TheBreakdown
Full time23 May 1998
Hong Kong China
31–38
Japan
Aberdeen Sports Ground, Hong Kong, Hong Kong China · Pacific Rim Championship 1998Head-to-head

Japan won by 7 points.

Scoring

  1. –CHong Kong China conversion · C Yates2–0
  2. –CHong Kong China conversion · C Yates4–0
  3. –PHong Kong China penalty · C Yates7–0
  4. –PHong Kong China penalty · C Yates10–0
  5. –PHong Kong China penalty · C Yates13–0
  6. –PHong Kong China penalty · C Yates16–0
  7. –THong Kong China try · R Leeson21–0
  8. –THong Kong China try · Nigel D'Acre26–0
  9. –THong Kong China try · Paul Dingley31–0
  10. –CJapan conversion · Stephen Miln31–2
  11. –CJapan conversion · Stephen Miln31–4
  12. –CJapan conversion · Stephen Miln31–6
  13. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose31–8
  14. –TJapan try · Terunori Masuho31–13
  15. –TJapan try · Yukio Motoki31–18
  16. –TJapan try · Wataru Murata31–23
  17. –TJapan try · Ross Thompson31–28
  18. –TJapan try · Ross Thompson31–33
  19. –TJapan try · Ross Thompson31–38

Line-ups

Hong Kong China

  1. 1Chris NorthProp
  2. 2David LewisHooker
  3. 3A KellyProp
  4. 4A BarrSecond row
  5. 5Steve PengellySecond row
  6. 6Jon DingleyFlanker
  7. 7John GordonFlanker
  8. 8Paul DingleyNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen KiddScrum-half
  10. 10C YatesFly-half
  11. 11Luke NabaroWing
  12. 12Nigel D'AcreCentre
  13. 13R LeesonCentre
  14. 14Chris GordonWing
  15. 15Vaughan GoingFull-back
  16. 16I CookeBench
  17. 17Leighton DuleyBench
  18. 18Roger PattersonBench
  19. 19Brent EdwardsBench
  20. 20Sean O'HaraBench
  21. 21Carl MurrayBench
  22. 22Luciano AfeakiBench

Japan

  1. 1Shin HasegawaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Naoto NakamuraProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Hiroyuki TanumaSecond row
  6. 6Rob GordonFlanker
  7. 7Greg SmithFlanker
  8. 8Ross ThompsonNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen MilnFly-half
  11. 11Patiliai TuidrakiWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Terunori MasuhoWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Osami YatsuhashiBench
  17. 17Keiji HiroseBench
  18. 18Katsuji OharaBench
  19. 19Takeomi ItoBench
  20. 20Yasunori WatanabeBench
  21. 21Kazu HamabeBench
  22. 22Masaaki 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

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.