The 2014 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2014 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, was the 7th and final series of the Asian Five Nations rugby union tournament, before it shrinks to only include the top 3 Asian teams from 2015.
Japan, as victors, qualified for the 2015 Rugby World Cup as Asia 1 in Pool B, while the runner up, Hong Kong, qualified for the repechage playoffs, against Uruguay. In additional qualifications, only the top three teams would play in the leading tier in 2015, after the ARFU reduced the top tier from five, to three.
Changes from 2013 United Arab Emirates has been replaced with Sri Lanka, who earns promotion from Division 1.
Teams The teams involved are: NationHome stadiumCityHead coachCaptain (26)Hong Kong Football Club StadiumHong Kong Leigh Jones Pale Tauti (13)Mizuho Rugby StadiumNational Olympic StadiumNagoyaTokyo Eddie Jones Toshiaki Hirose (23)Incheon Munhak StadiumIncheon Kim Myung Joo (57)Eagles Nest StadiumLaguna Jarred Hodges (39)Colombo RacecourseColombo Johan TaylorFazil Marija
Final Table 2014 Asian Five Nations ChampionRelegated to Division One
PositionNationGamesPointsBonuspointsTotalpointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifference1440034233+3094242430119665+13131834202122126-42124410358274–216165400448258–21011
Points are awarded to the teams as follows: ResultsPointsWin5 pointsDraw3 points4 or more tries1 pointLoss within 7 points1 pointLoss greater than 7 points0 points
Fixtures Round 1
FB 15Alex McqueenRW 14Rowan VartyOC 13Jake PhelpsIC 12Lloyd JonesLW 11Yiu Kam ShingFH 10Chris McAdamSH 9 Kenneth HsiehN8 8 Pale Tauti (c)OF 7 Matt LammingBF 6 Alex BaddeleyRL 5 Paul DwyerLL 4 Bill BrantTP 3 Stephen NolanHK 2 Alex Harris (c)LP 1 Leon WeiReplacements:HK 16Thomas BollandPR 17James CooperPR 18Alex NgLK 19Terence MontgomeryFL 20Nick HewsonSH 21Pete MckeeFH 22Nick WheatleyCE 23Tom McCollCoach: Leigh Jones FB 15Alexander AronsonRW 14Gareth HolgateOC 13Justin CoveneyIC 12Matthew SaundersLW 11Kenneth SternFH 10Oliver Saunders (c)SH 9 Jake LettsN8 8 Samuel BennettsOF 7 Darran SeetoBF 6 Christopher AndersonRL 5 Ashley HewardLL 4 Stephen HoworthTP 3 Philip SinclairHK 2 Austin DacanayLP 1 David Robinson-PolkeyReplacements:HK 16Glenn PowerPR 17Daniel MelrosePR 18Fergus MitraFL 19Nathan WelchFL 20Timothy KongSH 21Cleo GomezFH 22Fritz MoschitzWG 23Rupert ZappiaCoach: Jarred Hodges Touch judges: Paul McKay (Singapore) Macro Wu Wu Zhihong (China)
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Media coverage The tournament is broadcast live in many different countries.
References
External links Official Website ARFU