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2016 Asia Rugby Championship

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2016 Asia Rugby Championship
Date30 April – 4 June
Countries Hong Kong
 Japan
 South Korea
Final positions
Champions Japan (24th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Tries scored54 (9 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hong Kong Benjamin Rimene (50)
Most triesJapan Kentaro Kodama (7)
Websitewww.asiarugby.com
2015
2017

The 2016 Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, was the second annual tri-nations series for top-level rugby union in Asia and the twenty-ninth 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 top-three nations play each other twice on a home and away basis. The team finishing on top of the standings is declared the winner, and the bottom-placed team is subject to a promotion-relegation play-off against the winner of Division 1,[1][2] although this opportunity to challenge is often declined.

Teams

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The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2016 tournament in brackets:

Nation Home stadium City Head coach Captain
 Japan (10) Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
Yokohama
Tokyo
Japan Ryuji Nakatake Keisuke Uchida
 Hong Kong (23) Hong Kong Football Club Stadium Hong Kong Wales Leigh Jones Nick Hewson
 South Korea (29) Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium Incheon Australia John Walters Shin Dong Won

Standings

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Champions
Will play in the top 3 challenge
Position Nation Games Points Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference BP1 BP2 Total
1  Japan 4 4 0 0 242 23 +219 4 0 20
2  Hong Kong 4 2 0 2 95 139 -44 2 0 10
3  South Korea 4 0 0 4 45 220 -175 1 1 2
Source: rugbyarchive.net Archived 2018-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
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).

Fixtures

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Week 1

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30 April 2016
14:00 JST (UTC+9)
Japan 85–0 South Korea
Try: H. Yamashita (3) 1' m, 5' c, 26' m
K. Kodama (5) 14' c, 29' c, 42' m, 67' c, 72' m,
R. Yamanaka 20' c
K. Uchida 40+1' c
R. Nakamura 52' c
T. Tatafu 76' c
A. Moeakiola 80' c
Con: R. Yamanaka (7/9) 7', 16', 21', 27', 30', 40+2', 53'
R. Nakamura (3/4) 68', 76', 80+1'
Asia Rugby Report
JRFU Details
Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama
Attendance: 4,698
Referee: Patrick Kwok
FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi
RW 14 Hajime Yamashita downward-facing red arrow 67'
OC 13 Takuya Ishibashi
IC 12 Ryoto Nakamura
LW 11 Kentaro Kodama
FH 10 Ryohei Yamanaka downward-facing red arrow 64'
SH 9 Keisuke Uchida (c) downward-facing red arrow 62'
N8 8 Tevita Tatafu
OF 7 Taiyo Ando downward-facing red arrow 64'
BF 6 Hiroki Yamamoto
RL 5 Kazuhiko Usami
LL 4 Kotaro Yatabe downward-facing red arrow 62'
TP 3 Yu Chinen downward-facing red arrow 67'
HK 2 Futoshi Mori downward-facing red arrow 67'
LP 1 Kengo Kitagawa downward-facing red arrow 53'
Replacements:
PR 16 Kanta Higashionna upward-facing green arrow 53'
HK 17 Atsushi Sakate upward-facing green arrow 67'
PR 18 Takayuki Watanabe upward-facing green arrow 67'
LK 19 Naohiro Kotaki upward-facing green arrow 62'
N8 20 Tsuyoshi Murata upward-facing green arrow 64'
SH 21 Daisuke Inoue upward-facing green arrow 62'
CE 22 Doga Maeda upward-facing green arrow 64'
CE 23 Ataata Moeakiola upward-facing green arrow 67'
Coach:
Japan Ryuji Nakatake
FB 15 Nam Young Soo
RW 14 Jang Seong Min yellow card 39' to 50'
OC 13 Jegal Bin downward-facing red arrow 21'
IC 12 Lim Sang Jin
LW 11 Kim Jin hyeok
FH 10 Oh Youn-hyung downward-facing red arrow 46'
SH 9 Shin Ki Cheol
N8 8 Han Kun Kyu downward-facing red arrow 72'
OF 7 Kim Hyun Soo
BF 6 Park Soon Chai
RL 5 Nam Jong Song downward-facing red arrow 55'
LL 4 Youn Kwon Woo downward-facing red arrow 76'
TP 3 Shin Dong Won (c) downward-facing red arrow 48'
HK 2 Kim Min Kyu downward-facing red arrow 62'
LP 1 Na Kwan Young
Replacements:
HK 16 Chong Kwi Hong upward-facing green arrow 62'
PR 17 Kang Tae Hyeon upward-facing green arrow 72'
PR 18 Kim Myeong Hwan upward-facing green arrow 76'
FL 19 Shin Dah Yeon upward-facing green arrow 55'
N8 20 Hwang In Jo upward-facing green arrow 48'
SH 21 Ahn Sang Ho
FB 22 Oh Jim Yeong upward-facing green arrow 46'
WG 23 Kim Sung Soo upward-facing green arrow 21'
Coach:
New Zealand John Walters

Week 2

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7 May 2016
16:30 HKT (UTC+8)
Hong Kong 3–38 Japan
Pen: B. Rimene 15'HKRU Report
JRFU Report
Try: S. Kin 4' c
K. Uchida 11' m
K. Kodama 22' c
R. Nakamura 54' c
H. Yamamoto 63' c, 76' m
Con: R. Yamanaka (4/6) 5', 22', 54', 64'
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Tatu Otsuki
FB 15 Alexander McQueen
RW 14 Ryan Meacheam downward-facing red arrow 52'
OC 13 James Robinson downward-facing red arrow 52'
IC 12 Lee Jones
LW 11 Salom Yiu Kam Shing
FH 10 Benjamin Rimene
SH 9 Jamie Hood downward-facing red arrow 52'
N8 8 Daniel Falvey
OF 7 Toby Fenn
BF 6 Nick Hewson (c)
RL 5 Paul Dywer
LL 4 Adrian Griffiths downward-facing red arrow 52'
TP 3 Jack Parfitt downward-facing red arrow 40'
HK 2 Jamie Tsang downward-facing red arrow 25'
LP 1 Adam Fullgrabe downward-facing red arrow 40'
Replacements:
HK 16 Lachlan Chubb upward-facing green arrow 25'
PR 17 Hon Wum Wei upward-facing green arrow 40'
PR 18 Alex Ng upward-facing green arrow 40'
LK 19 James Cunningham upward-facing green arrow 52'
N8 20 Jack Delaforce
SH 21 Eliesa Kaleca Rauca upward-facing green arrow 52'
CE 22 Cado Lee upward-facing green arrow 52'
FH 23 Niall Rowark upward-facing green arrow 52'
Coach:
Wales Leigh Jones
FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi
RW 14 Hajime Yamashita downward-facing red arrow 52'
OC 13 Takuya Ishibashi downward-facing red arrow 70'
IC 12 Ryoto Nakamura
LW 11 Kentaro Kodama
FH 10 Ryohei Yamanaka
SH 9 Keisuke Uchida (c) downward-facing red arrow 66'
N8 8 Tevita Tatafu downward-facing red arrow 56'
OF 7 Shokei Kin
BF 6 Tsuyoshi Murata
RL 5 Kazuhiko Usami
LL 4 Naohiro Kotaki downward-facing red arrow 58'
TP 3 Yu Chinen downward-facing red arrow 66'
HK 2 Futoshi Mori downward-facing red arrow 63'
LP 1 Kanta Higashionna downward-facing red arrow 70'
Replacements:
PR 16 Syogo Miura upward-facing green arrow 70'
HK 17 Atsushi Sakate upward-facing green arrow 63'
PR 18 Takayuki Watanabe upward-facing green arrow 66'
LK 19 Kotaro Yatabe upward-facing green arrow 58'
FL 20 Hiroki Yamamoto upward-facing green arrow 56'
SH 21 Daisuke Inoue upward-facing green arrow 66'
CE 22 Doga Maeda upward-facing green arrow 70'
WG 23 Ataata Moeakiola upward-facing green arrow 52'
Coach:
Japan Ryuji Nakatake

Week 3

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14 May 2016
12:00 KST(UTC+9)
South Korea 27-34 Hong Kong
Try: Lee Jae Bok 9' m, 63' c
Kim Sung Soo 38' c
Na Kwan Yong 71' m
Con: Lee Soop Yeong (2/3) 39', 64'
Oh Jim Yeong (0/1)
Pen: Lee Soop Yeong (1/1) 47',
Asia Rugby Report
HKRU Starting XV
Try: A. MuQueen 3' c, 50' c
J. Hood 56' c
B. Rimeme 77' c
Con: B. Rimene (4/4) 4', 50', 57', 78'
Pen: B. Rimene (2/2) 13', 19'
Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium, Incheon
FB 15 Lee Jae Bok
RW 14 Jang Seong Min
OC 13 Kim Sung Soo
IC 12 Kim Jin Hyeok yellow card 48' to 58'
LW 11 Lee Soop Yeong
FH 10 Oh Jim Yeong
SH 9 Shin Ki Cheol
N8 8 Han Kun Kyu
OF 7 Kim Hyun Soo
BF 6 Park Soon Chai
RL 5 Kim Sang Jin
LL 4 Youn Kwon Woo
TP 3 Shin Dong Won (c)
HK 2 Na Kwan Young
LP 1 Chong Kwi Hong
Coach:
New Zealand John Walters
FB 15 Alexander McQueen
RW 14 Ryan Meacheam
OC 13 James Robinson
IC 12 Lex Kaleca
LW 11 Salom Yiu Kam Shing
FH 10 Benjamin Rimene
SH 9 Jamie Hood
N8 8 Daniel Falvey
OF 7 Toby Fenn
BF 6 Nick Hewson (c)
RL 5 Paul Dywer
LL 4 Adrian Griffiths
TP 3 Rohan Cook
HK 2 Jamie Tsang
LP 1 Adam Fullgrabe
Replacements:
HK 16 Lachlan Chubb
PR 17 Wei Hon Wum
PR 18 Alex Ng
LK 19 James Cunningham
N8 20 Jack Delaforce
SH 21 Lee Jones
CE 22 Cado Lee
FH 23 Niall Rowark
Coach:
Wales Leigh Jones

Week 4

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21 May 2016
12:00 KST(UTC+9)
South Korea 3-60 Japan
Pen: Oh Jim Yeong (1/2) 2'Asia Rugby Report
JRFU Report
Try: Atsushi Sakate (2) 5' m, 49' c
Ryohei Yamanaka (2) 26' m, 32' c
Keisuke Uchida 12' m
Penalty try 23' c
Kentaro Kodama 53' m
Kotaro Yatabe 61' c
Takuhei Yasuda 73' m
Ryuji Noguchi 80'c
Con: Ryoto Nakamura (2/6) 24', 80+1'
Ryohei Yamanaka (3/4) 33', 50', 62'
Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium, Incheon
Attendance: 500
Referee: Matt Rodden (Hong Kong)
FB 15 Lee Jae Bok
RW 14 Nam Young Soo
OC 13 Kim Sung Soo downward-facing red arrow 72'
IC 12 Kim Jin Hyeok downward-facing red arrow 55'
LW 11 Lee Soo Pyeong
FH 10 Oh Jim Yeong
SH 9 Shin Ki Cheol downward-facing red arrow 76'
N8 8 Hwang In Jo downward-facing red arrow 28'
OF 7 Kim Hyun Soo yellow card 53' to 63'
BF 6 Shin Da Hyeon
RL 5 Kim Sang Jin downward-facing red arrow 73'
LL 4 Youn Kwon Woo yellow card 16' to 26'
TP 3 Shin Dong Won (c) downward-facing red arrow 75'
HK 2 Na Kwan Young downward-facing red arrow 25'
LP 1 Chong Kwi Hong downward-facing red arrow 62'
Replacements:
16 Kang Tae Hyeon upward-facing green arrow 62'
17 Kim Min Kyo upward-facing green arrow 25'
18 Kim Myeong Hwan upward-facing green arrow 75'
19 Nam Jong Song upward-facing green arrow 73'
20 Son Min Su upward-facing green arrow 28'
21 Lee Sung Bae upward-facing green arrow 76'
22 Oh Youn Hyung upward-facing green arrow 55'
23 Kim In Kyu upward-facing green arrow 72'
Coach:
New Zealand John Walters
FB 15 Ryohei Yamanaka downward-facing red arrow 71'
RW 14 Takuhei Yasuda
OC 13 Doga Maeda
IC 12 Takuya Ishibashi
LW 11 Kentaro Kodama downward-facing red arrow 66'
FH 10 Ryoto Nakamura
SH 9 Keisuke Uchida (c) downward-facing red arrow 73'
N8 8 Hiroki Yamamoto
OF 7 Shokei Kin downward-facing red arrow 71'
BF 6 Masato Furukawa
RL 5 Naohiro Kotaki downward-facing red arrow 62'
LL 4 Kotaro Yatabe
TP 3 Takayuki Watanabe downward-facing red arrow 71'
HK 2 Atsushi Sakate downward-facing red arrow 71'
LP 1 Kanta Higashionna downward-facing red arrow 50'
Replacements:
PR 16 Shogo Miura upward-facing green arrow 50'
HK 17 Daigo Hashimoto upward-facing green arrow 71'
PR 18 Kengo Kitagawa upward-facing green arrow 71'
LK 19 Kazuhiko Usami upward-facing green arrow 62'
N8 20 Faulua Makisi upward-facing green arrow 71'
SH 21 Daiki Nakajima upward-facing green arrow 73'
CE 22 Ryuji Noguchi upward-facing green arrow 71'
FH 23 Hajime Yamashita upward-facing green arrow 66'
Coach:
Japan Ryuji Nakatake

Week 5

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28 May 2016
14:00 JST (UTC+9)
Japan 59-17 Hong Kong
Try: N. Kotaki 24' c
T. Ishibashi (2) 28' c, 47' c
A. Moeakiola (2) 35' c, 60' c
H. Yamamoto 41' c
D. Maeda 53' c
Penalty try 73' c
Con: R. Nakamura (8/8) 25', 29', 36', 41', 48', 54', 61', 73'
Pen: R. Nakamura (1/1) 40+1'
Asia Rugby Report
JRFU Report
HKRU Report
Try: A. Griffiths 19' c
J. Cunningham 44' c
Con: B. Rimene (2/2) 20', 45'
Pen: B. Rimene (1/1) 13'
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 5,771
Referee: Tim Baker
FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi
RW 14 Ataata Moeakiola downward-facing red arrow 63'
OC 13 Doga Maeda
IC 12 Takuya Ishibashi
LW 11 Kentaro Kodama
FH 10 Ryoto Nakamura
SH 9 Keisuke Uchida (c) downward-facing red arrow 70'
N8 8 Tevita Tatafu downward-facing red arrow 65'
OF 7 Shokei Kin
BF 6 Hiroki Yamamoto downward-facing red arrow 47'
RL 5 Kazuhiko Usami
LL 4 Naohiro Kotaki downward-facing red arrow 56'
TP 3 Takayuki Watanebe downward-facing red arrow 53'
HK 2 Atsushi Sakate downward-facing red arrow 67'
LP 1 Kengo Kitagawa downward-facing red arrow 56'
Replacements:
PR 16 Shogo Miura upward-facing green arrow 56'
HK 17 Diago Hashimoto upward-facing green arrow 67'
PR 18 Yu Chinen upward-facing green arrow 53'
LK 19 Kotaro Yatabe upward-facing green arrow 56'
FL 20 Faulua Makisi upward-facing green arrow 47'
SH 21 Daiki Nakajima upward-facing green arrow 70'
CE 22 Takuhei Yasuda upward-facing green arrow 63'
WG 23 Masato Furukawa upward-facing green arrow 65'
Coach:
Japan Ryuji Nakatake
FB 15 Alexander McQueen
RW 14 Ryan Meacheam
OC 13 James Robinson
IC 12 Tyler Spitz downward-facing red arrow 56'
LW 11 Rowan Varty
FH 10 Ben Rimene downward-facing red arrow 53'
SH 9 Cado Lee Ka To downward-facing red arrow 61'
N8 8 Daniel Falvey (c) downward-facing red arrow 61'
OF 7 Matt Lamming
BF 6 James Cunningham
RL 5 Adrian Griffiths
LL 4 Jack Delaforce downward-facing red arrow 41'
TP 3 Jack Parfitt downward-facing red arrow 40'
HK 2 Lachlan Chubb downward-facing red arrow 54'
LP 1 Ben Higgins downward-facing red arrow 47'
Replacements:
HK 16 Jamie Tsang upward-facing green arrow 54'
PR 17 Adam Fullgrabe upward-facing green arrow 47'
PR 18 Alex Ng Wai-Shing upward-facing green arrow 40'
LK 19 Nick Hewson upward-facing green arrow 41'
N8 20 Tony Wong Ho Yeung upward-facing green arrow 61'
SH 21 Lee Jones upward-facing green arrow 56'
CE 22 Adam Rolston upward-facing green arrow 61'
FH 23 Niall Rowark upward-facing green arrow 53'
Coach:
Wales Leigh Jones

Week 6

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4 June 2016
16:30 HKT (UTC+8)
Hong Kong 41-15 South Korea
Try: B. Rimene 11' c
T. Fenn 30' c
Ryan Meacheam 40' c, 48' c
J. Robinson 80' c
Con: B. Rimene (5/5) 12', 30', 40+1', 49', 80'
Pen: B. Rimene (2/2) 22', 70'
Asian Rugby Report
HKRU Report
Try: Lee Soop Yeong 6' c
Kim Min Kyu 26' m
Con: Lee Soop Yeong (1/2) 7'
Pen: Lee Soop Yeong (1/1) 36'
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
FB 15 Lee Jae Bok
RW 14 Lim Sang Jin
OC 13 Kim Seon Gu
IC 12 Kim Sung Soo
LW 11 Lee Soop Yeong
FH 10 Jung Bu Hyon
SH 9 Shin Ki Cheol
N8 8 Son Min Su
OF 7 Kim Hyun Soo
BF 6 Shin Da Hyeon
RL 5 Kim Sang Jin
LL 4 Youn Kwon Woo
TP 3 Shin Dong Won (c)
HK 2 Kim Min Kyu
LP 1 Kang Tae Hyeon
Coach:
New Zealand John Walters
FB 15 Alexander McQueen
RW 14 Ryan Meacheam
OC 13 James Robinson
IC 12 Tyler Spitz
LW 11 Salom Yiu Kam Shing
FH 10 Benjamin Rimene
SH 9 Jamie Hood
N8 8 Daniel Falvey
OF 7 Toby Fenn
BF 6 Nicholas Hewson (c)
RL 5 Paul Dywer
LL 4 Adrian Griffiths
TP 3 Jack Parfitt
HK 2 Lachlan Chubb
LP 1 Benjamin Higgins
Replacements:
HK 16 Jamie Tsang
PR 17 Adam Fullgrade
PR 18 Alex Ng Wai Shing
LK 19 Finlay Field
N8 20 James Cunningham
SH 21 Cado Lee Ka-to
CE 22 Lex Kaleca yellow card 63' to 73'
FH 23 Niall Rowark
Coach:
Wales Leigh Jones

Top 3 Challenge

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Division 1 winners, Malaysia did not choose to participate in the promotion-relegation play-off. Meaning the composition of next series of the tournament remains the same.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Asia Rugby Calendar 2016 | Asia Rugby". Archived from the original on 2016-08-13. Retrieved 2016-08-13.
  2. ^ "Asia Rugby Championship 2016 | Asia Rugby". Archived from the original on 2016-04-16. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
  3. ^ Idris, Wan Noriza Meor (16 May 2016). "Find us a home, plead MRU". Malay Mail Online. Retrieved 16 May 2016.