Teams

Japan	Hong Kong
Tries Hirose, Ito, Matsuda	Tries Davis, Krohn, Solomon, Tuivai
Cons Hirose 2	Cons Muik 2
Pens Hirose 4	Pens Muik
Drops Hirose	Drops none
Team 15 FB Tsutomu Matsuda 14 W Hiroki Ozeki 13 C Yukio Motoki (c) 12 C Andrew McCormick 11 W Terunori Masuho 10 FH Keiji Hirose 9 SH Wataru Murata 1 P Toshikazu Nakamichi 2 H Masahiro Kunda 3 P Kazuaki Takahashi 4 L Yoshihiko Sakuraba 5 L David Bickle 6 F Hiroyuki Kajihara 7 F Bruce Ferguson 8 N8 Takeomi Ito     Replacements 16 L Yasunori Watanabe 17 Kiyoshi Imaizumi 18 Osami Yatsuhashi 19 Yoji Nagatomo 20 Kazu Hamabe 21 Masaaki Sakata	Team 15 FB Rick Muik 14 W Isi Tuivai 13 C Rob Santos 12 C Rodney McIntosh 11 W Mark Solomon 10 FH Vaughan Going 9 SH Steve Kidd 1 P Rob Grindlay 2 H Alan Clark 3 P Dave Lewis 4 L Roger Patterson (c) 5 L Stuart Krohn 6 F Duane Davis 7 F Jon Dingley 8 N8 Rick Shuttleworth

Notes

Result Japan won by a margin of 7 points

Ground name Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium

Attendance 6000

Referee IA Hyde-Lay (Canada)

Japan Test debuts DJ Bickle, T Ito, AF McCormick, T Nakamichi, H Ozeki, Y Watanabe

Hong Kong Test debuts A Clark, D Davis, RM Grindlay, R Muik, R Santos, M Solomon

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