2018 Asia Rugby Championship

The 2018 Asia Rugby Championship was the fourth annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. The Asia Rugby Championship in 2018 formed part of the World Cup qualifying process and, as such, did not include Japan who had already qualified as the 2019 Rugby World Cup host. Hong Kong and South Korea were joined by Malaysia, promoted from Division 1, to compete in the 2018 series. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments.

2018 Asia Rugby Championship
Date28 April – 2 June
Countries Hong Kong
 Malaysia
 South Korea
Final positions
Champions Hong Kong (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Tries scored51 (8.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hong Kong Matthew Rosslee (58)
Most triesHong Kong Conor Hartley (4)
South Korea Jang Jeong-min (4)
Hong Kong Liam Slatem (4)
Websitewww.asiarugby.com
2017
2019

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. The 2018 series winner Hong Kong advanced to a cross-regional play-off series against Oceania 4, Cook Islands, to earn a berth in the repechage tournament.

Teams

The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2018 tournament in brackets:[1]

Nation Home stadium City Head coach Captain
 Hong Kong (22) Hong Kong Football Club Stadium Hong Kong Wales Leigh Jones James Cunningham
 South Korea (31) Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field Incheon South Korea Choi Changryul Lee Yong-seung
 Malaysia (45) National Stadium Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Lee Nyuk Fah Mohd Syahir Asraf Rosli

Standings

Advances to Cross-regional play-off series
Pos Nation Games Points Bonus
points
Total
points
Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff
1 Hong Kong 440022744+183319
2 South Korea 422012891+37210
3 Malaysia 404040260-22000
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

Source: asiarugby.com[2]

Week 1

28 April 2018
16:30 MST (UTC+8)
Malaysia 10–35 South Korea
Try: Vunimoku 61' c
Con: Bin Sudin 62'
Pen: Bin Sudin 70'
ReportTry: Jang Jeong-min 9' m, 48' c
Penalty try 25'
Kim Kwang-sik 80' c
Con: Oh Youn-hyung 49', 80' (2/3)
Pen: Oh Youn-hyung 3', 21', 37'
National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 15000
Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong)
FB15Muhamad Amirul Aqil Kamsol
RW14Mohamad Aiman Jamaluddin
OC13Vatimio Rabebe
IC12Sakiusa Terence Gavidi
LW11Mohd Azmir Zanul Abdin
FH10Mohd Syahir Asraf Rosli (c)
SH9Muhd Nur Ikqwan Nordin
N88Timoci Vunimoku
OF7Mohamad Amin Jamaluddin
BF6Sae Faalupega
RL5Nathanael Tan Aik Ming
LL4Aporosa Duwailea
TP3Mohd Aliff Al Hafiz Abdul Kari
HK2Amirul Mukminim Amizan
LP1Amirul Saniyellow card 41' to 51'
Replacements:
16Mohd Nurazman Ramli
17Mohd Farid Sujari
18Lawrence Petrus
19Syarif Nurhidayat Muzhaimey
20Mohamad Syarif Saiful Aazwan Bin Sudin
21Mohammad Rosmanizam Roslan
22Aliff Sazrie Bin Azmi
23Mohamad Sofian Mohd Kamil
Coach:
Malaysia Lee Nyuk Fah
FB15Lee Jae-bok
RW14Jang Jeong-min
OC13Lee Jin-kyu
IC12Kim Nam-uk
LW11Kang Jin-gu
FH10Oh Youn-hyung
SH9Lee Myung-jun
N88Lee Yong-seung (c)
OF7Jang Seok-hwan
BF6Kim Hyun-soo
RL5Lee Jin-seok
LL4Kim Ho-bum
TP3Kang Tae-hyeon
HK2Kim Jeep
LP1Na Kwan-young
Replacements:
16Seok Dong-hee
17Kim Kwang-sik
18Park Jong-yeolyellow card 66' to 76'
19Cha Sung-kun
20You Ji-hoon
21Shin Ki-cheol
22Kim Jin-hyeok
23Jang Seong-min
Coach:
South Korea Choi Chang-ryul

Week 2

5 May 2018
16:30 MST (UTC+8)
Malaysia 8–67 Hong Kong
Try: Saukuru 36' m
Pen: Bin Sudin 77'
ReportTry: Lamboley 15' m, 28' m
Neville 32' c
Slatem 40' c
Yiu 43' c, 48' m
Pincott 51' c
Hartley 61' c
J Parfitt 67' c
Keith 69' c
Con: Rosslee 33', 40', 44', 52', 62', 68' 71' (7/10)
Pen: Rosslee 23'
National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 15000
Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
FB15Samuela Tamanisau
RW14Mohd Azmir Zanul Abdin
OC13Vatimio Rabebe
IC12Sakiusa Terence Gavidi
LW11Mohamad Aiman Jamaluddin
FH10Mohd Syahir Asraf Rosli (c)
SH9Muhd Nur Ikqwan Nordin
N88Etonia Vaqa Saukuru
OF7Syarif Nurhidayat Muzhaimey
BF6Timoci Vunimoku
RL5Sae Faalupega
LL4Aporosa Duwaileayellow card 13' to 23'
TP3Mohd Aliff Al Hafiz Abdul Karim
HK2Amirul Mukminim Amizan
LP1Amirul Sani
Replacements:
16Mohd Nurazman Ramli
17Mohd Farid Sujari
18Lawrence Petrus
19Mohamad Amin Jamaluddin
20Syahmi Afiq Edan
21Mohamad Syarif Saiful Aazwan Bin Sudin
22Aliff Sazrie Bin Azmi
23Asyraf Norudin
Coach:
Malaysia Lee Nyuk Fah
FB15Jack Neville
RW14Salom Yiu Kam Shing
OC13Tyler Spitz
IC12Max Woodward
LW11Max Denmark
FH10Matthew Rosslee
SH9Liam Slatem
N88Thomas Lamboley
OF7Toby Fenn
BF6Nicholas Hewson
RL5Jamie Pincott
LL4James Cunningham (c)
TP3Dylan Rogers
HK2Benjamin Roberts
LP1Daniel Barlow
Replacements:
16Alexander Harris
17Adam Fullgrabe
18Jack Parfitt
19Kyle Sullivan
20Michael Parfitt
21Conor Hartley
22Robert Keith
23Jamie Lauder
Coach:
Wales Leigh Jones

Week 3

12 May 2018
16:30 KST (UTC+9)
South Korea 21–30 Hong Kong
Try: Jang Jeong-min 10' c
Lee Yong-seung 49' c
Lee Jae-bok 61' c
Con: Oh Youn-hyung 12', 50', 61' (3/3)
ReportTry: Spitz 24' m
Slatem 37' c
Con: Rosslee 38' (1/2)
Pen: Rosslee 4', 19', 31', 44', 58', 68'
Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium, Incheon
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
FB15Lee Jae-bok
RW14Jang Jeong-min
OC13Kim Jin-hyeok
IC12Kim Nam-uk
LW11Kang Jin-gu
FH10Oh Youn-hyung
SH9Lee Myung-jun
N88Lee Yong-seung (c)
OF7Jang Seok-hwan
BF6Cha Sung-kunyellow card 35' to 45'
RL5Lee Jin-seok
LL4Kim Ho-bum
TP3Kang Tae-hyeon
HK2Kim Jeep
LP1Na Kwan-young
Replacements:
16Seok Dong-hee
17Kim Kwang-sik
18Park Jong-yeol
19Han Kun-kyu
20Kim Jeong-min
21Shin Ki-cheol
22Park Hong-sik
23Jang Seong-min
Coach:
South Korea Choi Chang-ryul
FB15Jack Neville
RW14Salom Yiu Kam Shing
OC13Tyler Spitz
IC12Max Woodward
LW11Max Denmark
FH10Matthew Rosslee
SH9Liam Slatem
N88Thomas Lamboley
OF7Toby Fenn
BF6Nicholas Hewson
RL5Kyle Sullivan
LL4James Cunningham (c)
TP3Dylan Rogers
HK2Benjamin Roberts
LP1Daniel Barlow
Replacements:
16Alexander Harris
17Adam Fullgrabe
18Jack Parfitt
19Jamie Pincott
20Kane Boucaut
21Conor Hartley
22Ben Rimene
23Jamie Lauder
24Michael Parfitt
Coach:
Wales Leigh Jones

Week 4

19 May 2018
16:30 KST (UTC+9)
South Korea 67–12 Malaysia
Try: Jang Seong-min 6' c, 18' c
Kim Ho-bum 24' c
Kim Nam-uk 29' c, 70' c
Lee Jae-bok 34' c
Jang Jeong-min 56' c
Kim Jeong-min 64' m
Kim Jin-hyeok 75' c
Con: Oh Youn-hyung 7', 19', 26', 30', 35', 57', 71', 76' (8/9)
Pen: Oh Youn-hyung 47'
Drop: Oh Youn-hyung 68'
ReportTry: Tamanisau 42' c
Mohamad Aiman Jamaluddin 73' m
Con: Kamsol 43' (1/2)
Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium, Incheon
Referee: Stephen Copeman (Hong Kong)
FB15Lee Jae-bok
RW14Jang Jeong-min
OC13Kim Jin-hyeok
IC12Jang Seong-min
LW11Kim Nam-uk
FH10Oh Youn-hyung
SH9Shin Ki-cheol
N88Lee Yong-seung (c)
OF7Hwang In-jo
BF6Cha Sung-kun
RL5Jang Seok-hwan
LL4Kim Ho-bum
TP3Park Jong-yeol
HK2You Ji-hoon
LP1Na Kwan-young
Replacements:
16Noh Ok-gi
17Seok Dong-hee
18Kang Taehyeon
19Lee Kwang-ho
20Kim Jeong-min
21Lee Myung-jun
22Kim Kun-hui
23Shin Min-su
Coach:
South Korea Choi Chang-ryul
FB15Muhamad Amirul Aqil Kamsol
RW14Mohamad Aiman Jamaluddin
OC13Samuela Tamanisau
IC12Vatimio Rabebe
LW11Mohd Azmir Zanul Abdin (c)
FH10Mohd Syahir Asraf Rosli
SH9Muhd Nur Ikqwan Nordin
N88Etonia Vaqa Saukuru
OF7Syarif Nurhidayat Muzhaimey
BF6Timoci Vunimoku
RL5Sae Faalupega
LL4Muhammad Danial Noor Hamidiyellow card 20' to 30'
TP3Mohd Aliff Al Hafiz Abdul Karim
HK2Amirul Mukminim Amizan
LP1Lawrence Petrus
Replacements:
16Mohd Nurazman Ramli
17Mohd Farid Sujari
18Nas Affie Mohd Salleh
19Mohamad Amin Jamaluddin
20Hamizan Rosli
21Mohamad Syarif Saiful Aazwan Bin Sudin
22Aliff Sazrie Bin Azmi
23Asyraf Norudin
Coach:
Malaysia Lee Nyuk Fah

Week 5

26 May 2018
16:00 HKT (UTC+8)
Hong Kong 91–10 Malaysia
Try: Pincott 3' c
Denmark 6' c
Hartley 16' c, 19' c, 43' c
Lauder 20' c, 75' c
Penalty try 26'
Tsang 30' c
Delaforce 53' c
Neville 57' c
Keith 66' c
Fullgrabe 80' c
Con: Rimene 4', 17', 20', 21', 31', 44', 54', 58', 67', 76', 80' (11/11)
Rosslee 7' (1/1)
ReportTry: Saukuru 33' c
Con: Bin Sudin 34'
Pen: Kamsol 61'
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
FB15Robert Keith
RW14Conor Hartley
OC13Tyler Spitz
IC12Matthew Rosslee
LW11Max Denmark
FH10Ben Rimene
SH9Jamie Lauder
N88Kane Boucaut
OF7Philip Whitfield
BF6Nicholas Hewson
RL5Jack Delaforce
LL4Jamie Pincott
TP3Jack Parfitt
HK2Jamie Tsang (c)
LP1Adam Fullgrabe
Replacements:
16Edward Soppet
17Callum McFeat-Smith
18Ronan Donnelly
19Thomas Lamboley
20Michael Parfitt
21Cris Pierrepont
22Henry Poon Yau Him
23Jack Neville
24Kyle Sullivan
Coach:
Wales Leigh Jones
FB15Mohamad Aiman Jamaluddin
RW14Samuela Tamanisauyellow card 13' to 23'
OC13Vatimio Rabebe
IC12Atunasia Lacadamu Takubu
LW11Mohd Azmir Zanul Abdin
FH10Mohd Syahir Asraf Rosli (c)
SH9Aliff Sazrie Bin Azmi
N88Etonia Vaqa Saukuru
OF7Mohamad Syarif Saiful Aazwan Bin Sudin
BF6Timoci Vunimoku
RL5Sae Faalupega
LL4Mohd Aliff Al Hafiz Abdul Karimyellow card 50' to 60'
TP3Lawrence Petrus
HK2Amirul Mukminim Amizan
LP1Mohd Farid Sujari
Replacements:
16Mohd Nurazman Ramli
17Hamizan Rosli
18Nas Affie Mohd Salleh
19Syarif Nurhidayat Muzhaimey
20Mohamad Amin Jamaluddin
21Muhammad Danial Noor Hamidi
22Muhamad Amirul Aqil Kamsol
23Asyraf Norudin
Coach:
Malaysia Lee Nyuk Fah

Week 6

2 June 2018
16:00 HKT (UTC+8)
Hong Kong 39–5 South Korea
Try: Rosslee 13' c
Slatem 24' c, 38' c
Yiu 30' c
Lauder 75' m
Con: Rosslee 14', 25', 31', 39' (4/5)
Pen: Rosslee 8', 50'
ReportTry: Lee Yong-seung 54' m
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
FB15Robert Keith
RW14Salom Yiu Kam Shing
OC13Jack Neville
IC12Max Woodward
LW11Conor Hartley
FH10Matthew Rosslee
SH9Liam Slatem
N88Thomas Lamboley
OF7Toby Fenn
BF6Nicholas Hewson
RL5Kyle Sullivan
LL4James Cunningham (c)
TP3Dylan Rogers
HK2Ben Roberts
LP1Daniel Barlow
Replacements:
16Jamie Tsang
17Adam Fullgrabe
18Jack Parfitt
19Michael Parfitt
20Kane Boucaut
21Cris Pierrepont
22Jamie Lauder
23Max Denmark
24Tyler Spitz
Coach:
Wales Leigh Jones
FB15Lee Jae-bok
RW14Jang Jeong-min
OC13Jang Seong-minyellow card 73' to 80'
IC12Kim Seongu
LW11Kim Nam-uk
FH10Oh Youn-hyung
SH9Shin Ki-cheol
N88Lee Yong-seung (c)
OF7Hwang Injo
BF6Cha Sung-kun
RL5Lee Jin-seok
LL4Jang Seok-hwan
TP3Kang Tae-hyeonyellow card 34' to 44'
HK2You Ji-hoon
LP1Na Kwan-young
Replacements:
16Noh Ok-gi
17Seok Dong-hee
18Park Jong-yeol
19Lee Kwang-ho
20Kim Jeong-min
21Lee Myung-jun
22Park Hong-sik
23Kim Jinhyeok
Coach:
South Korea Choi Chang-ryul

References

  1. "Men's Rankings | World Rugby". Archived from the original on 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. "Calendar 2018 Asia Rugby Calendar of Tournaments and Meeting for 2018". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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