2023 Asia Rugby Championship

For the divisional competitions, see 2023 Asia Rugby Championship division tournaments.

2023 Asia Rugby Championship

Date	3 June – 17 June
Countries	Hong Kong Malaysia South Korea
Final positions
Champions	Hong Kong (4th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Tries scored	22 (7.33 per match)
Attendance	4,000 (1,333 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sebastian Brien Alexander Post Gregor McNeish (25)
Most tries	Sebastian Brien Alexander Post (5)
Website	www.asiarugby.com
← 2022 2024 →

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.

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:

Nation	Home stadium	City
Hong Kong (24)	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	Hong Kong
South Korea (30)	Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field	Incheon
Malaysia (49)	National Stadium	Kuala Lumpur

Standings

2023 Asia Rugby Championship Champions

Pos	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Total points
		Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff
1	Hong Kong	2	2	0	0	118	19	99	2	10
2	South Korea	2	1	0	1	37	33	4	1	5
3	Malaysia	2	0	2	0	12	115	-103	0	0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win - 4 points Draw - 2 points 4 or more tries - 1 point Loss within 7 points - 1 point Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points

Fixtures

Week 1

3 June 2023 14:00 MST (UTC+8)

Malaysia	3-27	South Korea
Pen: Fairuz Rahman 18' (1/1) Cards: Daim Zainudin 36' to 46'	Report	Try: Jang Jeong-Min 2' m Kim Ki Min 27' m Lee Geon 34' c S Hwang Jeong Wook 44' c Con: Kim Ki Min 40', 45' (2/4) Pen: Kim Ki Min 37' (1/1)

Siadinha Hamzah Stadium, Kuala Lumpur Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Matthew Rodden, Hong Kong

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

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

Week 2

10 June 2023 18:00 HKT (UTC+8)

Hong Kong	88-9	Malaysia
Try: Jamie Lauder 4' Sebastian Brien 10', 38', 44', 68', 72' Luke van der Smit 14' Gregor McNeish 24' Charles Higson-Smith 26' Alexander Post 51', 55' Pierce MacKinlay-West 64' Bryn Phillips 79' Con: Gregor McNeish 5', 11', 15', 25', 27', 39', 45' Nathan De Thierry 69', 73', 80' Pen: Gregor McNeish 2' Cards: Paul Altier 22' to 32' Paul Altier  63'	Report	Pen: Fairuz Rahman 19', 22' Nazreen Fitri Nasrudin 77'

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 1,500

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: Lewis Evans

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

Week 3

17 June 2023 18:00 HKT (UTC+8)

Hong Kong	30-10	South Korea
Try: Alexander Post 12', 57', 72' Tom Hill 38' Penalty try 77' Pen: Gregor McNeish 2' Cards: Patrick Jenkinson 54' to 64'	Report	Try: Chang Yong-heung 66' Con: Kim Ki Min 67' Pen: Kim Ki Min 18' Cards: Chang Yong-heung 11' to 21' Jeong Yeon-sik 77' to 80'

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 1,000

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: Lewis Evans

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

Statistics

Most points

As of 2 April 2024

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Alexander Post	Hong Kong	25
	Gregor McNeish	Hong Kong
	Sebastian Brien	Hong Kong
4	Kim Ki Min	South Korea	17
5	Fairuz Rahman	Malaysia	9

Most tries

As of 2 April 2024

Rank	Name	Team	Tries
1	Alexander Post	Hong Kong	5
	Sebastian Brien	Hong Kong
3	12 players tied		1