2012 Asian Five Nations

2012 Asian Five Nations
Date27 April – 26 May 2012
Countries Hong Kong
 Japan
 Kazakhstan
 South Korea
 United Arab Emirates
Final positions
Champions Japan (20th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Top scorer(s)Japan Ayumu Goromaru (62)
Most triesJapan Yoshikazu Fujita (6)
Websitewww.asian5nations.com
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The 2012 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2012 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, was the 5th series of the Asian Five Nations rugby union tournament.

Japan secured their 5th Asian Five Nations title, 20th overall Asian title, winning all four of their games.

Changes from 2011

Teams

The teams involved are:

Nation Home stadium City Head coach Captain
 Hong Kong (26) Hong Kong Football Club Stadium
Mong Kok Stadium		 Hong Kong Wales Dai Rees
 Japan (14) Level-5 Stadium
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium		 Fukuoka
Tokyo		 Australia Eddie Jones Toshiaki Hirose
 Kazakhstan (30) Almaty Central Stadium
National University Stadium		 Almaty Kazakhstan Valery Popov
 South Korea (31) Seongnam Stadium Seoul South Korea Seo Chun-Oh
 United Arab Emirates (NR) Jebel Ali Center of Excellence
The Sevens		 Dubai Australia Duncan Hall United Kingdom Alistair Thompson

Final Table

2012 Asian Five Nations Champion
Relegated to Division One
Rank Nation Games Points Bonus
points		 Total
points
Played Won Lost Drawn For Against Diff
1 Japan440031211301424
2 South Korea431016310954217
3 Hong Kong42201599861313
4 United Arab Emirates413080269-18916
5 Kazakhstan404048275-22711

Points are awarded to the teams as follows:

Results Points
Win5 points
Draw3 points
4 or more tries1 point
Loss within 7 points1 point
Loss greater than 7 points0 points

Fixtures

27 April 2012
20:00
United Arab Emirates 10–85 Hong Kong
Try: ThompsonTry: Varty (4)
Maclay (3)
McQueen (2)
Robertson
Kam Shing
Hewson
Jones
Hussey
Con: Robertson (3)
McQueen
Hood (2)
Pen: Robertson (1)
The Sevens, Dubai
28 April 2012
15:00
Kazakhstan 0–87 Japan
Try: Tamura 1' c
Ono 13' c
Goromaru (2) 21' c, 49' c
Onozawa (3) 33' c, 58' c, 64' c
Semba 40' c
Hatakeyama 41' c
Fujii 60' m
Sasaki 67' c
Hirose 71' m
Nagatomo 80' c
Con: Goromaru (11/13)
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Singapore Harry Mason
5 May 2012
16:00
Hong Kong 19–21 South Korea
Try: Nam-Wook (2)
Noh-Woon
Con: Oh Youn-Hyung (2/2) Kim Won-Yong (1/1)
Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
5 May 2012
18:00
Japan 106–3 United Arab Emirates
Try: Tatekawa 5'
Fujita (6) 11', 50', 58', 61', 69', 71'
Goromaru (2) 18', 21'
Mochizuki 25'
Semba 32'
Kuwazuru (2) 46', 74'
H, Ono 55'
Morikawa 65'
Kizu 84'
Con: Goromaru (10/11)
Tatekawa (4/5)		ReportPen: Strang (1/2)
Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka
Referee: Singapore Harry Mason
11 May 2012
18:00
United Arab Emirates 46–31 Kazakhstan
Jebel Ali Center of Excellence, Dubai
12 May 2012
13:00
South Korea 8–52 Japan
Try: Sung Min
Con: Hong Sik (0/1)
Pen: Hong Sik (1/1)		ReportTry: Onozawa (3)
Makabe
Mochizuki
Hirose
Sasaki (2)
Con: Goromaru (6/8)
Seongnam Stadium, Seoul
19 May 2012
14:00
Japan 67–0 Hong Kong
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
19 May 2012
15:00
Kazakhstan 17–87 South Korea
National University Stadium, Almaty
26 May 2012
13:00
South Korea 47–21 United Arab Emirates
Seongnam Stadium, Seoul
26 May 2012
16:00
Hong Kong 55–0 Kazakhstan
Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

See also

References

  1. ↑ "asian5nations.com". www.asian5nations.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "JRFU – Welcome to the world of rugby".
  3. ↑ "JRFU – Welcome to the world of rugby".