TheBreakdown
Full time18 May 1996
Hong Kong China
33–9
Japan
Aberdeen Sports Ground, Hong Kong, Hong Kong China · Pacific Rim Championship 1996Head-to-head

Hong Kong China won by 24 points.

Scoring

  1. –CHong Kong China conversion · Rick Muick2–0
  2. –CHong Kong China conversion · Rick Muick4–0
  3. –CHong Kong China conversion · Rick Muick6–0
  4. –PHong Kong China penalty · Rick Muick9–0
  5. –PHong Kong China penalty · Rick Muick12–0
  6. –PHong Kong China penalty · Rick Muick15–0
  7. –PHong Kong China penalty · Rick Muick18–0
  8. –THong Kong China try · Rob Santos23–0
  9. –THong Kong China try · Vaughan Going28–0
  10. –THong Kong China try · Jon Dingley33–0
  11. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose33–3
  12. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose33–6
  13. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose33–9

Line-ups

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

Japan

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

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Context

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

Hong Kong China going in
Japan going in

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