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2023 Asia Rugby Championship

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2023 Asia Rugby Championship
Date3 June – 17 June
Countries Hong Kong
 Malaysia
 South Korea
Final positions
Champions Hong Kong (4th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played3
Tries scored22 (7.33 per match)
Attendance4,000 (1,333 per match)
Top scorer(s)Hong Kong Sebastian Brien
Hong Kong Alexander Post
Hong Kong Gregor McNeish (25)
Most triesHong Kong Sebastian Brien
Hong Kong Alexander Post (5)
Websitewww.asiarugby.com
2022
2024

The 2023 Asia Rugby Championship is the seventh annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia shall compete in the 2023 series. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments.[1]

The format of the tri-nations series is a single round-robin where the three teams play each other once. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series is declared the winner.

Teams

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The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2023 tournament in brackets:[2]

Nation Home stadium City
 Hong Kong (24) Hong Kong Football Club Stadium Hong Kong
 South Korea (30) Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field Incheon
 Malaysia (49) National Stadium Kuala Lumpur

Standings

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2023 Asia Rugby Championship Champions
Pos Nation Games Points Bonus

points

Total

points

Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff
1  Hong Kong 2 2 0 0 118 19 99 2 10
2  South Korea 2 1 0 1 37 33 4 1 5
3  Malaysia 2 0 2 0 12 115 -103 0 0
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

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Week 1

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3 June 2023
14:00 MST (UTC+8)
Malaysia 3-27 South Korea
Pen: Fairuz Rahman 18' (1/1)
Cards: Daim Zainudin yellow card 36' to 46'
ReportTry: Jang Jeong-Min 2' m
Kim Ki Min 27' m
Lee Geon 34' c
S Hwang Jeong Wook 44' c
Con: Kim Ki Min 40', 45' (2/4)
Pen: Kim Ki Min 37' (1/1)
Siadinha Hamzah Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Matthew Rodden,  Hong Kong
FB 15 Anwarul Hafiz Ahmad
RW 14 Daim Zainudin
OC 13 Azwan Zuwairi Zizi
IC 12 Lee Chapman
LW 11 Zharif Affandi Sahid
FH 10 Fairuz Rahman
SH 9 Nasharuddin Ismail (c)
N8 8 Amin Jamaluddin
OF 7 Shah Izwan Nordin
BF 6 Nurhidayat Muzhaimey
RL 5 Sameer Surinder
LL 4 Danial Noor Hamidi
TP 3 Lawrence Petrus
HK 2 Amirul Mukminin Amizan
LP 1 Amirul Abas
Replacements:
HK 16 Wan Azley Wan Omar
PR 17 Azam Fakhrullah Razak
PR 18 Adnin Mukhtar
BR 19 Hafeez Abdul Khalid
BR 20 Syukor Iqbal Raman
SH 21 Razali Ramlan
FB 22 Harith Iqbal Anhar
WG 23 Safiy Said
Coach:
Malaysia Farid Syazwan Abu Bakar
FB 15 Chang Yong Heung
RW 14 Jang Jeong Min
OC 13 Heo Dong
IC 12 Kim Yong Hwi
LW 11 Kim Eui Tae
FH 10 Kim Ki Min
SH 9 Lee Geon
N8 8 Hwang Jeong Wook
OF 7 Noh Ok Gi (c)
BF 6 Kim Yo Han
RL 5 Kim Dae Hwan
LL 4 Lee Jin Seok
TP 3 Kang Soon Hyuk
HK 2 Yeo Jae Min
LP 1 Seok Dong Hee
Replacements:
PR 16 Shin Gi Soo
PR 17 Won Jeong Ho
HK 18 Choi Ho Young
LK 19 Shin Da Hyun
BR 20 Park Woo Bin
SH 21 Kim Wan Seok
WG 22 Jeong Yeon-Sik
WG 23 Jang Hyun Goo
Coach:
South Korea Lee Myung Geun

Week 2

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10 June 2023
18:00 HKT (UTC+8)
Hong Kong 88-9 Malaysia
Try: Jamie Lauder 4'
Sebastian Brien 10', 38', 44', 68', 72'
Luke van der Smit 14'
Gregor McNeish 24'
Charles Higson-Smith 26'
Alexander Post 51', 55'
Pierce MacKinlay-West 64'
Bryn Phillips 79'
Con: Gregor McNeish 5', 11', 15', 25', 27', 39', 45'
Nathan De Thierry 69', 73', 80'
Pen: Gregor McNeish 2'
Cards: Paul Altier yellow card 22' to 32'
Paul Altier Red card 63'
ReportPen: Fairuz Rahman 19', 22'
Nazreen Fitri Nasrudin 77'
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,500
FB 15 Paul Altier
RW 14 Charles Higson-Smith
OC 13 Nathan De Thierry
IC 12 Tom Hill (c)
LW 11 Sebastian Brien
FH 10 Gregor McNeish
SH 9 Jamie Lauder
N8 8 Luke van der Smit
OF 7 James Sawyer
BF 6 Tsoi Kin San Sam
RL 5 Patrick Jenkinson
LL 4 Callum McCullough
TP 3 Faizal Solomona Penesa
HK 2 Alexander Post
LP 1 Ashton Hyde
Replacements:
16 Tang Man Chun David
17 Benjamin Higgins
18 Keelan Chapman
19 Jamie Pincott
20 Pierce MacKinlay-West
21 Bryn Phillips
22 Harry Sayers
23 Will Panday
Coach:
Wales Lewis Evans
FB 15 Anwarul Hafiz Ahmad
RW 14 Harith Iqbal Anhar
OC 13 Kamal Hamidi Raihan
IC 12 Zharif Affandi Sahid
LW 11 Adam Ariff Alias
FH 10 Fairuz Rahman (c)
SH 9 Razali Ramlan
N8 8 Amin Jamaluddin
OF 7 Hafeez Abdul Khalid
BF 6 Nurhidayat Muzhaimey
RL 5 Sameer Surinder
LL 4 Danial Noor Hamidi
TP 3 Lawrence Petrus
HK 2 Amirul Mukminin Amizan
LP 1 Azam Fakhrullah Razak
Replacements:
16 Wan Azley Wan Omar
17 Azri Kamal Rosnan
18 Amirul Abas
19 Syukri Iqbal Raman
20 Shahmi Shukor
21 Nasharuddin Ismail
22 Nazreen Fitri Nasrudin
23 Safiy Said
Coach:
Malaysia Farid Syazwan Abu Bakar

Week 3

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17 June 2023
18:00 HKT (UTC+8)
Hong Kong 30-10 South Korea
Try: Alexander Post 12', 57', 72'
Tom Hill 38'
Penalty try 77'
Pen: Gregor McNeish 2'
Cards: Patrick Jenkinson yellow card 54' to 64'
ReportTry: Chang Yong-heung 66'
Con: Kim Ki Min 67'
Pen: Kim Ki Min 18'
Cards: Chang Yong-heung yellow card 11' to 21'
Jeong Yeon-sik yellow card 77' to 80'
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 1,000
FB 15 Nathan De Thierry
RW 14 Charles Higson-Smith
OC 13 Harry Sayers
IC 12 Tom Hill (c)
LW 11 Sebastian Brien
FH 10 Gregor McNeish
SH 9 Jamie Lauder
N8 8 Luke van der Smit
OF 7 James Sawyer
BF 6 Tsoi Kin San Sam
RL 5 Patrick Jenkinson
LL 4 Callum McCullough
TP 3 Faizal Solomona Penesa
HK 2 Alexander Post
LP 1 Benjamin Higgins
Replacements:
16 Matt Keay
17 Zac Cinnamond
18 Keelan Chapman
19 Joshua Hrstich
20 Pierce MacKinlay-West
21 Bryn Phillips
22 Dylan White
23 Will Panday
Coach:
Wales Lewis Evans
FB 15 Jeong Yeon Sik
RW 14 Jang Jeong Min
OC 13 Kim Eui Tae
IC 12 Kim Yong Hwi
LW 11 Chang Yong-heung
FH 10 Kim Ki Min
SH 9 Lee Geon
N8 8 Hwang Jeong Wook
OF 7 Noh Ok Gi (c)
BF 6 Kim Yo Han
RL 5 Kim Dae Hwan
LL 4 Lee Jin Seok
TP 3 Kang Soon Hyuck
HK 2 Yeo Jae Min
LH 1 Seok Dong Hee
Replacements:
16 Choi Ho Young
17 Shin Gi Soo
18 Won Jeong Ho
19 Shin Da Hyun
20 Noh Myung Soo
21 Kim Wan Seok
22 Park Woo Bin
23 Kim Hyun Jin
Coach:
South Korea Lee Myung Geun

Statistics

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References

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  1. ^ "Asia Rugby Championship 2023 Hong Kong ,China , Malaysia , Korea". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
  2. ^ "Men's Rankings | World Rugby". Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-03.