TheBreakdown
Full time7 June 1998
Japan
16–17
Hong Kong China
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Pacific Rim Championship 1998Head-to-head

Hong Kong China won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Stephen Miln2–0
  2. –PJapan penalty · Stephen Miln5–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Stephen Miln8–0
  4. –PJapan penalty · Stephen Miln11–0
  5. –TJapan try · Ross Thompson16–0
  6. –CHong Kong China conversion · C Yates16–2
  7. –CHong Kong China conversion · C Yates16–4
  8. –PHong Kong China penalty · C Yates16–7
  9. –THong Kong China try · Chris Gordon16–12
  10. –THong Kong China try · Sean O'Hara16–17

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Shin HasegawaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Naoto NakamuraProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Hiroyuki TamuraSecond 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. 13Osami YatsuhashiCentre
  14. 14Terunori MasuhoWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Daisuke OhataBench
  17. 17Keiji HiroseBench
  18. 18Masami HorikoshiBench
  19. 19Takeomi ItoBench
  20. 20Yasunori WatanabeBench
  21. 21Kieji MizobeBench
  22. 22Masaaki SakataBench

Hong Kong China

  1. 1Dean HerewiniProp
  2. 2David LewisHooker
  3. 3A KellyProp
  4. 4A BarrSecond row
  5. 5Roger PattersonSecond row
  6. 6Jon DingleyFlanker
  7. 7Brent EdwardsFlanker
  8. 8Paul DingleyNumber 8
  9. 9Sean O'HaraScrum-half
  10. 10C YatesFly-half
  11. 11Luke NabaroWing
  12. 12Nigel D'AcreCentre
  13. 13R LeesonCentre
  14. 14Chris GordonWing
  15. 15Vaughan GoingFull-back
  16. 16Carl MurrayBench
  17. 17Leighton DuleyBench
  18. 18Rodney McIntoshBench
  19. 19John GordonBench
  20. 20Stephen KiddBench
  21. 21I CookeBench
  22. 22Luciano AfeakiBench

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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.