
LK 19 Park Hwan Substituted in 74'
FL 20 Hwan In Jo Substituted in 69'
SH 21 Shin Ki Chul
FH 22 Lee Eu Dum Substituted in 72'
FB 23 Andre Coquillard Substituted in 68'
Coach:
South Korea Chung Hyung Seok
FB 15 Alex McQueen
RW 14 Tom McQueen
OC 13 Jamie Hood Substituted off 24'
IC 12 Max Woodward
LW 11 Salom Yiu Kam Shing
FH 10 Ben Rimen Substituted off 50'
SH 9 Cado Lee Ka-to
N8 8 Nick Hewson (c)
OF 7 Toby Fenn Substituted off 22' Substituted in 24' Substituted off 55'
BF 6 Matt Lamming Substituted off 58'
RL 5 Adrian Griffiths
LL 4 Paul Dywer Substituted off 75'
TP 3 Jack Parfitt Temporarily suspended from 13' to 23' 13' to 23'
HK 2 Lachlan Chubb Substituted off 74'
LP 1 John Aikman Substituted off 49'
Replacements:
HK 16 Alex Harris Substituted in 74'
PR 17 Leon Wei Hon Sum Substituted in 49'
PR 18 Jack Nielsen Substituted in 22' Substituted off 24'
LK 19 Jack Delaforce Substituted in 75'
FL 20 Alex Baddeley Substituted in 58'
N8 21 Damian Bailey Substituted in 58'
CE 22 Tyler Spitz Substituted in 24'
FH 23 Niall Rowark Substituted in 50'
Coach:
Scotland Andrew Hall

Week 6

23 May 2015
16:00 HKT (UTC+08)
Hong Kong  0–0
Match abandoned at 20'		  Japan
Aberdeen Sports Ground, Hong Kong
Referee: Chris Linwood (United Arab Emirates)
FB 15 Jean-Baptiste Aldige
RW 14 Tom McQueen
OC 13 Max Woodward
IC 12 Tyler Spitz
LW 11 Salom Yiu Kam Shing
FH 10 Niall Rowark
SH 9 Cado Lee Ka-to
N8 8 Alex Baddeley
OF 7 Matt Lamming
BF 6 Nick Hewson (c)
RL 5 Paul Dywer
LL 4 Adrian Griffiths
TP 3 Jack Parfitt
HK 2 Alex Harris
LP 1 Leon Wei Hon Sum
Replacements:
HK 16 Lachlan Chubb
PR 17 Jack Nielsen
PR 18 James Cooper
LK 19 Jack Delaforce
N8 20 Damian Bailey
SH 21 Adam Rolston
CE 22 Gavin Hadley
FH 23 Chris McAdam
Coach:
Scotland Andrew Hall
FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru (c)
RW 14 Yoshikazu Fujita
OC 13 Karne Hesketh
IC 12 Yuu Tamura
LW 11 Kenki Fukuoka
FH 10 Harumichi Tatekawa
SH 9 Yuki Yatomi
N8 8 Ryu Holani
OF 7 Hayden Hopgood
BF 6 Justin Ives
RL 5 Shoji Ito
LL 4 Luke Thompson
TP 3 Shinnosuke Kakinaga
HK 2 Ryuhei Arita
LP 1 Hisateru Hirashima
Replacements:
PR 16 Masataka Mikami
HK 17 Hiroki Yuhara
PR 18 Ryu Sioapelatu Holani
LK 19 Hitoshi Ono
FL 20 Michael Broadhurst
SH 21 Keisuke Uchida
CE 22 Ryohei Yamanaka
WG 23 Toshiaki Hirose
Coach:
Australia Eddie Jones

Touch judges:
Norman Drake (United Arab Emirates)
Sansudin Saleh (Malaysia)

Top 3 Challenge

6 June 2015
Sri Lanka  Cancelled  South Korea
TBA

Due to financial reason, the game was Cancelled and South Korea remained in the Tri-nations division for 2016.

Squads

Summary

Nation Match venues Head coach Captain
Name City Capacity
 Hong Kong Aberdeen Sports Ground Hong Kong 9,000 Scotland Andrew Hall Nick Hewson
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium Hong Kong 2,800
 Japan Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium Tokyo 27,188 Australia Eddie Jones Kensuke Hatakeyama
Level-5 Stadium Fukuoka 22,563
 South Korea Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium Incheon 7,000 South Korea Chung Hyung Seok Kim Sung Soo

Note: Ages, caps and domestic side are of 18 April 2015 – the starting date of the tournament.

Japan

On 5 March, head coach Eddie Jones named a 31-man squad for the 2015 Asian Rugby Championship.[2]

On 11 April, Chihito Matsui and Ryohei Yamanaka was added to the squad.

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
Ryuhei Arita Hooker (1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 26) 7 Japan Coca-Cola Red Sparks
Takeshi Kizu Hooker (1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 26) 30 Japan Kobelco Steelers
Hiroki Yuhara Hooker (1984-01-21)21 January 1984 (aged 31) 18 Japan Toshiba Brave Lupus
Kensuke Hatakeyama Prop (1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 29) 59 Japan Suntory Sungoliath
Hisateru Hirashima Prop (1983-01-15)15 January 1983 (aged 32) 35 Japan Kobelco Steelers
Ryu Sioapelatu Holani Prop (1982-12-29)29 December 1982 (aged 32) 0 Japan Panasonic Wild Knights
Shinnosuke Kakinaga Prop (1992-12-19)19 December 1992 (aged 22) 1 Japan Suntory Sungoliath
Masataka Mikami Prop (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 26) 23 Japan Toshiba Brave Lupus
Yusuke Nagae Prop (1985-07-19)19 July 1985 (aged 29) 17 Japan Toyota Industries Shuttles
Hiroshi Yamashita Prop (1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 29) 37 Japan Kobelco Steelers
Shoji Ito Lock (1980-12-02)2 December 1980 (aged 34) 28 Japan Kobelco Steelers
Hitoshi Ono Lock (1978-05-06)6 May 1978 (aged 36) 87 Japan Toshiba Brave Lupus
Luke Thompson Lock (1981-04-16)16 April 1981 (aged 34) 49 Japan Kintetsu Liners
Kazuhiko Usami Lock (1992-03-17)17 March 1992 (aged 23) 0 Japan Canon Eagles
Michael Broadhurst Flanker (1986-10-30)30 October 1986 (aged 28) 16 Japan Ricoh Black Rams
Justin Ives Flanker (1984-05-24)24 May 1984 (aged 30) 23 Japan Canon Eagles
Tsuyoshi Murata Flanker (1988-12-15)15 December 1988 (aged 26) 0 Japan NEC Green Rockets
Ryu Holani Number 8 (1981-10-25)25 October 1981 (aged 33) 35 Japan Panasonic Wild Knights
Hayden Hopgood Number 8 (1980-07-30)30 July 1980 (aged 34) 3 Japan Kamaishi Seawaves
Atsushi Hiwasa Scrum-half (1987-05-22)22 May 1987 (aged 27) 38 Japan Suntory Sungoliath
Keisuke Uchida Scrum-half (1992-02-22)22 February 1992 (aged 23) 8 Japan Panasonic Wild Knights
Yuki Yatomi Scrum-half (1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 30) 14 Japan Yamaha Júbilo
Yuu Tamura Fly-half (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 26) 26 Japan NEC Green Rockets
Harumichi Tatekawa Fly-half (1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 25) 28 Japan Kubota Spears
Male Sa'u Centre (1987-10-13)13 October 1987 (aged 27) 20 Japan Yamaha Júbilo
Craig Wing Centre (1979-12-26)26 December 1979 (aged 35) 7 Japan Kobelco Steelers
Ryohei Yamanaka Centre (1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 26) 1 Japan Waseda University
Yoshikazu Fujita Wing (1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 21) 18 Japan Waseda University
Kenki Fukuoka Wing (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 22) 11 Japan Tsukuba University
Karne Hesketh Wing (1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 29) 2 Japan Fukuoka Sanix Blues
Toshiaki Hirose Wing (1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 33) 23 Japan Toshiba Brave Lupus
Chihito Matsui Wing (1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 20) 0 Japan Doshisha University
Akihito Yamada Wing (1985-07-26)26 July 1985 (aged 29) 10 Australia Western Force
Ayumu Goromaru Fullback (1986-03-01)1 March 1986 (aged 29) 43 Japan Yamaha Júbilo

Hong Kong

Hong Kong's squad for the 2015 Asian Rugby Championship.

Adrian Griffiths was added to the squad for the Round 5 game with South Korea.

Head Coach: Scotland Andrew Hall

South Korea

South Korea 31-man squad for the 2015 Asian Rugby Championship.

Andre Coquillard and Park Hwan were added to the squad for the Round 5 game with Hong Kong.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Jones announces 31-man Brave Blossoms squad for Asian Rugby Championship
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