Pacific Rim Championship
- Tokyo, 29 June 1997, 14:00 local, 05:00 GMT
Japan
(8)
23 - 41
(10)
Hong Kong
(FT)
Teams
Japan
Hong Kong
Tries
Murata, Oto, Sakata
Tries
Dingley, Fredricks, Nabaro 2, Pengelly
Cons
Murata
Cons
Murray 5
Pens
Murata 2
Pens
Murray 2
Team
15
FB
Kenichi Wada
14
W
Lopeti Oto
13
C
Andrew McCormick
12
C
Yukio Motoki
(c)
11
W
Terunori Masuho
10
FH
Ken Iwabuchi
9
SH
Wataru Murata
1
P
Kazuaki Takahashi
2
H
Masaaki Sakata
3
P
Kohei Oguchi
4
L
Yoshihiko Sakuraba
5
L
Isikeli Basiyalo
6
F
Kazuya Koizumi
7
F
Hiroyuki Tanuma
8
N8
Ko Izawa-Nakamura
Replacements
16
F
Shin Hasegawa
17
C
Akira Yoshida
18
Kiyoshi Imaizumi
19
Masami Horikoshi
20
Kenji Sato
21
Kazu Hamabe
Team
15
FB
Vaughan Going
14
W
Chris Gordon
13
C
Riaz Fredricks
12
C
Wiremu Maunsell
11
W
Luke Nabaro
10
FH
Carl Murray
9
SH
Warren Warner
1
P
Niall McCarthy
2
H
Alan Clark
3
P
Dean Herewini
4
L
Roger Patterson
(c)
5
L
Steve Pengelly
6
F
Paul Dingley
7
F
Brent Edwards
8
N8
Stuart Krohn
Replacements
16
SH
Gary Cross
17
FB
Rick Muik
18
L
Ben Perrin
19
W
Scott Cartwright
20
FB
Nigel d'Acre
21
Kelvin Yip Kwon-ho
Notes
Result
Hong Kong won by a margin of 18 points
Ground name
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium
Attendance
10000
Referee
IA Hyde-Lay
(Canada)
Japan Test debuts
S Hasegawa
Hong Kong Test debuts
S Cartwright
,
B Perrin