2017 Asia Rugby Championship

2017 Asia Rugby Championship

Date	22 April – 3 June
Countries	Hong Kong  Japan  South Korea
Final positions
Champions	Japan (25th title)
Website	www.asiarugby.com
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, was the third annual tri-nations series for top-level rugby union in Asia and the thirtieth continental championship for the Asia Rugby nations. The Asia Rugby Championship replaced the former Asian Five Nations in 2015, with only three nations competing in the top division instead of the previous five. The 2016 series included Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. Other Asian nations competed in the lower division tournaments.

The format of the competition is a double round-robin where the three nations play each other twice on a home and away basis. The team finishing on top of the standings is declared the winner.^[1][2]

Teams

The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2017 tournament in brackets:^[3]

Nation	Home stadium	City	Head coach	Captain
Japan (11)	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium	Tokyo	Jamie Joseph	TBA
Hong Kong (26)	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	Hong Kong	Leigh Jones	TBA
South Korea (28)	Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field	Incheon	John Walters	TBA

Standings

Position	Nation	Games				Points			Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	BP1	BP2	Total
1	Japan	4	4	0	0	172	56	+116	3	0	19
2	Hong Kong	4	2	0	2	99	65	+34	2	0	10
3	South Korea	4	0	0	4	59	209	-150	1	0	1
Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2).[4]

Fixtures

Week 1

22 April 2017 12:07

South Korea	29-47	Japan
Try: Han 10' Kim K.S. 13' Lee Y.S. 40' Shin K.C. 45' Chang 80' Con: Yu 10', 41'	Asia Rugby Report	Try: Nakamura 1', 18' Usami 7', 33' Noguchi 23', 49' Ishihara 69' Con: Ogura 2', 8', 19', 23', 34' Matsuda 70'

Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium, Incheon

FB 15 Lee Jae Bok 31' to 41' RW 14 Jeong Yeon Sik OC 13 Kim Nam Uk IC 12 Mun Jeong Ho LW 11 Kim Gwong Min FH 10 Yu Jae Hyeok SH 9 Shin Ki Cheol N8 8 Lee Yong Seung OF 7 Kim Jeong Min BF 6 Kim Hyun Soo RL 5 Han Kun Kyu LL 4 Yang Dae Yeong TP 3 Kim Kwang Sik HK 2 Kim Jeep LP 1 Na Kwonyoung Replacements: HK 16 Lim Junhui PR 17 Kim Seong Tae PR 18 Kang Taehyeon 19 Shin Dahyeon 20 Jung Hyojin 21 Kim Sunghyun 22 Chang Yong Heung 23 Jang Jeong Min Coach: John Walters

FB 15 Seiya Ozaki RW 14 Ryuji Noguchi OC 13 Ryohei Yamanaka IC 12 Ryoto Nakamura LW 11 Amanaki Lotoahea FH 10 Jumpei Ogura SH 9 Yutaka Nagare N8 8 Yoshitaka Tokunaga OF 7 Naoki Ozawa BF 6 Daiki Yanagawa RL 5 Kazuhiko Usami LL 4 Yuya Odo TP 3 Takayuki Watanabe HK 2 Takeshi Hino LP 1 Shintaro Ishihara Replacements: HK 16 Atsushi Sakate PR 17 Kohei Assahori PR 18 Genki Sudo 19 Naohiro Kotaki 20 Yoshiya Hosoda 21 Takahiro Ogawa 22 Rikiya Matsuda 23 Chikara Ito Coach: Jamie Joseph

Week 2

29 April 2017 14:07

Japan	80-10	South Korea
Try: Anise 2' Lotoahea 15', 61', 66' Nagare 19' Ozawa 23' Yamada 31' Sakate 41' Yatabe 49' Yamanaka 56' Nakamura 71' Hino 79' Con: Ogura 3', 24', 32', 42', 50' Yamasawa 58', 61', 68', 72', 80'	Asia Rugby Report	Try: Kim H.S. 39' Yu 44' Con: Yu 40'

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo

FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi RW 14 Amanaki Lotoahea OC 13 Ryohei Yamanaka IC 12 Rikiya Matsuda LW 11 Akihito Yamada FH 10 Jumpei Ogura SH 9 Yutaka Nagare N8 8 Shuhei Matsuhashi OF 7 Naoki Ozawa BF 6 Malgene Ilaua RL 5 Samuela Anise LL 4 Kotaro Yatabe TP 3 Genki Sudo HK 2 Atsushi Sakate LP 1 Shintaro Ishihara Replacements: HK 16 Takeshi Hino PR 17 Shogo Miura PR 18 Yu Chinen 19 Naohiro Kotaki 20 Yoshitaka Tokunaga 21 Kaito Shigeno 22 Takuya Yamasawa 23 Ryoto Nakamura Coach: Jamie Joseph

FB 15 Lee Jae Bok RW 14 Jeong Yeon Sik OC 13 Kim Sung Soo IC 12 Mun Jeong Ho LW 11 Chang Yong Heung FH 10 Yu Jae Hyeok SH 9 Shin Ki Cheol N8 8 Lee Yong Seung OF 7 Kim Jeong Min BF 6 Kim Hyun Soo RL 5 Han Kun Kyu LL 4 Yang Dae Yeong TP 3 Kim Kwang Sik 15' to 25' HK 2 Kim Jeep LP 1 Na Kwonyoung Replacements: HK 16 Lim Junhui 76' to 80' PR 17 Kim Seong Tae PR 18 Kang Taehyeon 19 Shin Dahyeon 20 Jung Hyojin 21 Kim Sunghyun 22 Kim Gwong Min 23 Jang Jeong Min Coach: John Walters

Week 3

6 May 2017 16:30

Japan	29-17	Hong Kong
Try: Matsuhashi 1' Yamada 38', 60' Horie 67' Tatekawa 76' Con: Matsuda 2', 68'	Asia Rugby Report	Try: Yiu 24' Spitz 54' Con: Hood 25', 56' Pen: Hood 16'

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 8238

FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi RW 14 Akihito Yamada OC 13 Kanta Shikao IC 12 Harumichi Tatekawa LW 11 Seiya Ozaki FH 10 Rikiya Matsuda SH 9 Kaito Shigeno N8 8 Shuhei Matsuhashi OF 7 Shokei Kin BF 6 Malgene Ilaua RL 5 Samuela Anise 15' to 25' LL 4 Naohiro Kotaki TP 3 Yu Chinen HK 2 Atsushi Sakate LP 1 Shintaro Ishihara Replacements: HK 16 Shota Horie PR 17 Shogo Miura PR 18 Takayuki Watanabe 19 Kotaro Yatabe 20 Yoshitaka Tokunaga 21 Naoki Ozawa 22 Yutaka Nagare 23 Takuya Yamasawa Coach: Jamie Joseph

FB 15 Rowan Varty RW 14 Salom Yiu Kam Shing OC 13 Tyler Spitz IC 12 Eliesa Kaleca Rauca LW 11 Sebastien Alfonsi FH 10 Matthew Rosslee SH 9 Jamie Hood N8 8 Daniel Falvey OF 7 Toby Fenn BF 6 Philip Whitfield RL 5 Adrian Griffiths LL 4 James Cunningham TP 3 Dylan Rogers HK 2 Benjamin Roberts LP 1 Benjamin Higgins Replacements: HK 16 Jamie Tsang Hon Man PR 17 Alex Ng Wai Shing PR 18 Angus Dixon 19 Kyle Sullivan 20 Thomas Lamboley 21 Alastair Maclay 22 Cado Lee Ka To 23 Robert Keith Coach: Leigh Jones

Week 4

13 May 2017

Hong Kong	0-16	Japan
	Asia Rugby Report	Try: Lotoahea 45' Con: Yamasawa 46' Pen: Yamasawa 28', 41', 65'

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium

FB 15 Alexander Mcqueen RW 14 Salom Yiu Kam Shing OC 13 Tyler Spitz IC 12 Eliesa Kaleca Rauca LW 11 Alastair Maclay FH 10 Matthew Rosslee SH 9 Jamie Hood N8 8 Daniel Falvey OF 7 Matthew Lamming BF 6 Nicholas Hewson RL 5 Adrian Griffiths LL 4 James Cunningham TP 3 Dylan Rogers HK 2 Benjamin Roberts LP 1 Benjamin Higgins Replacements: HK 16 John Markley PR 17 Angus Dixon PR 18 Jack Parfitt 19 Kyle Sullivan 20 Thomas Lamboley 21 Charles Higson-smith 22 Cado Lee Ka To 23 Benjamin Rimene Coach: Leigh Jones

FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi RW 14 Akihito Yamada OC 13 Kanta Shikao IC 12 Ryoto Nakamura LW 11 Amanaki Lotoahea FH 10 Takuya Yamasawa SH 9 Yutaka Nagare N8 8 Shuhei Matsuhashi OF 7 Naoki Ozawa BF 6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga RL 5 Samuela Anise LL 4 Kotaro Yatabe TP 3 Takayuki Watanabe HK 2 Atsushi Sakate LP 1 Shintaro Ishihara Replacements: HK 16 Kosuke Horikoshi PR 17 Kohei Assahori PR 18 Yu Chinen 19 Yuya Odo 20 Malgene Ilaua 21 Kaito Shigeno 22 Rikiya Matsuda 23 Seiya Ozaki Coach: Jamie Joseph

Week 5

27 May 2017

South Korea	17-43	Hong Kong
Try: Kim G.M. 35' Lee Y.S. 70' Kim H.S. 78' Con: Coquillard 70'	Asia Rugby report World Rugby Report	Try: Cunningham 11' Spitz 13', 47' Rauca 21' Yiu 43' Maclay 63' Con: Hood 12', 15', 22', 43', 47' Pen: Hood 40'

Yesan Stadium, Chungnam

FB 15 Chang Yong Heung RW 14 Jeong Yeon Sik OC 13 Lee Jae Bok IC 12 Kim Sung Soo LW 11 Kim Gwong Min FH 10 Lee Seokgyun SH 9 Shin Ki Cheol N8 8 Lee Yong Seung OF 7 Kim Jeong Min BF 6 Kim Hyun Soo RL 5 Kim Sangjin LL 4 Shin Dahyeon TP 3 Kim Kwang Sik HK 2 Kim Jeep LP 1 Na Kwanyoung Replacements: HK 16 Lim Junhui PR 17 Kim Seong Tae PR 18 Sin Woosung 19 Kim Daewhwan 20 You Jihoon 21 Kim Sunghyun 22 Yu Jae Hyeok 23 Andre Jin Coquillard Coach: John Walters

FB 15 Jamie Hood RW 14 Salom Yiu Kam Shing OC 13 Tyler Spitz IC 12 Eliesa Kaleca Rauca LW 11 Alastair Maclay FH 10 Matthew Rosslee SH 9 Cado Lee Ka To N8 8 Thomas Lamboley OF 7 Matthew Lamming BF 6 Nicholas Hewson RL 5 Adrian Griffiths LL 4 James Cunningham TP 3 Dylan Rogers HK 2 Benjamin Roberts LP 1 Benjamin Higgins Replacements: HK 16 John Markley PR 17 Angus Dixon PR 18 Alex Ng Wai Shing 19 Kyle Sullivan 20 Toby Fenn 21 Charles Higson-Smith 22 Benjamin Rimene 23 Robert Keith Coach: Leigh Jones

Week 6

3 June 2017 16:07

Hong Kong	39-3	South Korea
Try: Hewson 25' Penalty Try 44' Rimene 66' Falvey 74' Lee 80' Con: Hood 26', 44' Rimene 75' Falvey 80' Pen: Hood 12', 38'	report	Pen: Yu 9'

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium

FB 15 Jamie Hood RW 14 Salom Yiu Kam Shing OC 13 Tyler Spitz IC 12 Eliesa Kaleca Rauca LW 11 Alastair Maclay FH 10 Matthew Rosslee SH 9 Cado Lee Ka To N8 8 Thomas Lamboley OF 7 Matthew Lamming BF 6 Nicholas Hewson RL 5 Adrian Griffiths LL 4 James Cunningham TP 18 Dylan Rogers HK 2 Benjamin Roberts LP 1 Benjamin Higgins Replacements: HK 3 Alex Ng Wai Shing PR 16 John Markley PR 17 Rohan Cook 19 Kyle Sullivan 20 Daniel Falvey 21 Benjamin Rimene 22 Charles Higson-Smith 23 Toby Fenn Coach: Leigh Jones

FB 15 Lee Jae Bok RW 14 Chang Yong Heung OC 13 Kim Sung Soo IC 12 Mun Jeong Ho LW 11 Kim Gwong Min FH 10 Yu Jae Hyeok SH 9 Kim Sunghyun N8 8 Lee Yong Seung OF 7 Kim Jeong Min BF 6 Kim Hyun Soo RL 5 Kim Sangjin LL 4 Kim Daehwan TP 3 Sin Woosung 50' to 60' HK 2 Lim Junhui LP 1 Kim Seong Tae Replacements: HK 16 Kim Jeep PR 17 Na Kwanyoung PR 18 Lee Gyusang 19 Shin Dahyeon 20 You Jihoon 21 Hong Sungjojng 22 Kim Nam Uk 23 Jeon Yeon Sik Coach: John Walters

See also

• 2017 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments

References