Asian Rugby Results: 27-29 September 2019

An incredibly congested rugby weekend throughout Asia while the RWC 2019 rumbles on in Japan with huge upset results this past week. We review the Rugby World Cup scores, Hong Kong Premiership, Asia Rugby Sevens, Labuan Rugby Carnival, All India Rugby and more. Here are the Asia Rugby results from 27-29 September 2019.

Rugby World Cup 2019 results

The RWC 2019 in Japan is undeniably the highlight until November and Japan, as the host nation, has many Asian and neutral fans behind them as the sole Asian representation at the World Cup. They upset Ireland this past week which was not the only shock result.

Photo Credit: Reuters

Tuesday 24th September

• Russia 9-34 Samoa

Wednesday 25th September

• Fiji 27-30 Uruguay

Thursday 26th September

• Italy 48-7 Canada
• England 45-7 USA

Saturday 28th September

• Argentina 28-12 Tonga
• Japan 19-12 Ireland
• South Africa 57-3 Namibia

Sunday 29th September

• Georgia 33-7 Uruguay
• Australia 25-29 Wales

Asia Rugby Sevens 2019

Photo Credit: Asia Rugby

The final round of the AR Sevens 2019 was played in Sri Lanka, which saw the Japanese teams (Men and Women) take the Series double and were crowned the 2019 champions.

For a more detailed review, see our article here and see all the AR Sevens results here.

Hong Kong Domestic Rugby 2019-2020

The 3rd round of the  HK Women’s KPMG rugby 2019-2020 season on the weekend had all 8 teams playing. Gai Wu Falcons continues their winning streak beating the Phoenix of Causeway Bay 22-10, while fellow log leaders Societe Generale Valley Black Ladies put up another big score in their win of 55-0 over Kerry Hotel Kowloon Rugby. Borrelli Walsh USRC Tigers were not to be undone and also notched up a big win 58-5 away at Bloomberg HK Scottish Kukris. Natixis HKFC Ice also managed a solid win and kept Tai Po Dragons scoreless in a 37-0 home win.

You can see the full fixtures and results here.

KPMG Women’s Premiership

• Bloomberg HK Scottish Kukris 5-58 Borrelli Walsh USRC Tigers
• Natixis HKFC Ice 37-0 Tai Po Dragons
• Societe Generale Valley Black Ladies 55-0 Kerry Hotel Kowloon Rugby
• SCAA CWB Phoenix 10-22 Gai Wu Falcons

Round 4 fixtures: Men’s Saxo Markets Challenge Trophy 2019

Photo Credit: HK Rugby- Tigers flanker Chris Maize meets the Kowloon defence

In the penultimate round of the inaugural Saxo Markets Challenge Trophy 2019, all six men’s teams were in action in Hong Kong with some upset results. Natixis HKFC lost their first game of the Challenge to Societe Generale Valley 26-19, while Kerry Hotel Kowloon had a second-half turnaround with 18 unanswered points to take the win 21-7 win over USRC Borrelli Walsh Tigers. Herbert Smith HKU Sandy Bay also notched up a 30-22 victory over Bloomberg HK Scottish.

The results see HKFC and Valley share the top spot as co-leaders on the table with 16 points, HK Scottish in third on 11 points, while Kowloon and Sandy Bay are in tied 4th place on nine points. Tigers are in the last spot.

• Kerry Hotel Kowloon 21-7 USRC Borrelli Walsh Tigers
• Herbert Smith Freehills HKU Sandy Bay 30-22 Bloomberg HK Scottish
• Societe Generale Valley 26-19 Natixis HKFC

See all results here.

All India & South Asia Rugby Tournament 2019

Photo Credit: Rugby India

The hugely important rugby festival in India was held over the course of a week, ending on September 28th. In the Men’s Division, the Delhi Hurricanes successfully defended their title and are the 2019 champions. Likewise, the Women’s champions from last year also defended their crown and the Odisha women’s team are the Ladies 2019 Champions.

Delhi Hurricanes beat Bombay Gymkhana 26-6 in the final while Odisha beat Delhi Hurricanes Ladies 5-0 in their final.

We have not seen all the final winners but the results we can confirm are:

• Men’s Cup Champions: Delhi Hurricanes
• Women’s Cup Champions: Odisha
• Men’s Plate Winners: Jungle Crows

You can see more on the Rugby India FB page.

Labuan Rugby Carnival 2019

The Labuan Rugby Carnival 2019 was held in Malaysia with the following results:

Women’s 7s 

• Cup Champions: Sabah Angel Warriors
• Cup Runners-up: Labuan WIPERS

Veterans 10s 

• Cup Champions: Tobarks
• Cup Runners-up: KRFC Blackcats Legendz

Girls U16 7s

• Champions: Liger Cogra Warriors
• Second: Angel Junior
• Third: Labuan Women Development

Men’s 7s

The full team listings were announced before the tournament. See more photos and all the results here.

Southerners Women’s Rugby Tens 2019

The Southerners Women’s Rugby Tens included ten women’s 10s rugby teams and the one-day tournament was geld on the weekend.

We could not confirm the winners at the time of publishing.

Tanglin Rugby Club (TRC) Cup

The TRC (Tanglin Rugby Club) Cup youth rugby festival in Singapore was played over the weekend but the results were not published online. For more information see the Tanglin Rugby Club FB page.

Keep tabs on all the best rugby tournaments in Asia with our Tournament Calendar. You can also read our separate guide on the best rugby tournamens in Asia while the RWC 2019 takes place.