World Rugby Rankings: Rugby U20 Trophy graduate Ryuji Noguchi highlighting the promise of Japan’s young players, Japan's Brave Blossoms overcame Romania 33-21 in front of 17,702 fans at the Egao Kenko Stadium in Kumamoto Japan’s highest attendance for a tier two opponent bodes well for the ...
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Hong Kong sweep South Korea to snare second place in Asia | Hong Kong V Korea
Hong Kong beat South Korea 39-3 today at Hong Kong Football Club to claim second in the 2017 Asia Rugby Championship (ARC). Hong Kong concluded their ARC campaign with a two wins, two losses record after rebounding from a couple of close but ultimately unfruitful encounters against champions ...
Hong Kong stick with starting XV for rematch versus South Korea
Hong Kong’s starting fifteen from last week’s 43-17 win over South Korea have retained their spots for the re-match in Saturday’s Asia Rugby Championship finale at Hong Kong Football Club (16.00). “Luckily, we didn’t have any injuries last week and we feel we played reasonably well, so Leigh has ...
Positives For Korea Going Into Last #ARC2017 Match In Hong Kong | Hong Kong V Korea
Positives for South Korea going into last ARC match in Hong Kong The following article on the squad announced by Korea RFU for the Final Game #ARC2017 Hong Kong V Korea has been kindly submitted by Owen McCaffrey, of Korea South Korean coach John Walters has a number of positives to take ...
Hong Kong move up to two places to 25th | Asia Rugby
Hong Kong are up to two places to 25th in the rankings after their six-try, 43-17 away win against Korea in Yesan came with a 1.8-point reward. Korea drop one to 29th. The victory also gives Hong Kong the advantage in the tussle for second place in the Asia Rugby Championship ahead of ...
South Korea and Hong Kong ready to vie for Supremacy #ARC2017 | Korea
The following article on the squad announced by Korea RFU for their upcoming game against Hong Kong in the ARC has been kindly submitted by Owen McCaffrey, of Korea South Korea and Hong Kong will meet this Saturday at Yeasan Stadium in Chungnam, South Korea. This is part one, of what is ...
Hong Kong Take On Korea In Battle For Second Place In #ARC2017 | Hong Kong
Hong Kong have retained 17 of the 23 players selected for their Asia Rugby Championship tie with Japan two weeks ago as they prepare for a crucial encounter with South Korea in Yesan on Saturday (11.00am kick-off, Hong Kong time). Hong Kong have made just one change to the starting forward pack ...
South Korea ‘grow’ during 14-day tour of New Zealand | Korea Vs Hong Kong
The following article on the preparation undertaken by Korea for their upcoming games against Hong Kong in the ARC has been kindly submitted by Owen McCaffrey, of Korea The South Korean National Rugby team recently had a month long break between Asian Rugby Championship (ARC) fixtures so Coach ...
Japan run in 12 tries in much improved performance | #ARC2017 | Match2
Japan bounced back from a less-than impressive Asia Rugby Championship opener as they ran in 12 tries to beat South Korea 80-10 on Saturday in Tokyo. Five tries in the first half and seven in the second saw Jamie Joseph's side beat a spirited South Korean side, who to their credit never gave ...
Brave Blossoms host South Korea | ARC2017 | Game 2 Preiview
Brave Blossoms host South Korea Round 2 of the Asia Rugby Championship shifts to Japan on Saturday with the Brave Blossoms hosting South Korea in a rematch of Round 1. And it is fair to say there were contrasting moods in the two camps as they flew over this week from Incheon to Tokyo. South ...