2019 Asia Rugby Championship

For the divisional competitions, see 2019 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments.

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.

2019 Asia Rugby Championship

Date	18 May – 29 June
Countries	Hong Kong  Malaysia  South Korea
Final positions
Champions	Hong Kong (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Tries scored	52 (8.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Matthew Rosslee (44)
Most tries	Paul Altier (3) Conor Hartley (3) Callum McCullough (3) Jack Neville (3) Harry Sayers (3)
Website	www.asiarugby.com
← 2018 2022 →

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:^[1]

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				Points			Bonus points	Total points
		Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff
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^[2]

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