2016 Asia Rugby Women's Championship Explained

2016 Asia Rugby Championship
Countries:	Japan Hong Kong
Teams:	2
Matches:	2
Top Point Scorer:	Ai Tasaka (14 pts)
Top Try Scorer:	Ai Tasaka (2) Ai Hyugaji (2) Miki Terauchi (2)
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2017

The 2016 Asia Rugby Women's Championship was from 7 – 28 May and held in Hong Kong and Japan. Kazakhstan withdrew from the competition leaving only Japan and Hong Kong.^[1] ^[2] Japan were crowned champions.^[3]

Table

Team					TF	TD	PF	PA	PD	BP	Pts
	2	2	0	0	13	13	69	6	63	0	8
	2	0	0	2	0	-13	6	69	-63	0	0

Results

Round 1


FB	15	Adrienne Garvey
RW	14	Aggie Poon Pak Yan
OC	13	Natasha Olson-Thorne
IC	12	Tsz Ting Lee
LW	11	Ka Yan Chong
FH	10	Rose Fong
SH	9	Colleen Jenny Tjosvold
N8	8	Amelie Seure
OF	7	Melody Blessing Nim Yan Li
BF	6	Christine Gordon
RL	5	Mei Nam Chow
LL	4	Claire Forster
TP	3	Shuk-Han Cheung
HK	2	Winnie Wing Ni Siu
LP	1	Nga-Wun Lau
Replacements:
	16	Karen Hoi Ting So
	17	Hoi Ying Ku
	18	Ka Yan Chan
	19	Ching To Cheng
	20	Sharon Shin Yuen Tsang
	21	Ho Yee Mak
	22	Tsz Ting Cheng
	23	Ka Man Nam
Coach:
Jo Hull


FB	15	Ai Tasaka
RW	14	Honoka Tsutsumi
OC	13	Shione Nakayama
IC	12	Miki Terauchi
LW	11	Eriko Hirano
FH	10	Minori Yamamoto
SH	9	Yumeno Noda
N8	8	Misaki Suzuki
OF	7	Yuki Sue
BF	6	Ayumi Inui
RL	5	Aoi Mimura
LL	4	Ai Hyugaji
TP	3	Saki Minami
HK	2	Chihiro Kobayashi
LP	1	Seina Saito
Replacements:
HK	16	Sayaka Yamamoto
PR	17	Mizuho Kataoka
PR	18	Maki Ito
LK	19	Ayano Sakurai
FL	20	Yuki Ito
FB	21	Chikami Inoue
WG	22	Mana Furuta
OB	23	Mayu Shimizu
Coach:
Goshi Arimizu

Round 2


FB	15	Ai Tasaka (c)
RW	14	Mizuki Homma
OC	13	Shione Nakayama
IC	12	Miki Terauchi
LW	11	Eriko Hirano
FH	10	Minori Yamamoto
SH	9	Yumeno Noda
N8	8	Yuki Ito
OF	7	Yuki Sue
BF	6	Ayumi Inui
RL	5	Aoi Mimura
LL	4	Ai Hyugaji
TP	3	Saki Minami
HK	2	Misaki Suzuki
LP	1	Seina Saito
Replacements:
	16	Mizuho Kataoka
	17	Sayaka Yamamoto
	18	Maki Ito
	19	Ayano Sakurai
	20	Yuki Oyokawa
	21	Chikami Inoue
	22	Mana Furuta
	23	Riho Kurogi
Coach:
Goshi Arimizu


FB	15	Adrienne Donna Garvey
RW	14	Aggie Poon Pak Yan
OC	13	Natasha Shangwe Olson-Thorne
IC	12	Rose Fong
LW	11	Ka Yan Chong
FH	10	Pou Fan Lai
SH	9	Colleen Jenny Tjosvold
N8	8	Amelie Seure
OF	7	Melody Blessing Nim Yan Li
BF	6	Christine Gordon
RL	5	Mei Nam Chow (c)
LL	4	Ching To Cheng
TP	3	Shuk-Han Cheung
HK	2	Winnie Wing Ni Siu
LP	1	Nga-Wun Lau
Replacements:
HK	16	Ka Shun Lee
PR	17	Hoi Ying Ku
PR	18	Ka Yan Chan
LK	19	Claire Forster
FL	20	Sharon Shin Yuen Tsang
FB	21	Lindsay Varty
WG	22	Tsz Ting Cheng
OB	23	Ka Man Nam
Coach:
Jo Hull

^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: 2016-04-30. Asia Rugby Championship 2016 results & standings. 2021-12-11. South China Morning Post. en.
Web site: 6 May 2016 . HK rugby women in testing double . 2022-03-01 . www.thestandard.com.hk.
Web site: 2016-05-28. Japan celebrate twin title success. live. 2021-12-11. world.rugby. https://web.archive.org/web/20211109130245/https://www.world.rugby/news/164401?lang=en . 2021-11-09 .
Web site: Asia Rugby Womens Championship 2016. 2021-12-11. Asia Rugby. en-US.