TheBreakdown
Full time6 May 2017
Japan
29–17
Hong Kong China
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Asia Rugby Championship 2017Head-to-head

Japan won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’TJapan try · Shuhei Matsuhashi5–0
  2. 4’CJapan conversion · Rikiya Matsuda7–0
  3. 18’PHong Kong China penalty · Jamie Hood7–3
  4. 26’THong Kong China try · Tyler Spitz7–8
  5. 27’CHong Kong China conversion · Jamie Hood7–10
  6. 40’TJapan try · Akihito Yamada12–10
  7. 56’THong Kong China try · Tyler Spitz12–15
  8. 58’CHong Kong China conversion · Jamie Hood12–17
  9. 61’TJapan try · Akihito Yamada17–17
  10. 69’TJapan try · Shota Horie22–17
  11. 70’CJapan conversion · Rikiya Matsuda24–17
  12. 78’TJapan try · Harumichi Tatekawa29–17

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Shintaro IshiharaProp
  2. 2Atsushi SakateHooker
  3. 3Yu ChinenProp
  4. 4Naohiro KotakiSecond row
  5. 5Samuela AniseSecond row
  6. 6Malgene IlauaFlanker
  7. 7Shokei KinFlanker
  8. 8Shuhei MatsuhashiNumber 8
  9. 9Kaito ShigenoScrum-half
  10. 10Rikiya MatsudaFly-half
  11. 11Seiya OzakiWing
  12. 12Harumichi TatekawaCentre
  13. 13Kanta ShikaoCentre
  14. 14Akihito YamadaWing
  15. 15Ryuji NoguchiFull-back
  16. 16Shota HorieBench
  17. 17Shogo MiuraBench
  18. 18Takayuki WatanabeBench
  19. 19Kotaro YatabeBench
  20. 20Yoshitaka TokunagaBench
  21. 21Naoki OzawaBench
  22. 22Yutaka NagareBench
  23. 23Takuya YamasawaBench

Hong Kong China

  1. 1Ben HigginsProp
  2. 2Ben RobertsHooker
  3. 3Dylan RogersProp
  4. 4James CunninghamSecond row
  5. 5Adrian GriffithsSecond row
  6. 6Philip WhitfieldFlanker
  7. 7Toby FennFlanker
  8. 8Dan FalveyNumber 8
  9. 9Jamie HoodScrum-half
  10. 10Matt RossleeFly-half
  11. 11Sebastian AlfonsiWing
  12. 12Eliesa RaucaCentre
  13. 13Tyler SpitzCentre
  14. 14Yiu Kam ShingWing
  15. 15Rowan VartyFull-back
  16. 16Jamie TsangBench
  17. 17Alex Ng Wai ShingBench
  18. 18Angus DixonBench
  19. 19Kyle SullivanBench
  20. 20Thomas LamboleyBench
  21. 21Ally MaclayBench
  22. 22Cado LeeBench
  23. 23Robert KeithBench

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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.