TheBreakdown
Full time2 May 2015
Japan
41–0
Hong Kong China
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Asia Rugby Championship 2015Head-to-head

Japan won by 41 points.

Scoring

  1. 16’TJapan try · Akihito Yamada5–0
  2. 17’CJapan conversion · Ayumu Goromaru7–0
  3. 28’TJapan try · Karne Hesketh12–0
  4. 29’CJapan conversion · Ayumu Goromaru14–0
  5. 32’TJapan try · Luke Thompson19–0
  6. 44’TJapan try · Yu Tamura24–0
  7. 49’TJapan try · Akihito Yamada29–0
  8. 65’TJapan try · Ryu Koliniasi Holani34–0
  9. 66’CJapan conversion · Ayumu Goromaru36–0
  10. 73’TJapan try · Yoshikazu Fujita41–0

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Masataka MikamiProp
  2. 2Takeshi KizuHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Luke ThompsonSecond row
  5. 5Shoji ItoSecond row
  6. 6Justin IvesFlanker
  7. 7Tsuyoshi MurataFlanker
  8. 8Ryu Koliniasi HolaniNumber 8
  9. 9Atsushi HiwasaScrum-half
  10. 10Harumichi TatekawaFly-half
  11. 11Akihito YamadaWing
  12. 12Yu TamuraCentre
  13. 13Karne HeskethCentre
  14. 14Chihito MatsuiWing
  15. 15Ayumu GoromaruFull-back
  16. 16Yusuke NagaeBench
  17. 17Ryuhei AritaBench
  18. 18Shinnosuke KakinagaBench
  19. 19Kazuhiko UsamiBench
  20. 20Hayden HopgoodBench
  21. 21Keisuke UchidaBench
  22. 22Toshiaki HiroseBench
  23. 23Yoshikazu FujitaBench

Hong Kong China

  1. 1Leon Wei Hon SumProp
  2. 2Alex HarrisHooker
  3. 3Jack ParfittProp
  4. 4Paul DwyerSecond row
  5. 5Adam ButterfieldSecond row
  6. 6Matt LammingFlanker
  7. 7Toby FennFlanker
  8. 8Nick HewsonNumber 8
  9. 9Cado LeeScrum-half
  10. 10Ben RimeneFly-half
  11. 11Charlie Higson-SmithWing
  12. 12Max WoodwardCentre
  13. 13Jamie HoodCentre
  14. 14Tom McQueenWing
  15. 15Alex McQueenFull-back
  16. 16Lachlan ChubbBench
  17. 17John AikmanBench
  18. 18Jack NielsenBench
  19. 19Alex BaddeleyBench
  20. 20Damian BaileyBench
  21. 21Adam RolstonBench
  22. 22Jonny ReesBench
  23. 23Niall RowarkBench

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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.