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Full time29 April 2007
Japan
73–3
Hong Kong China
Venue not recorded · Asian Nations Series 2007Head-to-head

Japan won by 70 points.

Scoring

  1. 2’TJapan try · Toshiaki Hirose5–0
  2. 16’TJapan try · Luke Thompson10–0
  3. 27’TJapan try · Kosuke Endo15–0
  4. 28’CJapan conversion · Go Aruga17–0
  5. 32’TJapan try · Yuki Yatomi22–0
  6. 36’TJapan try · Tomoki Kitagawa27–0
  7. 42’CJapan conversion · Go Aruga29–0
  8. 42’TJapan try · Toshiaki Hirose34–0
  9. 42’PHong Kong China penalty · Rob Naylor34–3
  10. 50’TJapan try · Mitsugu Yamamoto39–3
  11. 53’TJapan try · Masahito Yamamoto44–3
  12. 54’CJapan conversion · Eiji Ando46–3
  13. 62’CJapan conversion · Eiji Ando48–3
  14. 62’TJapan try · Yasunori Watanabe53–3
  15. 64’TJapan try · Takanori Kumagae58–3
  16. 68’TJapan try · Koichi Ohigashi63–3
  17. 73’TJapan try · Yasunori Watanabe68–3
  18. 75’TJapan try · Tomoki Kitagawa73–3

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Masahito YamamotoProp
  2. 2Mitsugu YamamotoHooker
  3. 3Tomokazu SomaProp
  4. 4Takanori KumagaeSecond row
  5. 5Luke ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Yasunori WatanabeFlanker
  7. 7Takamichi SasakiFlanker
  8. 8Takuro MiuchiNumber 8
  9. 9Yuki YatomiScrum-half
  10. 10Toshiaki HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Tomoki KitagawaWing
  12. 12Shotaro OnishiCentre
  13. 13Seiichi ShimomuraCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Go ArugaFull-back
  16. 16Taku InokuchiBench
  17. 17Takahiro SugiuraBench
  18. 18Yuji KitagawaBench
  19. 19Ryota AsanoBench
  20. 20Koichi OhigashiBench
  21. 21Eiji AndoBench
  22. 22Yuta ImamuraBench

Hong Kong China

  1. 1Peter SpizzirriProp
  2. 2Tom CameronHooker
  3. 3Simon LeungProp
  4. 4James WoodSecond row
  5. 5Nick HurrellSecond row
  6. 6Yuan Kin HoFlanker
  7. 7Nigel ClarkeFlanker
  8. 8Semiqua IafetaNumber 8
  9. 9Rob NaylorScrum-half
  10. 10Kenzo PannellFly-half
  11. 11Justin GregoryWing
  12. 12Anthony HaynesCentre
  13. 13Tsang Hing HungCentre
  14. 14Simon SmithWing
  15. 15Tom BreenFull-back
  16. 16Tom MutchBench
  17. 17Ho Tsz ChunBench
  18. 18Tamas KingBench
  19. 19Fan Shun KeiBench
  20. 20Gavin HadleyBench
  21. 21Lai Yiu PangBench
  22. 22Liu Kwok LeungBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 31–5 Hong Kong China, 1 drawn in 37 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Hong Kong China going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.