Full time11 November 1972
Hong Kong Football Club Ground, Hong Kong, Hong Kong China · Asian Championship 1972Head-to-head
Japan won by 16 points.
Scoring
- –CJapan conversion · Yoshiharu Yamaguchi0–2
- –PJapan penalty · Yoshiharu Yamaguchi0–5
- –PJapan penalty · Yoshiharu Yamaguchi0–8
- –TJapan try · Tadayuki Ito0–12
- –TJapan try · Yoshiro Murata0–16
Line-ups
Hong Kong China
- 1P SimpsonProp
- 2W KirkhopeHooker
- 3F ErasmusProp
- 4IA MillarSecond row
- 5PS SwiftSecond row
- 6Michael FrancisFlanker
- 7C GoldsmithFlanker
- 8N BakerNumber 8
- 9Justin CunninghamScrum-half
- 10PR GibbsFly-half
- 11IG DuncanWing
- 12AG BiggarCentre
- 13BRP KellyCentre
- 14J BenwellWing
- 15ISG SmithFull-back
Japan
- 1Sachio IburiProp
- 2Mitsuo AtokawaHooker
- 3Masaki ShimosonoProp
- 4Koichi ShibataSecond row
- 5Toshio TeraiSecond row
- 6Yoshiaki IzawaFlanker
- 7Yoshiharu YamaguchiFlanker
- 8Yoshiro MurataNumber 8
- 9Ryozo ImazatoScrum-half
- 10Tadamasa Fujimoto-KamoharaFly-half
- 11Yoshihiro SakataWing
- 12Akira YokoiCentre
- 13Koji MiyataCentre
- 14Tadayuki ItoWing
- 15Masaharu MantaniFull-back
- Bunji ShimazakiBench
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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
- Previous meeting: 9 March 1969, Hong Kong China 22–24 Japan
- Next meeting on record: 17 November 1974
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.