2012 Asian Five Nations

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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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For the divisional competitions, see: 2012 Asian Five Nations division tournaments

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.[1]

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

Changes from 2011[]

  • Sri Lanka has been replaced with South Korea, who earns promotion from Division 1.

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
 Almaty Kazakhstan
 South Korea (31) Seongnam Stadium Seoul South Korea
 United Arab Emirates (NR)
The Sevens 		Dubai Australia

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  Japan 4 4 0 0 312 11 301 4 24
2  South Korea 4 3 1 0 163 109 54 2 17
3  Hong Kong 4 2 2 0 159 98 61 3 13
4  United Arab Emirates 4 1 3 0 80 269 -189 1 6
5  Kazakhstan 4 0 4 0 48 275 -227 1 1

Points are awarded to the teams as follows:

Results Points
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[]

27 April 2012
20:00
United Arab Emirates  10–85  Hong Kong
Try: Varty (4)
Maclay (3)
(2)

Kam Shing



Con: (3)

(2)
Pen: (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
40' c
Hatakeyama 41' c
60' m
Sasaki 67' c
Hirose 71' m
80' c
Con: Goromaru (11/13)
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Singapore
5 May 2012
16:00
Hong Kong  19–21  South Korea
Try: (2)

Con: Oh Youn-Hyung (2/2)

(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'
25'
32'
Kuwazuru (2) 46' , 74'
H,Ono 55'
65'
Kizu 84'
Con: Goromaru (10/11)
Tatekawa (4/5)
 Report[2] Pen: (1/2)
Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka
Referee: Singapore
11 May 2012
18:00
United Arab Emirates  46–31  Kazakhstan
12 May 2012
13:00
South Korea  8–52  Japan
Try:
Con: (0/1)
Pen: (1/1)
 Report[3] Try: Onozawa (3)
Makabe

Hirose
Sasaki (2)
Con: Goromaru (6/8)
Seongnam Stadium, Seoul
19 May 2012
14:00
Japan  67–0  Hong Kong
19 May 2012
15:00
Kazakhstan  17–87  South Korea
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

References[]

  1. ^ "asian5nations.com". www.asian5nations.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ "JRFU – Welcome to the world of rugby".
  3. ^ "JRFU – Welcome to the world of rugby".

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