2016 Asia Rugby Championship

For the divisional competitions, see 2016 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments.
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) Benjamin Rimene (50)
Most tries Kentaro Kodama (7)
Websitewww.asiarugby.com
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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

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 		Ryuji Nakatake Keisuke Uchida
 Hong Kong (23) Hong Kong Football Club Stadium Hong Kong Leigh Jones Nick Hewson
 South Korea (29) Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium Incheon John Walters Shin Dong Won

Standings

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

Week 1

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  67'
OC 13 Takuya Ishibashi
IC 12 Ryoto Nakamura
LW 11 Kentaro Kodama
FH 10 Ryohei Yamanaka  64'
SH 9 Keisuke Uchida (c)  62'
N8 8 Tevita Tatafu
OF 7 Taiyo Ando  64'
BF 6 Hiroki Yamamoto
RL 5 Kazuhiko Usami
LL 4 Kotaro Yatabe  62'
TP 3 Yu Chinen  67'
HK 2 Futoshi Mori  67'
LP 1 Kengo Kitagawa  53'
Replacements:
PR 16 Kanta Higashionna  53'
HK 17 Atsushi Sakate  67'
PR 18 Takayuki Watanabe  67'
LK 19 Naohiro Kotaki  62'
N8 20 Tsuyoshi Murata  64'
SH 21 Daisuke Inoue  62'
CE 22 Doga Maeda  64'
CE 23 Ataata Moeakiola  67'
Coach:
Ryuji Nakatake
FB 15 Nam Young Soo
RW 14 Jang Seong Min 39' to 50'
OC 13 Jegal Bin  21'
IC 12 Lim Sang Jin
LW 11 Kim Jin hyeok
FH 10 Oh Youn-hyung  46'
SH 9 Shin Ki Cheol
N8 8 Han Kun Kyu  72'
OF 7 Kim Hyun Soo
BF 6 Park Soon Chai
RL 5 Nam Jong Song  55'
LL 4 Youn Kwon Woo  76'
TP 3 Shin Dong Won (c)  48'
HK 2 Kim Min Kyu  62'
LP 1 Na Kwan Young
Replacements:
HK 16 Chong Kwi Hong  62'
PR 17 Kang Tae Hyeon  72'
PR 18 Kim Myeong Hwan  76'
FL 19 Shin Dah Yeon  55'
N8 20 Hwang In Jo  48'
SH 21 Ahn Sang Ho
FB 22 Oh Jim Yeong  46'
WG 23 Kim Sung Soo  21'
Coach:
John Walters

Week 2

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  52'
OC 13 James Robinson  52'
IC 12 Lee Jones
LW 11 Salom Yiu Kam Shing
FH 10 Benjamin Rimene
SH 9 Jamie Hood  52'
N8 8 Daniel Falvey
OF 7 Toby Fenn
BF 6 Nick Hewson (c)
RL 5 Paul Dywer
LL 4 Adrian Griffiths  52'
TP 3 Jack Parfitt  40'
HK 2 Jamie Tsang  25'
LP 1 Adam Fullgrabe  40'
Replacements:
HK 16 Lachlan Chubb  25'
PR 17 Hon Wum Wei  40'
PR 18 Alex Ng  40'
LK 19 James Cunningham  52'
N8 20 Jack Delaforce
SH 21 Eliesa Kaleca Rauca  52'
CE 22 Cado Lee  52'
FH 23 Niall Rowark  52'
Coach:
Leigh Jones
FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi
RW 14 Hajime Yamashita  52'
OC 13 Takuya Ishibashi  70'
IC 12 Ryoto Nakamura
LW 11 Kentaro Kodama
FH 10 Ryohei Yamanaka
SH 9 Keisuke Uchida (c)  66'
N8 8 Tevita Tatafu  56'
OF 7 Shokei Kin
BF 6 Tsuyoshi Murata
RL 5 Kazuhiko Usami
LL 4 Naohiro Kotaki  58'
TP 3 Yu Chinen  66'
HK 2 Futoshi Mori  63'
LP 1 Kanta Higashionna  70'
Replacements:
PR 16 Syogo Miura  70'
HK 17 Atsushi Sakate  63'
PR 18 Takayuki Watanabe  66'
LK 19 Kotaro Yatabe  58'
FL 20 Hiroki Yamamoto  56'
SH 21 Daisuke Inoue  66'
CE 22 Doga Maeda  70'
WG 23 Ataata Moeakiola  52'
Coach:
Ryuji Nakatake

Week 3

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 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:
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:
Leigh Jones

Week 4

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  72'
IC 12 Kim Jin Hyeok  55'
LW 11 Lee Soo Pyeong
FH 10 Oh Jim Yeong
SH 9 Shin Ki Cheol  76'
N8 8 Hwang In Jo  28'
OF 7 Kim Hyun Soo 53' to 63'
BF 6 Shin Da Hyeon
RL 5 Kim Sang Jin  73'
LL 4 Youn Kwon Woo 16' to 26'
TP 3 Shin Dong Won (c)  75'
HK 2 Na Kwan Young  25'
LP 1 Chong Kwi Hong  62'
Replacements:
16 Kang Tae Hyeon  62'
17 Kim Min Kyo  25'
18 Kim Myeong Hwan  75'
19 Nam Jong Song  73'
20 Son Min Su  28'
21 Lee Sung Bae  76'
22 Oh Youn Hyung  55'
23 Kim In Kyu  72'
Coach:
John Walters
FB 15 Ryohei Yamanaka  71'
RW 14 Takuhei Yasuda
OC 13 Doga Maeda
IC 12 Takuya Ishibashi
LW 11 Kentaro Kodama  66'
FH 10 Ryoto Nakamura
SH 9 Keisuke Uchida (c)  73'
N8 8 Hiroki Yamamoto
OF 7 Shokei Kin  71'
BF 6 Masato Furukawa
RL 5 Naohiro Kotaki  62'
LL 4 Kotaro Yatabe
TP 3 Takayuki Watanabe  71'
HK 2 Atsushi Sakate  71'
LP 1 Kanta Higashionna  50'
Replacements:
PR 16 Shogo Miura  50'
HK 17 Daigo Hashimoto  71'
PR 18 Kengo Kitagawa  71'
LK 19 Kazuhiko Usami  62'
N8 20 Faulua Makisi  71'
SH 21 Daiki Nakajima  73'
CE 22 Ryuji Noguchi  71'
FH 23 Hajime Yamashita  66'
Coach:
Ryuji Nakatake

Week 5

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  63'
OC 13 Doga Maeda
IC 12 Takuya Ishibashi
LW 11 Kentaro Kodama
FH 10 Ryoto Nakamura
SH 9 Keisuke Uchida (c)  70'
N8 8 Tevita Tatafu  65'
OF 7 Shokei Kin
BF 6 Hiroki Yamamoto  47'
RL 5 Kazuhiko Usami
LL 4 Naohiro Kotaki  56'
TP 3 Takayuki Watanebe  53'
HK 2 Atsushi Sakate  67'
LP 1 Kengo Kitagawa  56'
Replacements:
PR 16 Shogo Miura  56'
HK 17 Diago Hashimoto  67'
PR 18 Yu Chinen  53'
LK 19 Kotaro Yatabe  56'
FL 20 Faulua Makisi  47'
SH 21 Daiki Nakajima  70'
CE 22 Takuhei Yasuda  63'
WG 23 Masato Furukawa  65'
Coach:
Ryuji Nakatake
FB 15 Alexander McQueen
RW 14 Ryan Meacheam
OC 13 James Robinson
IC 12 Tyler Spitz  56'
LW 11 Rowan Varty
FH 10 Ben Rimene  53'
SH 9 Cado Lee Ka To  61'
N8 8 Daniel Falvey (c)  61'
OF 7 Matt Lamming
BF 6 James Cunningham
RL 5 Adrian Griffiths
LL 4 Jack Delaforce  41'
TP 3 Jack Parfitt  40'
HK 2 Lachlan Chubb  54'
LP 1 Ben Higgins  47'
Replacements:
HK 16 Jamie Tsang  54'
PR 17 Adam Fullgrabe  47'
PR 18 Alex Ng Wai-Shing  40'
LK 19 Nick Hewson  41'
N8 20 Tony Wong Ho Yeung  61'
SH 21 Lee Jones  56'
CE 22 Adam Rolston  61'
FH 23 Niall Rowark  53'
Coach:
Leigh Jones

Week 6

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 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 63' to 73'
FH 23 Niall Rowark
Coach:
Leigh Jones
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:
John Walters

Top 3 Challenge

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

References

  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.
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