TV Guide Leagues Teams

Hong Kong Hong Kong 14 - 59 Japan XV Japan XV

Full time

24 Oct 2025

International Tour

Stage: Regular Season Round 1

Kai Tak Sports Park

Hong Kong vs Japan XV head to head

Japan XV showcased their dominance with a resounding 59-14 victory over Hong Kong in an international tour match. Yuya Hirose and Kazuma Ueda were instrumental, each scoring tries early on, with Hirose adding another later in the first half. Takuro Matsunaga's accurate kicking kept the scoreboard ticking, as he converted all but one of Japan's tries. Hong Kong managed a brief response through Joshua Hrstich, but Japan's relentless attack continued with tries from Tomu Takamoto and David Van Zeeland before halftime. The second half saw further scores from Shodai Hirao and Shuntaro Kitamura, while Hong Kong's Calum Scott added a consolation try. Japan's defensive line held strong throughout, limiting Hong Kong's scoring opportunities. This match marked another disappointing result for Hong Kong against Japan, continuing a trend from their previous encounter.

Weather

Temperature: 22.7°C (Feels like 21.5°C) Condition: MostlyCloudy Wind: 14.1 km/h, gusting to 26.6 km/h Humidity: 67% Cloud Cover: 85%

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 3'

    Try

    Yuya Hirose · Japan XV

    0 - 5
  • 4'

    Conversion

    Takuro Matsunaga · Japan XV

    0 - 7
  • 11'

    Try

    Kazuma Ueda · Japan XV

    0 - 12
  • 20'

    Try

    Yuya Hirose · Japan XV

    0 - 17
  • 21'

    Conversion

    Takuro Matsunaga · Japan XV

    0 - 19
  • 24'

    Yellow Card

    Zacceus Cinnamond · Hong Kong

  • 24'

    Substitution

    Faizal Solomona Penesa on for Pierce MacKinlay-West · Hong Kong

  • 26'

    Try

    Tomu Takamoto · Japan XV

    0 - 24
  • 27'

    Conversion

    Takuro Matsunaga · Japan XV

    0 - 26
  • 31'

    Try

    Joshua Hrstich · Hong Kong

    5 - 26
  • 32'

    Conversion

    Dylan McCann · Hong Kong

    7 - 26
  • 34'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Zacceus Cinnamond · Hong Kong

  • 36'

    Substitution

    Pierce MacKinlay-West on for Faizal Solomona Penesa · Hong Kong

  • 38'

    Try

    David Van Zeeland · Japan XV

    7 - 31
  • 39'

    Conversion

    Takuro Matsunaga · Japan XV

    7 - 33
  • 40'

    Substitution

    Sanshiro Kihara on for Yuta Kokaji · Japan XV

  • Halftime 7 - 33
  • Second Half
  • 45'

    Substitution

    Faizal Solomona Penesa on for Zacceus Cinnamond · Hong Kong

  • 46'

    Try

    Shodai Hirao · Japan XV

    7 - 38
  • 47'

    Substitution

    Kotaro Ito on for Takuro Matsunaga · Japan XV

  • 47'

    Substitution

    Yuichiro Taniguchi on for Sho Furuhata · Japan XV

  • 47'

    Substitution

    Keito Aoki on for Rikuto Nakaya · Japan XV

  • 48'

    Substitution

    Gregor McNeish on for Joe Barker · Hong Kong

  • 52'

    Substitution

    James Sawyer on for Pierce MacKinlay-West · Hong Kong

  • 52'

    Substitution

    Rory Cinnamond on for Sunia Fameitau · Hong Kong

  • 54'

    Try

    Yuto Mori · Japan XV

    7 - 43
  • 54'

    Substitution

    Shu Yamamoto on for David Van Zeeland · Japan XV

  • 55'

    Conversion

    Shinya Komura · Japan XV

    7 - 45
  • 59'

    Substitution

    Shuntaro Kitamura on for Asahi Doei · Japan XV

  • 59'

    Substitution

    Ichigo Nakakusu on for Shinya Komura · Japan XV

  • 59'

    Substitution

    Shoma Sagawa on for Shodai Hirao · Japan XV

  • 59'

    Substitution

    Guy Spanton on for Dylan McCann · Hong Kong

  • 61'

    Substitution

    James Rivers on for Max Murphy · Hong Kong

  • 63'

    Try

    Shuntaro Kitamura · Japan XV

    7 - 50
  • 64'

    Conversion

    Ichigo Nakakusu · Japan XV

    7 - 52
  • 65'

    Try

    Calum Scott · Hong Kong

    12 - 52
  • 66'

    Conversion

    Gregor McNeish · Hong Kong

    14 - 52
  • 70'

    Try

    Ichigo Nakakusu · Japan XV

    14 - 57
  • 71'

    Conversion

    Ichigo Nakakusu · Japan XV

    14 - 59
  • 71'

    Substitution

    Eric Chui Wai Lap on for Brendon Nell · Hong Kong

  • 77'

    Substitution

    Benedict Sheldon on for Calum Scott · Hong Kong

  • Fulltime 14 - 59

Player ratings

Hong Kong
  • 15 Matt Worley 5.4
  • 14 Marcus Ramage 7.2
  • 13 Ben Axten-Burrett 5.8
  • 12 Tom Hill 6.0
  • 11 Dylan McCann 5.6
  • 10 Joe Barker 6.3
  • 9 Brendon Nell 6.5
  • 1 Sunia Fameitau 6.0
  • 2 Calum Scott 8.4
  • 3 Zacceus Cinnamond 3.6
  • 4 Max Murphy 6.7
  • 5 Kyle Sullivan 5.8
  • 6 Tyler McNutt 5.5
  • 7 Pierce MacKinlay-West 6.4
  • 8 Joshua Hrstich 7.9
  • 16 Benedict Sheldon –
  • 17 Rory Cinnamond 5.1
  • 18 Faizal Solomona Penesa 6.2
  • 19 James Rivers 6.1
  • 20 James Sawyer 6.0
  • 21 Eric Chui Wai Lap –
  • 22 Gregor McNeish 5.5
  • 23 Guy Spanton 6.4
Japan XV
  • 15 Takuro Matsunaga 7.0
  • 14 Kazuma Ueda 8.1
  • 13 Yuya Hirose 8.8
  • 12 Yuto Mori 10.0
  • 11 Tomu Takamoto 10.0
  • 10 Shinya Komura 8.4
  • 9 Asahi Doei 7.2
  • 1 Sho Furuhata 6.3
  • 2 Shodai Hirao 8.3
  • 3 Yuta Kokaji 7.1
  • 4 Epineri Uluiviti 7.2
  • 5 David Van Zeeland 7.1
  • 6 Shohei Ito 7.0
  • 7 Akito Okui 7.3
  • 8 Rikuto Nakaya 6.2
  • 16 Shoma Sagawa 6.4
  • 17 Yuichiro Taniguchi 6.5
  • 18 Sanshiro Kihara 6.7
  • 19 Shu Yamamoto 6.2
  • 20 Keito Aoki 6.4
  • 21 Shuntaro Kitamura 7.2
  • 22 Ichigo Nakakusu 7.5
  • 23 Kotaro Ito 7.3