2023 Asia Rugby Championship Explained
2023 Asia Rugby Championship |
Date: | 3 June - 17 June |
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Champion: | Hong Kong |
Count: | 4 |
Matches: | 3 |
Attendance: | 4000 |
Tries: | 22 |
Top Scorer: | Sebastian Brien Alexander Post Gregor McNeish (25) |
Most Tries: | Sebastian Brien Alexander Post (5) |
Preceded By: | 2022 |
Succeeded By: | 2024 |
Runnerup-Flagvar: | South Korea |
Third-Flagvar: | Malaysia |
The 2023 Asia Rugby Championship is the seventh annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia shall compete in the 2023 series. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments.[1]
The format of the tri-nations series is a single round-robin where the three teams play each other once. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series is declared the winner.
Teams
The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2023 tournament in brackets:[2]
Standings
2023 Asia Rugby Championship Champions | |
Pos | Nation | Games | Points | Bonuspoints | Totalpoints |
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Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | Diff |
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1 | | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 19 | 99 | 2 | 10 |
2 | | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
3 | | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 115 | -103 | 0 | 0 |
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:Win - 4 pointsDraw - 2 points4 or more tries - 1 pointLoss within 7 points - 1 pointLoss greater than 7 points - 0 points | |
Fixtures
Week 1
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FB | 15 | Anwarul Hafiz Ahmad | RW | 14 | Daim Zainudin | OC | 13 | Azwan Zuwairi Zizi | IC | 12 | Lee Chapman | LW | 11 | Zharif Affandi Sahid | FH | 10 | Fairuz Rahman | SH | 9 | Nasharuddin Ismail (c) | N8 | 8 | Amin Jamaluddin | OF | 7 | Shah Izwan Nordin | BF | 6 | Nurhidayat Muzhaimey | RL | 5 | Sameer Surinder | LL | 4 | Danial Noor Hamidi | TP | 3 | Lawrence Petrus | HK | 2 | Amirul Mukminin Amizan | LP | 1 | Amirul Abas | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Wan Azley Wan Omar | PR | 17 | Azam Fakhrullah Razak | PR | 18 | Adnin Mukhtar | BR | 19 | Hafeez Abdul Khalid | BR | 20 | Syukor Iqbal Raman | SH | 21 | Razali Ramlan | FB | 22 | Harith Iqbal Anhar | WG | 23 | Safiy Said | Coach: | Farid Syazwan Abu Bakar | |
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FB | 15 | Chang Yong Heung | RW | 14 | Jang Jeong Min | OC | 13 | Heo Dong | IC | 12 | Kim Yong Hwi | LW | 11 | Kim Eui Tae | FH | 10 | Kim Ki Min | SH | 9 | Lee Geon | N8 | 8 | Hwang Jeong Wook | OF | 7 | Noh Ok Gi (c) | BF | 6 | Kim Yo Han | RL | 5 | Kim Dae Hwan | LL | 4 | Lee Jin Seok | TP | 3 | Kang Soon Hyuk | HK | 2 | Yeo Jae Min | LP | 1 | Seok Dong Hee | Replacements: | PR | 16 | Shin Gi Soo | PR | 17 | Won Jeong Ho | HK | 18 | Choi Ho Young | LK | 19 | Shin Da Hyun | BR | 20 | Park Woo Bin | SH | 21 | Kim Wan Seok | WG | 22 | Jeong Yeon-Sik | WG | 23 | Jang Hyun Goo | Coach: | Lee Myung Geun | |
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Week 2
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FB | 15 | Paul Altier | RW | 14 | Charles Higson-Smith | OC | 13 | Nathan De Thierry | IC | 12 | Tom Hill (c) | LW | 11 | Sebastian Brien | FH | 10 | Gregor McNeish | SH | 9 | Jamie Lauder | N8 | 8 | Luke van der Smit | OF | 7 | James Sawyer | BF | 6 | Tsoi Kin San Sam | RL | 5 | Patrick Jenkinson | LL | 4 | Callum McCullough | TP | 3 | Faizal Solomona Penesa | HK | 2 | Alexander Post | LP | 1 | Ashton Hyde | Replacements: | | 16 | Tang Man Chun David | | 17 | Benjamin Higgins | | 18 | Keelan Chapman | | 19 | Jamie Pincott | | 20 | Pierce MacKinlay-West | | 21 | Bryn Phillips | | 22 | Harry Sayers | | 23 | Will Panday | Coach: | | |
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FB | 15 | Anwarul Hafiz Ahmad | RW | 14 | Harith Iqbal Anhar | OC | 13 | Kamal Hamidi Raihan | IC | 12 | Zharif Affandi Sahid | LW | 11 | Adam Ariff Alias | FH | 10 | Fairuz Rahman (c) | SH | 9 | Razali Ramlan | N8 | 8 | Amin Jamaluddin | OF | 7 | Hafeez Abdul Khalid | BF | 6 | Nurhidayat Muzhaimey | RL | 5 | Sameer Surinder | LL | 4 | Danial Noor Hamidi | TP | 3 | Lawrence Petrus | HK | 2 | Amirul Mukminin Amizan | LP | 1 | Azam Fakhrullah Razak | Replacements: | | 16 | Wan Azley Wan Omar | | 17 | Azri Kamal Rosnan | | 18 | Amirul Abas | | 19 | Syukri Iqbal Raman | | 20 | Shahmi Shukor | | 21 | Nasharuddin Ismail | | 22 | Nazreen Fitri Nasrudin | | 23 | Safiy Said | Coach: | Farid Syazwan Abu Bakar | |
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Week 3
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FB | 15 | Nathan De Thierry | RW | 14 | Charles Higson-Smith | OC | 13 | Harry Sayers | IC | 12 | Tom Hill (c) | LW | 11 | Sebastian Brien | FH | 10 | Gregor McNeish | SH | 9 | Jamie Lauder | N8 | 8 | Luke van der Smit | OF | 7 | James Sawyer | BF | 6 | Tsoi Kin San Sam | RL | 5 | Patrick Jenkinson | LL | 4 | Callum McCullough | TP | 3 | Faizal Solomona Penesa | HK | 2 | Alexander Post | LP | 1 | Benjamin Higgins | Replacements: | | 16 | Matt Keay | | 17 | Zac Cinnamond | | 18 | Keelan Chapman | | 19 | Joshua Hrstich | | 20 | Pierce MacKinlay-West | | 21 | Bryn Phillips | | 22 | Dylan White | | 23 | Will Panday | Coach: | | |
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FB | 15 | Jeong Yeon Sik | RW | 14 | Jang Jeong Min | OC | 13 | Kim Eui Tae | IC | 12 | Kim Yong Hwi | LW | 11 | Chang Yong-heung | FH | 10 | Kim Ki Min | SH | 9 | Lee Geon | N8 | 8 | Hwang Jeong Wook | OF | 7 | Noh Ok Gi (c) | BF | 6 | Kim Yo Han | RL | 5 | Kim Dae Hwan | LL | 4 | Lee Jin Seok | TP | 3 | Kang Soon Hyuck | HK | 2 | Yeo Jae Min | LH | 1 | Seok Dong Hee | Replacements: | | 16 | Choi Ho Young | | 17 | Shin Gi Soo | | 18 | Won Jeong Ho | | 19 | Shin Da Hyun | | 20 | Noh Myung Soo | | 21 | Kim Wan Seok | | 22 | Park Woo Bin | | 23 | Kim Hyun Jin | Coach: | Lee Myung Geun | |
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Statistics
Most points
Rank | Name | Team | Points |
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1 | Alexander Post | | 25 |
Gregor McNeish | |
Sebastian Brien | |
4 | Kim Ki Min | | 17 |
5 | Fairuz Rahman | | 9 |
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Most tries
Rank | Name | Team | Tries |
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1 | Alexander Post | | 5 |
Sebastian Brien | |
3 | 12 players tied | 1 |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Asia Rugby Championship 2023 Hong Kong,China, Malaysia, Korea . 2023-06-03 . Asia Rugby . en-US.
- Web site: Men's Rankings | World Rugby . 2023-06-03 . 2020-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200604233404/https://www.world.rugby/rankings/mru . dead .