2017 Asia Rugby Championship Explained

2017 Asia Rugby Championship
Date:22 April – 3 June
Countries:

Champion:Japan
Count:25
Preceded By:2016
Succeeded By:2018

The 2017 Asia Rugby Championship, or ARC, was the third annual tri-nations series for top-level rugby union in Asia and the thirtieth continental championship for the Asia Rugby nations. The Asia Rugby Championship replaced the former Asian Five Nations in 2015, with only three nations competing in the top division instead of the previous five. The 2016 series included Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. Other Asian nations competed in the lower division tournaments.

The format of the competition is a double round-robin where the three nations play each other twice on a home and away basis. The team finishing on top of the standings is declared the winner.[1] [2]

Teams

The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2017 tournament in brackets:[3]

NationHome stadiumCityHead coachCaptain
(11)Chichibunomiya Rugby StadiumTokyo Jamie JosephTBA
(26)Hong Kong Football Club StadiumHong Kong Leigh JonesTBA
(28)Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby FieldIncheon John Walters TBA

Standings

Champions
PositionNationGamesPointsPoints
PlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceBP1BP2Total
1440017256+1163019
242029965+342010
3400459209-150101
Four points for a win, two for a draw, one bonus point for four tries or more (BP1) and one bonus point for losing by seven or less (BP2).[4]

Fixtures

Week 1

FB 15Lee Jae Bok
RW 14Jeong Yeon Sik
OC 13Kim Nam Uk
IC 12Mun Jeong Ho
LW 11Kim Gwong Min
FH 10Yu Jae Hyeok
SH 9 Shin Ki Cheol
N8 8 Lee Yong Seung
OF 7 Kim Jeong Min
BF 6 Kim Hyun Soo
RL 5 Han Kun Kyu
LL 4 Yang Dae Yeong
TP 3 Kim Kwang Sik
HK 2 Kim Jeep
LP 1 Na Kwonyoung
Replacements:
HK 16Lim Junhui
PR 17Kim Seong Tae
PR 18Kang Taehyeon
19Shin Dahyeon
20Jung Hyojin
21Kim Sunghyun
22Chang Yong Heung
23Jang Jeong Min
Coach: John Walters
FB 15Seiya Ozaki
RW 14
OC 13
IC 12Ryoto Nakamura
LW 11Amanaki Lotoahea
FH 10Jumpei Ogura
SH 9
N8 8
OF 7 Naoki Ozawa
BF 6 Daiki Yanagawa
RL 5 Kazuhiko Usami
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach: Jamie Joseph

Week 2

FB 15Ryuji Noguchi
RW 14
OC 13
IC 12Rikiya Matsuda
LW 11Akihito Yamada
FH 10Jumpei Ogura
SH 9
N8 8
OF 7 Naoki Ozawa
BF 6 Malgene Ilaua
RL 5 Samuela Anise
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach: Jamie Joseph
FB 15Lee Jae Bok
RW 14Jeong Yeon Sik
OC 13Kim Sung Soo
IC 12Mun Jeong Ho
LW 11Chang Yong Heung
FH 10Yu Jae Hyeok
SH 9 Shin Ki Cheol
N8 8 Lee Yong Seung
OF 7 Kim Jeong Min
BF 6 Kim Hyun Soo
RL 5 Han Kun Kyu
LL 4 Yang Dae Yeong
TP 3 Kim Kwang Sik
HK 2 Kim Jeep
LP 1 Na Kwonyoung
Replacements:
HK 16Lim Junhui
PR 17Kim Seong Tae
PR 18Kang Taehyeon
19Shin Dahyeon
20Jung Hyojin
21Kim Sunghyun
22Kim Gwong Min
23Jang Jeong Min
Coach: John Walters

Week 3

FB 15Ryuji Noguchi
RW 14
OC 13
IC 12Harumichi Tatekawa
LW 11Seiya Ozaki
FH 10Rikiya Matsuda
SH 9
N8 8
OF 7 Shokei Kin
BF 6 Malgene Ilaua
RL 5
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach: Jamie Joseph
FB 15Rowan Varty
RW 14Salom Yiu Kam Shing
OC 13Tyler Spitz
IC 12Eliesa Kaleca Rauca
LW 11Sebastien Alfonsi
FH 10Matthew Rosslee
SH 9 Jamie Hood
N8 8 Daniel Falvey
OF 7 Toby Fenn
BF 6 Philip Whitfield
RL 5 Adrian Griffiths
LL 4 James Cunningham
TP 3 Dylan Rogers
HK 2 Benjamin Roberts
LP 1 Benjamin Higgins
Replacements:
HK 16Jamie Tsang Hon Man
PR 17Alex Ng Wai Shing
PR 18Angus Dixon
19Kyle Sullivan
20Thomas Lamboley
21Alastair Maclay
22Cado Lee Ka To
23Robert Keith
Coach: Leigh Jones

Week 4

FB 15Alexander Mcqueen
RW 14Salom Yiu Kam Shing
OC 13Tyler Spitz
IC 12Eliesa Kaleca Rauca
LW 11Alastair Maclay
FH 10Matthew Rosslee
SH 9 Jamie Hood
N8 8 Daniel Falvey
OF 7 Matthew Lamming
BF 6 Nicholas Hewson
RL 5 Adrian Griffiths
LL 4 James Cunningham
TP 3 Dylan Rogers
HK 2 Benjamin Roberts
LP 1 Benjamin Higgins
Replacements:
HK 16John Markley
PR 17Angus Dixon
PR 18Jack Parfitt
19Kyle Sullivan
20Thomas Lamboley
21Charles Higson-smith
22Cado Lee Ka To
23Benjamin Rimene
Coach: Leigh Jones
FB 15Ryuji Noguchi
RW 14
OC 13
IC 12Ryoto Nakamura
LW 11Amanaki Lotoahea
FH 10Takuya Yamasawa
SH 9
N8 8
OF 7 Naoki Ozawa
BF 6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga
RL 5 Samuela Anise
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
19
20
21
22
23
Coach: Jamie Joseph

Week 5

FB 15Chang Yong Heung
RW 14Jeong Yeon Sik
OC 13Lee Jae Bok
IC 12Kim Sung Soo
LW 11Kim Gwong Min
FH 10Lee Seokgyun
SH 9 Shin Ki Cheol
N8 8 Lee Yong Seung
OF 7 Kim Jeong Min
BF 6 Kim Hyun Soo
RL 5 Kim Sangjin
LL 4 Shin Dahyeon
TP 3 Kim Kwang Sik
HK 2 Kim Jeep
LP 1 Na Kwanyoung
Replacements:
HK 16Lim Junhui
PR 17Kim Seong Tae
PR 18Sin Woosung
19Kim Daewhwan
20You Jihoon
21Kim Sunghyun
22Yu Jae Hyeok
23Andre Jin Coquillard
Coach: John Walters
FB 15Jamie Hood
RW 14Salom Yiu Kam Shing
OC 13Tyler Spitz
IC 12Eliesa Kaleca Rauca
LW 11Alastair Maclay
FH 10Matthew Rosslee
SH 9 Cado Lee Ka To
N8 8 Thomas Lamboley
OF 7 Matthew Lamming
BF 6 Nicholas Hewson
RL 5 Adrian Griffiths
LL 4 James Cunningham
TP 3 Dylan Rogers
HK 2 Benjamin Roberts
LP 1 Benjamin Higgins
Replacements:
HK 16John Markley
PR 17Angus Dixon
PR 18Alex Ng Wai Shing
19Kyle Sullivan
20Toby Fenn
21Charles Higson-Smith
22Benjamin Rimene
23Robert Keith
Coach: Leigh Jones

Week 6

FB 15Jamie Hood
RW 14Salom Yiu Kam Shing
OC 13Tyler Spitz
IC 12Eliesa Kaleca Rauca
LW 11Alastair Maclay
FH 10Matthew Rosslee
SH 9 Cado Lee Ka To
N8 8 Thomas Lamboley
OF 7 Matthew Lamming
BF 6 Nicholas Hewson
RL 5 Adrian Griffiths
LL 4 James Cunningham
TP 18 Dylan Rogers
HK 2 Benjamin Roberts
LP 1 Benjamin Higgins
Replacements:
HK 3Alex Ng Wai Shing
PR 16John Markley
PR 17Rohan Cook
19Kyle Sullivan
20Daniel Falvey
21Benjamin Rimene
22Charles Higson-Smith
23Toby Fenn
Coach: Leigh Jones
FB 15Lee Jae Bok
RW 14Chang Yong Heung
OC 13Kim Sung Soo
IC 12Mun Jeong Ho
LW 11Kim Gwong Min
FH 10Yu Jae Hyeok
SH 9 Kim Sunghyun
N8 8 Lee Yong Seung
OF 7 Kim Jeong Min
BF 6 Kim Hyun Soo
RL 5 Kim Sangjin
LL 4 Kim Daehwan
TP 3 Sin Woosung
HK 2 Lim Junhui
LP 1 Kim Seong Tae
Replacements:
HK 16Kim Jeep
PR 17Na Kwanyoung
PR 18Lee Gyusang
19Shin Dahyeon
20You Jihoon
21Hong Sungjojng
22Kim Nam Uk
23Jeon Yeon Sik
Coach: John Walters

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Events Archive.
  2. Web site: Asia Rugby Championship 2017 Top 3.
  3. Web site: Men's Rankings | World Rugby. 2017-04-23. 2018-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180925040423/http://www.worldrugby.org/rankings/mru. dead.
  4. Web site: Asia Rugby Championship 2017. AsiaRugby.com. 27 May 2020.

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