TheBreakdown
Full time31 October 1998
Japan
47–7
Hong Kong China
Singapore National Stadium, Singapore, Singapore · Asian Championship 1998Head-to-head

Japan won by 40 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose2–0
  2. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose4–0
  3. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose6–0
  4. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose8–0
  5. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose10–0
  6. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose12–0
  7. –TJapan try · Naoto Nakamura17–0
  8. –TJapan try · Keiji Hirose22–0
  9. –TJapan try · Terunori Masuho27–0
  10. –TJapan try · Terunori Masuho32–0
  11. –TJapan try · Yukio Motoki37–0
  12. –TJapan try · Daisuke Ohata42–0
  13. –TJapan try · Daisuke Ohata47–0
  14. –CHong Kong China conversion · David Wigley47–2
  15. –THong Kong China try · David Wigley47–7

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Shin HasegawaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Naoto NakamuraProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Hiroyuki TamuraSecond row
  6. 6Yasunori WatanabeFlanker
  7. 7Greg SmithFlanker
  8. 8Takeomi ItoNumber 8
  9. 9Masami HorikoshiScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Terunori MasuhoWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Daisuke OhataWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Keisuke SawakiBench
  17. 17Osami YatsuhashiBench
  18. 18Kensuke IwabuchiBench
  19. 19Ko Izawa-NakamuraBench
  20. 20Masahiro KurokawaBench
  21. 21Kohei OguchiBench
  22. 22Toshikazu NakamichiBench

Hong Kong China

  1. 1Rob GrindleyProp
  2. 2David LewisHooker
  3. 3Leighton DuleyProp
  4. 4Hamish BowdenSecond row
  5. 5Roger PattersonSecond row
  6. 6Will WildFlanker
  7. 7Richard ShuttleworthFlanker
  8. 8Jon DingleyNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen KiddScrum-half
  10. 10Robin BredburyFly-half
  11. 11Isi Tu'ivaiWing
  12. 12Rodney McIntoshCentre
  13. 13Warren WarnerCentre
  14. 14Mark SolomonWing
  15. 15Chan Fuk PingFull-back
  16. Steve ThompsonBench
  17. Joel DunnBench
  18. David WigleyBench
  19. Tom HallBench
  20. Ashley BillingtonBench
  21. Liu Kwok LeungBench
  22. Toby BlandBench

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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.