TheBreakdown
Full time11 May 1996
Japan
34–27
Hong Kong China
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Pacific Rim Championship 1996Head-to-head

Japan won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose2–0
  2. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose4–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose7–0
  4. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose10–0
  5. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose13–0
  6. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose16–0
  7. –TJapan try · Tsutomu Matsuda21–0
  8. –TJapan try · Keiji Hirose26–0
  9. –TJapan try · Takeomi Ito31–0
  10. –DJapan drop goal · Keiji Hirose34–0
  11. –CHong Kong China conversion · Rick Muick34–2
  12. –CHong Kong China conversion · Rick Muick34–4
  13. –PHong Kong China penalty · Rick Muick34–7
  14. –THong Kong China try · Isi Tu'ivai34–12
  15. –THong Kong China try · Mark Solomon34–17
  16. –THong Kong China try · Duane Davis34–22
  17. –THong Kong China try · Stuart Krohn34–27

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Toshikazu NakamichiProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Kazuaki TakahashiProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5David BickleSecond row
  6. 6Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
  7. 7Bruce FergusonFlanker
  8. 8Takeomi ItoNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Terunori MasuhoWing
  12. 12Andrew McCormickCentre
  13. 13Yukio MotokiCentre
  14. 14Hiroki OzekiWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Kiyoshi ImaizumiBench
  17. 17Osami YatsuhashiBench
  18. 18Yoji NagatomoBench
  19. 19Kazu HamabeBench
  20. 20Masaaki SakataBench
  21. 21Yasunori WatanabeBench

Hong Kong China

  1. 1Rob GrindleyProp
  2. 2Alan ClarkHooker
  3. 3David LewisProp
  4. 4Roger PattersonSecond row
  5. 5Stuart KrohnSecond row
  6. 6Jon DingleyFlanker
  7. 7Richard ShuttleworthFlanker
  8. 8Duane DavisNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen KiddScrum-half
  10. 10Vaughan GoingFly-half
  11. 11Mark SolomonWing
  12. 12Rodney McIntoshCentre
  13. 13Rob SantosCentre
  14. 14Isi Tu'ivaiWing
  15. 15Rick MuickFull-back
  16. 16Robin BredburyBench
  17. 17Warren WarnerBench
  18. 18Leighton DuleyBench
  19. 19Joe HancockBench
  20. 20Brent EdwardsBench
  21. 21M RarereBench

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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.