TheBreakdown
Full time11 April 1979
Japan
17–23
Hong Kong China
Happy Valley Stadium, Hong Kong, Hong Kong ChinaHead-to-head

Hong Kong China won by 6 points.

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Takeshi HatakeyamaProp
  2. 2Manabu SasadaHooker
  3. 3Toshiaki YasuiProp
  4. 4Naoshi KumagaiSecond row
  5. 5Toxhihiko KitaharaSecond row
  6. 6Mitsuo ShimojiFlanker
  7. 7Takeo IshizukaFlanker
  8. 8Ichiro KobayashiNumber 8
  9. 9Yuji MatsuoScrum-half
  10. 10Shigekazu HoshinoFly-half
  11. 11Hirotaka UjinoWing
  12. 12Yoichiro MinamikawaCentre
  13. 13Shigetaka MoriCentre
  14. 14Masaru FujiwaraWing
  15. 15Naohisa TanifujiFull-back
  16. 16Yoshitaka MoriuchiBench
  17. 17Kyoichi ToyoyamaBench
  18. 18Akemi MinamimuraBench
  19. 19Hitoshi KanoBench

Hong Kong China

  1. 1QuirkeProp
  2. 2ByrneHooker
  3. 3GrittenProp
  4. 4B VogelSecond row
  5. 5HicklingSecond row
  6. 6JonesFlanker
  7. 7Chris Wynne-PottsFlanker
  8. 8ColliverNumber 8
  9. 9WinchesterScrum-half
  10. 10DrakeFly-half
  11. 11BingleyWing
  12. 12CieshanCentre
  13. 13G BlackwoodCentre
  14. 14IG DuncanWing
  15. 15GumleyFull-back

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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.