2016 Asian Rugby Championship
For the divisional competitions, see 2016 Asian Rugby Championship Division Tournaments.
| Date | 30 April – 4 June |
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| Countries |
 Hong Kong Japan South Korea |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
| Website |
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The 2016 Asian Rugby Championship, is the upcoming second annual series of the newly formatted Asian rugby union tournament for the Asia Rugby region. The Asian Rugby Championship replaced the Asian Five Nations tournament for 2015, with the main ARC only consisting of three nations as opposed the previous of five nations. The 2016 series includes; Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. The ARC will see each of the top three nations play each other twice, on a home and away bases, with the team with the most table points at the end declared winner. While the bottom placed team, will play a promotion-relegation play-off against the winning nation from Division 1 to earn the right to compete in the following series.[1][2]
Standings
| Champions |
| Will play in the top 3 challenge |
| Position | Nation | Games | Points | Bonus points |
Total points | |||||
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| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | ||||
| 1 | Japan |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 85 | 0 | +85 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Hong Kong |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | South Korea |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 85 | -85 | 0 | 0 |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win - 5 points Draw - 3 points 4 or more tries - 1 point Loss within 7 points - 1 point Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points | ||||||||||
Fixtures
Week 1
| Japan |
85-0 | South Korea |
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| Try: H. Yamashita (3) 1' m, 5' c, 26' m K. Kodama (5) 14' c, 29' c, 42' m, 67' c, 72' m, R. Yamanaka 20' c K. Uchida 40+1' c R. Nakamura 52' c T. Tatafu 76' c A. Moeakiola 80' c Con: R. Yamanaka (7/9) 7', 16', 21', 27', 30', 40+2', 53' R. Nakamura (3/4) 68', 76', 80+1' |
Asia Rugby Report JRFU Details |
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Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Top 3 Challenge
See also
References
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