2014 Asian Five Nations
# 2014 Asian Five Nations

The 2014 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2014 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, was the 7th and final series of the Asian Five Nations rugby union tournament, before it shrinks to only include the top 3 Asian teams from 2015.

Japan, as victors, qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup as Asia 1 in Pool B, while the runner up, Hong Kong, qualified for the repechage playoffs, against Uruguay. In additional qualifications, only the top three teams would play in the leading tier in 2015, after the ARFU reduced the top tier from five, to three.

## Changes from 2013

* United Arab Emirates has been replaced with Sri Lanka, who earns promotion from Division 1.

## Teams

The teams involved are:

| Nation | Home stadium | City | Head coach | Captain |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Hong Kong (26) | Hong Kong Football Club Stadium | Hong Kong | Leigh Jones | Pale Tauti |
| Japan (13) | Mizuho Rugby Stadium National Olympic Stadium | Nagoya Tokyo | Eddie Jones | Toshiaki Hirose |
| South Korea (23) | Incheon Munhak Stadium | Incheon | Kim Myung Joo | |
| Philippines (57) | Eagles Nest Stadium | Laguna | Jarred Hodges | |
| Sri Lanka (39) | Colombo Racecourse | Colombo | Johan Taylor | Fazil Marija |

## Final Table

* 2014 Asian Five Nations Champion
* Relegated to Division One

| Position | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Bonus points | Total points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Position | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | Bonus points | Total points |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 342 | 33 | +309 | 4 | 24 |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 196 | 65 | +131 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | South Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 126 | -4 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Philippines | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 58 | 274 | –216 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 258 | –210 | 1 | 1 |

Points are awarded to the teams as follows:

| Results | Points |
| - | - |
| 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 |

## Fixtures

### Round 1

* 26 April 2014 12:00 KST (UTC+09)

| South Korea | 59–3 | Sri Lanka |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Jung Pil 2' m Jeong Min (2) 6' c, 25' m Eudum 17' m Jong Yeul 39' m Kwang Moon 53' c Young Gi 59' c Hyun Soo 67' m Byeong Ho 78' c Con: Eudum (2/6) 7', 54' Won Yong (2/3) 60', 79' Pen: Won Yong (2/2) 32', 64' | Report | Pen: Riza Mubarak (1/2) 27' |

* Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon Referee: Taku Otsuki (Japan)
* 26 April 2014 18:00 HKT (UTC+08)

| Hong Kong | 108–0 | Philippines |
| - | - | - |
| Try: Wei 2' m Kam Shing 8' c Brant 14' m Lamming (3) 31' c, 49' c, 68' c Phelps 35' Hsieh 38' c Jones 40' c McColl (2) 42' c, 80' c Varty 55' c Mcqueen 59' m McKee 64' m Wheatley 72' c Baddeley 78' m Con: McAdam (11/16) 9', 32', 36', 39', 40', 43', 50', 55', 69', 73', 80' Pen: McAdam (2/3) 10', 26' | Report | |

* Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Referee: Shuhei Kubo (Japan)

| FB | 15 | Alex Mcqueen |
| - | - | - |
| RW | 14 | Rowan Varty |
| OC | 13 | Jake Phelps |
| IC | 12 | Lloyd Jones |
| LW | 11 | Yiu Kam Shing |
| FH | 10 | Chris McAdam |
| SH | 9 | Kenneth Hsieh |
| N8 | 8 | Pale Tauti (c) |
| OF | 7 | Matt Lamming |
| BF | 6 | Alex Baddeley |
| RL | 5 | Paul Dwyer |
| LL | 4 | Bill Brant |
| TP | 3 | Stephen Nolan |
| HK | 2 | Alex Harris (c) |
| LP | 1 | Leon Wei |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Thomas Bolland |
| PR | 17 | James Cooper |
| PR | 18 | Alex Ng |
| LK | 19 | Terence Montgomery |
| FL | 20 | Nick Hewson |
| SH | 21 | Pete Mckee |
| FH | 22 | Nick Wheatley |
| CE | 23 | Tom McColl |
| Coach: ||
| Leigh Jones ||
| FB | 15 | Alexander Aronson |
| RW | 14 | Gareth Holgate |
| OC | 13 | Justin Coveney |
| IC | 12 | Matthew Saunders |
| LW | 11 | Kenneth Stern |
| FH | 10 | Oliver Saunders (c) |
| SH | 9 | Jake Letts |
| N8 | 8 | Samuel Bennetts |
| OF | 7 | Darran Seeto |
| BF | 6 | Christopher Anderson |
| RL | 5 | Ashley Heward |
| LL | 4 | Stephen Howorth |
| TP | 3 | Philip Sinclair |
| HK | 2 | Austin Dacanay |
| LP | 1 | David Robinson-Polkey |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Glenn Power |
| PR | 17 | Daniel Melrose |
| PR | 18 | Fergus Mitra |
| FL | 19 | Nathan Welch |
| FL | 20 | Timothy Kong |
| SH | 21 | Cleo Gomez |
| FH | 22 | Fritz Moschitz |
| WG | 23 | Rupert Zappia |
| Coach: ||
| Jarred Hodges ||

* Touch judges:
* Paul McKay (Singapore)
* Macro Wu Wu Zhihong (China)

### Round 2

* 3 May 2014 15:30 PST (UTC+08)

| Philippines | 10–99 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* Eagles Nest Stadium, Laguna Referee: Dewi Rowlands (Hong Kong)
* 3 May 2014 18:30 SLT (UTC+05:30)

| Sri Lanka | 10–41 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |

* Colombo Racecourse Sports Complex, Colombo Referee: Azhar Mohammad Bin Yus (Singapore)

### Round 3

* 10 May 2014 18:00 JST (UTC+09)

| Japan | 132–10 | Sri Lanka |
| - | - | - |
| | IRB | |

* Mizuho Rugby Stadium, Nagoya
* 10 May 2014 18:00 HKT (UTC+08)

| Hong Kong | 39–6 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| | IRB | |

* Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

### Round 4

* 17 May 2014 12:00 KST (UTC+09)

| South Korea | 5–62 | Japan |
| - | - | - |

* Incheon Munhak Stadium, Incheon
* 17 May 2014 18:30 SLT (UTC+05:30)

| Sri Lanka | 25–26 | Philippines |
| - | - | - |

* Colombo Racecourse Sports Complex, Colombo

### Round 5

* 24 May 2014 15:30 PST (UTC+08)

| Philippines | 22–52 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |

* Eagles Nest Stadium, Laguna
* 25 May 2014 17:00 JST (UTC+09)

| Japan | 49–8 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |

* National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

## Media coverage

The tournament is broadcast live in many different countries.

