2019 Asia Rugby Championship
# 2019 Asia Rugby Championship

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

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

| 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

* 2019 Asia Rugby Championship Champions

| Pos | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Bonus points | Total points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pos | Nation | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | Diff | Bonus points | Total points |
| 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

Source: asiarugby.com

### Week 1

* 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) | Report | Try: 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: ||
| 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: ||
| Brad Mika ||

### Week 2

* 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' | Report | Try: 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 | 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 | 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: ||
| 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: ||
| Seo Chun-oh ||

### Week 3

* 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' | Report | Try: 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: ||
| 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: ||
| Andrew Hall ||

### Week 4

* 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' | Report | Try: 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: ||
| 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 | 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: ||
| Brad Mika ||

### Week 5

* 22 June 2019 20:00 MST (UTC+8)

| Malaysia | 0–71 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Try: 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 | 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: ||
| 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: ||
| Andrew Hall ||

### Week 6

* 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) | Report | Pen: 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: ||
| 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 | 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: ||
| Seo Chun-oh ||
