2024 Asia Rugby Championship

2024 Asia Rugby Championship
Date	1 June – 22 June
Countries	Hong Kong; Malaysia; South Korea; United Arab Emirates
Final positions
Champions	Hong Kong
Relegated	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Tries scored	57 (9.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Paul Altier (54)
Most tries	Paul Altier (4)
Website	www.asiarugby.com
	← 2023 2025 →

Date1 June – 22 June

Countries

Hong Kong

Malaysia

South Korea

United Arab Emirates

Champions

Hong Kong

Relegated

Malaysia

The 2024 Asia Rugby Championship is the eighth annual rugby union series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations. Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates shall compete in the 2024 series. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments.^[1]

The format of the series is a single round-robin where the four teams play each other once. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series is declared the winner. The team finishing at the bottom of the standing are relegated to the 2025 Asia Rugby Division 1.^[2] The competition will begin on 1 June 2024 and will conclude on 22 June 2024.^[3]^[4]

Hong Kong entered the competition as reigning champions, having won the competition for the fourth time in 2023. The United Arab Emirates were promoted from the 2023 Asia Rugby Division 1.^[5]

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Team	Stadia			Coach	Captain	World Rugby Ranking^[6]
Team	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Coach	Captain	Start	End
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	2,750	Hong Kong	Andrew Douglas	Joshua Hrstich^[7]	24th	24th
South Korea	Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Field	4,968	Incheon	Lee Myung Geun	Lee Jin Kyu	30th	33rd
Malaysia	UPM Stadium^[8]	3,000	Serdang	Farid Syazwan Abu Bakar	Mohamad Nasharuddin Isamil	50th	56th
United Arab Emirates	The Sevens Stadium	15,000	Dubai	Jacques Benade	Matthew Mills	60th	52nd

Malaysia squad
Name	Position	Caps	Club
Azam Fakhrullah Bin Abd Razak	Loosehead Prop		Terengganu
Muhammad Abrar Bin Zanuddin	Loosehead Prop
Amirul Mukminin Bin Amizan	Hooker		New Perlis
Nabil Ikhwan			Putrajaya
Mohd Nurazman Ramli			PDRM
Mohammad Azri Mohd Kamal Rosnan	Tighthead Prop		MSS Kelantan
Amierul Harith			Putrajaya
Aiman Hakeem			Johor
Harith El Iskander Shah Mohd Shukri	Lock		Putrajaya
Suhalkal Suhaimi			NS Wanderers RC
Muhammad Sameer Muhammad Sani Surinder			Terengganu
Mohad Shobrey Bin Amok			Sabah
Mohamad Syahmi Afiq Bin Edan			PDRM
Syarif Nurhidayat Muzhaimey	Flanker		Putrajaya
Samuel Rentap Meran			Terengganu
Shah Izwan			MSS Kelantan
Amin Jamaluddin	Number 8		New Perlis
Amirul Aiman Ihsan Abas	Number 8		Sabah
Razali Ramlan	Scrumhalf		Putrajaya
Mohamad Nasharuddin Isamil	Scrumhalf		Terengganu
Lee James Chapman	Flyhalf		PDRM
Mohd Fairuz Ab Rahman			Sabah
Nareen Fitri			Terengganu
Muhammad Zharif Affandi Mohamed Zahib	Center		Terengganu
Hakim Abu Hassan			Putrajaya
Zulkiflee Bin Azmi			PDRM
Kamal Hamidi			Malaysia Sevens
Azwan Zuwairi			PDRM
Mohd Daim Bin Zainudin	Outside Back		New Perlis
Adam Ariff			MSS Kelantan
Ahmad Zulhilmi Azizad			Johor
Harith lqbal			Terengganu
Harry Preston			Leicester Lions RFC
Anwarul Hafiz Bin Ahmad			PDRM

South Korean Squad^[9]
Name	Position	Caps	Club
Yang Keun Seob	Loosehead Prop	0	Hyundai Glovis
Shin Ji Min		0	OK Financial Group Okman
Kim Tae Woo		0	Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
Choi Ho Young	Hooker	4	Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
Lee Seung Eun		0	Hyundai Glovis
Park Gun Woo		0	OK Financial Group Okman
Park Ye Chan	Tighthead Prop	3	Hyundai Glovis
Won Jung Ho		2	Hyundai Glovis
Seo Tae Pung		0	Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
Kim Sang Jin	Lock	5	OK Financial Group Okman
Park Joon Beom		2	Hyundai Glovis
Lee Hyeon Je		0	Hyundai Glovis
Seo Jong Soo		0	Korea Armed Forces Athletic Corps
Yoo Jae Hoon	Back row	9	OK Financial Group Okman
Kim Yo Han		4	Hyundai Glovis
Hwang Jeong Wook		1	Hyundai Glovis
Kim Chan Ju		0	Hyundai Glovis
Yoo Gi Jung		0	OK Financial Group Okman
Heo Jae Jun	Scrumhalf	0	Hyundai Glovis
Kang Min Jun	Scrumhalf	0	OK Financial Group Okman
Jung Bu Hyon	Flyhalf	1	Hyundai Glovis
Ko Seung Jae	Flyhalf	0	OK Financial Group Okman
Mun Jeong Ho	Center	6	Hyundai Glovis
Lee Jin Kyu		0	Hyundai Glovis
Lee Yong Un		0	OK Financial Group Okman
Jeong Yeon Sik	Outside Back	15	Hyundai Glovis
Shin Min Su		1	Hyundai Glovis
Kim Chan Deul		0	OK Financial Group Okman
Baek Jong Eun		1	Hyundai Glovis

United Arab Emirates Squad^[10]
Name	Position	Caps	Club
Lukas Waddington	Prop	4	Dubai Exiles RFC
Pieter Killian		2	Dubai Exiles RFC
Riaan Barnard		2	Barrelhouse RC
Sunia Laladidi		0	Abu Dhabi Harlequins
Moeneeb Galant	Hooker	2	Dubai Exiles RFC
David Gairn	Hooker	2	Dubai Exiles RFC
Esekaia Dranibota	Lock	2	Dubai Tigers RFC
Jonathan Harris	Lock	2	Jebel Ali Dragons
Jaen Botes	Back row	10	Dubai Exiles RFC
Matthew Mills (c)		4	Dubai Exiles RFC
Epeli Davetawalu		2	Dubai Exiles RFC
Marcus Guerin		0	Dubai Tigers RFC
Ian Surtees		0	Jebel Ali Dragons
Chris McKee		0	Abu Dhabi Harlequins
Carel Thomas	Scrumhalf	2	Dubai Exiles RFC
Andrew Semple	Scrumhalf	0	Abu Dhabi Harlequins
Jamie Gavin	Flyhalf	0	Jebel Ali Dragons
Handre Snetler	Flyhalf	0	Dubai Exiles RFC
Sakiusa Naisau	Center	4	Dubai Tigers RFC
Rory Arthur	Center	0	Dubai Exiles RFC
Liam Caldwell	Outside Back	0	Dubai Tigers RFC
Justin Walsh		0	Dubai Exiles RFC
Emosi Vecenaua		0	Dubai Sharks RFC
Matt Richards		0	Jebel Ali Dragons
Connor Kennedy		0	Dubai Exiles RFC

ACT Brumbies Runners	65–0	Hong Kong China XV
	Report

2024 Asia Rugby Championship

Squads

Preparation

Hong Kong China

Malaysia

Standings

Fixtures

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Statistics

Most points

Most tries

References

Related Articles

Pos.	Team	Matches				Points			Bonus points	Total points
Pos.	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff.	Bonus points	Total points
1	Hong Kong	3	3	0	0	189	18	+171	3	15
2	United Arab Emirates	3	2	1	0	103	103	0	2	10
3	South Korea	3	1	2	0	94	108	-14	3	7
4	Malaysia	3	0	3	0	30	187	-157	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

Hong Kong	52 – 5	United Arab Emirates
Try: McCormick-Houston 16' c Laidler (2) 19' c, 24' m Hill (2) 34' c, 45' c Altier 48' c Post 75' c Higson Smith 78' m Con: Hill (6/8) 18', 20', 35', 46', 50', 77' Cards: McCormick-Houston 51' to 61'	Report	Try: Vecenaua 6' m

South Korea	55 – 5	Malaysia
Try: Jin Kyu (2) 7' m, 71' c Hyeon Je 14 c Jeong Wook (3) 24' c, 30' m, 39' c Yong Un 26' c Chan Ju 45' Yeon Sik 66' m Con: Seung Jae (5/9) 15', 25', 27', 40', 72'	Report	Try: Amok 49' m

Malaysia	6 – 70	Hong Kong
Pen: Chapman 10', 56' Cards: Amizan 17' to 27'	Report	Try: Post 7' c Penalty try 17' Altier (2) 20' c, 33' c McNutt 21' c Hrstich (2) 36' c, 57' c Penesa 44' c Scott 67' c Pincott 69' c Con: Altier (7/7) 8', 19', 22', 35', 36', 46', 59' Avitabile (2/2) 68' 70' Cards: Sullivan 29' to 39'

United Arab Emirates	36 – 32	South Korea
Try: Semple 10' c Gelant 45' m Gavin 50' m Davetawalu 64' c Con: Gavin (2/4) 11', 65' Pen: Gavin 3', 34', 60' Drop: Gavin 69'	Report	Try: Young Un 7' c Jong Eun 18' m Jin Kyu 28' m Jeong Ho 36' c Chan Deul 55' m Con: Seung Jae (2/5) 8', 37' Pen: Seung Jae 5'

United Arab Emirates	62 – 19	Malaysia
Try: Oakeley (2) 2' m, 26' c Barnard 8' c McKee 13' c Vecenaua (2) 33' c, 50' m Naisau (2) 40' c, 80' m Walsh 76' c Con: Gavin (6/9) 9', 15', 27', 34', 40', 77' Cards: Caldwell 16' to 26'	Report	Try: Muzhaimey 17' c Isamil 22' m Preston 46' c Con: Chapman (2/3) 18', 47' Cards: Amizan 40' to 50'

Hong Kong	67 – 7	South Korea
Try: Hill 3' c van der Smit (3) 23' c, 66' c, 69' c Altier 29' c Sayers 40' c Avitabile 48' m Hrstich 55' c McNutt 79' c Con: Altier (7/8) 4', 24', 31', 40', 56', 67', 70' McNeish (1/1) 80' Pen: Altier 11', 15' Cards: Avitabile 53' to 63'	Report	Try: Penalty Try 53'