2023 Asia Rugby Championship
| Date | 3 June – 17 June |
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| Countries | Hong Kong Malaysia South Korea |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Hong Kong (4th title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 3 |
| Tries scored | 22 (7.33 per match) |
| Attendance | 4,000 (1,333 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Sebastian Brien Alexander Post Gregor McNeish (25) |
| Most tries | Sebastian Brien Alexander Post (5) |
| Website | www |
← 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
The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2023 tournament in brackets:[2]
| Nation | Home stadium | City |
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| 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
| 2023 Asia Rugby Championship Champions |
| Pos | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus
points |
Total
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| 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
Week 1
| 3 June 2023 14:00 MST (UTC+8) |
| Malaysia | 3-27 | South Korea |
| Pen: Fairuz Rahman 18' (1/1) Cards: Daim Zainudin 36' to 46' | Report | Try: 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 |
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Week 2
| 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 22' to 32' Paul Altier 63' | Report | Pen: Fairuz Rahman 19', 22' Nazreen Fitri Nasrudin 77' |
| Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 1,500 |
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Week 3
| 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 54' to 64' | Report | Try: Chang Yong-heung 66' Con: Kim Ki Min 67' Pen: Kim Ki Min 18' Cards: Chang Yong-heung 11' to 21' Jeong Yeon-sik 77' to 80' |
| Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 1,000 |
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Statistics
Most points
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References
- ^ "Asia Rugby Championship 2023 Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Korea". Asia Rugby. Retrieved 2023-06-03.
- ^ "Men's Rankings | World Rugby". Archived from the original on 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2023-06-03.