Hosts Malaysia and Sri Lanka ran out convincing winners in their respective ARC Division I matches today in Ipoh, Malaysia. Sri Lanka easily beat UAE, 33 – 17 while the hosts dispatched a lackluster Philippines, 40 – 8. In the first match, Sri Lanka had to fight for all of their points in the ...
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Malaysia Victorious Over Uae In Arc Division I | #ARC2017 D1 | Malaysia Vs UAE
Malaysia overcame early jitters to beat the visitors, UAE, 36 – 22, in the 2nd match of the opening day of the Asia Rugby Championship Division I in Ipoh, Malaysia. The hosts began the game very much in control, exerting pressure from the word go, as Jone Mawara Nasalo, the outside center, broke ...
Japan win ARC | #ARC2017
Japan beat a battling Hong Kong 16-0 0n Saturday to win the 2017 Asia Rugby Championship. The victory – together with an earlier win over the same opponents in Tokyo and home-and-away victories over South Korea – see the Brave Blossoms finish their campaign with 19 points from a possible ...
Japan take on Hong Kong needing just 1 pt to lift trophy | Hong Kong vs Japan
Japan head into their final game of this year's Asia Rugby Championship knowing they need just a bonus point to secure their 10th straight title since the competition became an annual affair. But they will be up against a Hong Kong side that will have gained a great deal of confidence from their ...
Hong Kong name settled squad ahead of home tie with Japan | Hong Kong V Japan
After running Japan close last weekend in a 29-17 loss in Tokyo, Hong Kong coach Leigh Jones has stuck with a largely settled squad for this Saturday’s Asia Rugby Championship (ARC) re-match Hong Kong V Japan at Hong Kong Football Club (16.00). Hong Kong held its own against Japan and even ...
Can top ranked Sri Lanka see off the challengers? #ARC2017 D1 #RWC2019 Qualifier
Ahead of Sunday’s first matches in this year’s ARC Division 1, today’s ‘State of the Union’ report is on the top seeds and one of the region’s oldest unions, Sri Lanka. Always hovering around 40th in the World Rugby rankings and by far the highest of the 4 competing countries, they enter the ...
Asia Rugby Championship 2017 Division 1 : Referee Appointments
The annual Asia Rugby Championship 2017 Division 1 tournament kicks off this Sunday in Ipoh, northern Malaysia, which this year is also a qualifier tournament on the pathway to Rugby World Cup 2019, whereby the tournament winner will be promoted to the Asia Rugby Championship next year for a shot at ...
Japan Defeat Valiant Hong Kong | #ARC2017 | Japan Vs Hong Kong
Japan beat Hong Kong 29-17 at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground on Saturday to move ever closer to securing the 2017 Asia Rugby Championship. But the visitors can take heart from a spirited performance that left coach Leigh Jones ruing what might have been. “From a pure coaching ...
Hong Kong hoping to join the party in Tokyo | M3 Japan Vs Hong Kong
Hong Kong enter the fray Saturday as the Asia Rugby Championship enters Round 3. Japan Vs Hong Kong Leigh Jones' team have travelled to Tokyo where they will take on Japan at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground, a Brave Blossoms side that has opened their account with two straight bonus-point ...
Hong Kong squad named for Asia Rugby Championship
The Hong Kong Rugby Union (HKRU) has announced its 32-man squad for the upcoming Asia Rugby Championship (ARC). Ahead of the first test against Japan in Tokyo next week, Leigh Jones, General Manager of Rugby Performance at the HKRU, commented on the squad for this year’s campaign: “We have a ...