2011 Asian Five Nations

Date	23 April – 21 May 2011
Countries	Hong Kong  Japan  Kazakhstan  Sri Lanka  United Arab Emirates
Final positions
Champions	Japan (19th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Top scorer(s)	Maxim Lifontov (54)
Most tries	Kosuke Endo (8)
Website	www.asian5nations.com
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• For divisional competitions, see: 2011 Asian Five Nations division tournaments

The 2011 Asian Five Nations, known as the 2011 HSBC Asian 5 Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the HSBC, was the 4th series of the Asian Five Nations rugby union tournament.

The 2011 Asian 5 nations consisted of the best 5 teams in Asia; Hong Kong, Japan, Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates.

Sri Lanka qualified for the 2011 edition of the tournament by winning Division One of the 2010 tournament against Singapore 23–16. The United Arab Emirates also qualify with the disbanding of the Arabian Gulf rugby team, this is the first time both these teams have appeared in the top five.

Changes from 2010

• South Korea has been replaced with Sri Lanka, who earns promotion from Division 1.

Teams

The teams involved are:

Nation	Home stadium	City	Head coach	Captain
Hong Kong (37)	Hong Kong Football Club Stadium	Hong Kong	Dai Rees	Tom McColl
Japan (13)	None	None	John Kirwan	Takashi Kikutani
Kazakhstan (27)	National University Stadium	Almaty	Valeriy Popov	Timur Mashurov
Sri Lanka (41)	CR & FC Grounds	Colombo	Ellis Meachen	Sean Wijesinghe
United Arab Emirates (NR)	Zayed Sports City The Sevens	Abu Dhabi Dubai	Bruce Birtwistle	Mike Cox-Hill

Final Table

Rank	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Total points
		Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	Diff
1	Japan	4	4	0	0	307	35	272	4	24
2	Hong Kong	4	3	1	0	155	61	94	3	18
3	United Arab Emirates	4	1	2	1	40	196	−156	0	8
4	Kazakhstan	4	1	3	0	54	126	−72	1	6
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	3	1	47	185	−138	0	3

Points are awarded to the teams as follows:

Fixtures

Week 1

23 April 2011 16:00 SLST

Sri Lanka	13–13	United Arab Emirates
Try: Swarnatilleke 45' Hettiarachchi 66' Con: Kumara (0/2) Pen: Hettiarachchi (1/2) 42' Kumara (0/1)	Report[1]	Try: Dan Boatwright 54' Steve Smith 62' Pen: Jonathan Grady (1/2) 48'

CR & FC Grounds, Colombo Attendance: 4,000+[2] Referee: Anthony Tobi Lothian

FB 15 Saliya Kumara RW 14 Nuwan Hettiarachchi OC 13 Gayan Weeraratne IC 12 Pradeep Liyanage LW 11 Lasintha de Costa FH 10 Fazil Marija (vc) SH 9 Roshan Weeraratne N8 8 Sean Wijesinghe (c) OF 7 Danushka Perera BF 6 Sajith Saranga RL 5 Yoshitha Rajapaksa LL 4 Senaka Bandara TP 3 Eranga Swarnatilleke HK 2 Achala Perera LP 1 Henry Terrance Substitutes: 16 Dinesh Sanjeewa 17 Ishan Noor 18 Bilal Hassan 19 Sathya Ranatunga 20 Nishal Meepage 21 Keith Gurusinghe 22 Prasad Chathuranga Coach: Ellis Meachen

FB 15 Tim Flether RW 14 Sean Hurley OC 13 Jonathan Beeton IC 12 Duncan Murray LW 11 Steve Smith FH 10 Jonathan Grady SH 9 Stuart Quinn N8 8 Scott Kerr OF 7 Carl Von Rosenveldt BF 6 Renier Els RL 5 Simon Osbourne LL 4 Mike Cox-Hill (c) TP 3 Dan Boatwright HK 2 Dan Heal LP 1 Chris Jones Griffiths Substitutes: 16 Andrew Millar 17 David Clouston 18 David Vittes 19 Lloyd Budd 20 Ali Mohammad 21 Mohannad Saker 22 Stephan Imbert Coach: Bruce Birtwistle

Touch judges:
Anthony Tobi Lothian
D. Nimal

23 April 2011 16:00

Kazakhstan	10–23	Hong Kong
Try: Evgeniy Shekurov 46' Con: Ildar Abdrazakhov (1/1) Pen: Maxim Lifontov 16' (1/1)	Report[1]	Try: Tom McColl 17' Peter McKee 65' Con: Keith Robertson (2/2)

National University Stadium, Almaty

Week 2

29 April 2011 19:00

United Arab Emirates	24–10	Kazakhstan
Try: Munib Haddad 31' Andrew Millar 70' Con: Jonathon Grady(0/2) Pen: Jonathon Grady(4/4) 16', 18', 39', 46'	Report[1]	Try: Sergey Konev 27' Daulet Akymbekov 75'

Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi

30 April 2011 16:00

Hong Kong	22–45	Japan
Try: Mark Goosen 51' Rowan Varty 25' Alex McQueen 41' Con: Tom McColl (2/2) Pen: Keith Robertson 38' (1/1)	Report[1]	Try: Koliniasi Holani 11' Shaun Webb 19' Hirotoki Onozawa 32' Alisi Tupuailei 42', 44', 45' Michael Leitch 55' Con: Ryan Nicholas (5/5)

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong Attendance: 3,800 Referee: Harry Mason (Singapore)

FB 15 Ross Armour RW 14 Yui Ken Shing OC 13 Tom McColl (c) IC 12 Lee Jones LW 11 Rowan Varty FH 10 Keith Robertson SH 9 Peter McKee N8 8 Pale Tauti OF 7 Mark Goosen BF 6 Nick Hewson RL 5 Michael Waller LL 4 Renaud Chavanis TP 3 Ng Wai Shing HK 2 Alex Harris LP 1 Andrew Li Substitutes: 16 Chik Man Hon 17 Pete Spizziri 18 Matthew Nuttall 19 Terence Montgomery 20 Tim Alexander 21 Jamie Hood 22 Alex McQueen Coach: Dai Rees

FB 15 Taihei Ueda RW 14 Alisi Tupuailei OC 13 Koji Taira IC 12 Ryan Nicholas LW 11 Hirotoki Onozawa FH 10 Shaun Webb SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa N8 8 Koliniasi Holani OF 7 Michael Leitch BF 6 Takashi Kikutani (c) RL 5 Toshizumi Kitagawa LL 4 Justin Ives TP 3 Nozomu Fujita HK 2 Hiroki Yuhara LP 1 Naoki Kawamata Substitutes: 16 Takeshi Kizu 17 Kensuke Hatakeyama 18 Luke Thompson 19 Toetuu Taufa 20 Fumiaki Tanaka 21 James Arlidge 22 Yuta Imamura Coach: John Kirwan

Touch judges:

Week 3

7 May 2011 19:00

Kazakhstan	0–61	Japan
	Report[1]	Try: Justin Ives 7' Takeshi Kizu 3', 29', 47', 66' Goshi Tachikawa 51 Koji Taira 38' Atsushi Tanabe 71' Alisi Tupuailei 79' Con: Atsushi Tanabe (4/4) Shaun Webb (4/4)

National Stadium, Bangkok Referee: Mohammad Yusof (Singapore)

7 May 2011 15:00 SLST

Sri Lanka	3–48	Hong Kong
Pen: Saliya Kumara (1/1)	Report[1]	Try: Keith Robertson 5', 78' Lee Jones 12', 68' Rowen Varty 34' Alexander 65' Pale Tauti 75' Con: Keith Robertson (2/2) Tom McColl 68', 75', 78' (3/3) Pen: Keith Robertson 41' (1/1)

CR & FC Grounds, Colombo

FB 15 Saliya Kumara RW 14 Lasintha de Costa OC 13 Gayan Weeraratne IC 12 Pradeep Liyanage LW 11 Nuwan Hettiarachchi FH 10 Fazil Marija (vc) SH 9 Roshan Weeraratne N8 8 Sean Wijesinghe (c) OF 7 Yoshitha Rajapaksa BF 6 Danushka Perera RL 5 Sajith Saranga LL 4 Senaka Bandara TP 3 Eranga Swarnatilleke HK 2 Achala Perera LP 1 Henry Terrance Substitutes: 16 Charith Seneviratne 17 Kishore Jehan 18 Bilal Hassan 19 Sathya Ranatunga 20 Nishal Meepage 21 Keith Gurusinghe 22 Prasad Chathuranga Coach: Ellis Meachen

FB 15 Ross Armour RW 14 Rowen Varty OC 13 Lee Jones IC 12 Tom McColl (c) LW 11 Yui Ken Shing FH 10 Keith Robertson SH 9 Peter McKee N8 8 Pale Tauti OF 7 Nick Hewson BF 6 Mark Goosen RL 5 Renaud Chevans LL 4 Mike Waller TP 3 Nigel Hobbler HK 2 Brent Taylor LP 1 Alex Ng Substitutes: 16 Chik Man Hon 17 Pete Spizziri 18 Matthew Nuttall 19 Terence Montgomery 20 Tim Alexander 21 Jamie Hood 22 Alex McQueen Coach: Dai Rees

Touch judges:

Week 4

13 May 2011 20:00

United Arab Emirates	0–111	Japan
	Report[1]

The Sevens, Dubai Attendance: 2,000

FB 15 Tim Fletcher RW 14 Sean Hurley OC 13 John Beeton IC 12 Duncan Murray LW 11 Michael Hartley FH 10 Jonathan Grady SH 9 David Clouston N8 8 Carl Von Rosenveldt OF 7 Jamie Clarke BF 6 Renier Els RL 5 Mike Cox-Hill (c) LL 4 Simon Osbourne TP 3 Mike Riley HK 2 David Vittes LP 1 Chris Jones Griffiths Substitutes: 16 Dan Heal 17 Dan Boatwright 18 Lloyd Budd 19 Scott Kerr 20 Stuart Quinn 21 Cyrus Homayoun 22 Ali Mohammed Coach: Bruce Birtwistle

FB 15 Go Aruga RW 14 Kosuke Endo OC 13 Taihei Ueda IC 12 Ryan Nicholas LW 11 Takehisa Usuzuki FH 10 James Arlidge SH 9 Atsushi Hiwasa N8 8 Koliniasi Holani OF 7 Michael Leitch BF 6 Takashi Kikutani RL 5 Justin Ives LL 4 Hitoshi Ono (c) TP 3 Nozomu Fujita HK 2 Hiroki Yuhara LP 1 Hisateru Hirashima Substitutes: 16 Takeshi Kizu 17 Kensuke Hatakeyama 18 Itaru Taniguchi 19 Toetuu Taufa 20 Fumiaki Tanaka 21 Shaun Webb 22 Goshi Tachikawa Coach: John Kirwan

Touch judges:

14 May 2011 16:00

Kazakhstan	34–18	Sri Lanka
Try: dmitriy tkachenky 11' yevginiv shekurov 18' Timur Mashurov 30', Daulet Akymbekov 68' pavel lenov 80' Con: maxim lifontov (4/5) 18', 68', 80' Pen: maxim lifontov (1/1) 70'	Report[1]	Try: lasintha costa (2) 10', 24' Con: numon hettiarachchi (1/2) 24' Pen: numon hettiarachchi (2/2) 9' 62'

National University Stadium, Almaty

Week 5

21 May 2011 16:00 SLST

Sri Lanka	13–90	Japan
Try: Nuwan Hettiarachchi 10' Con: Saliya Kumara 10' (1/1) Pen: Roshan Weeraratne 39' (1/1) Nuwan Hettiarachchi 68'	Report[1]	Try: Takehisa Usuzuki 7' Toetuu Taufa 22' Alisi Tupuailei 28', 43', 63', 72' Fumiaki Tanaka 32', 39' Takashi Kikutani 35', 50' Tanabe 66' Hirotoki Onozawa 80' Con: Shaun Webb 22', 32', 35 (3/5) Tanabe 39', 43', 63', 66', 72'(5/5)

CR & FC Grounds, Colombo Referee: James Fitzgerald (UAE)

21 May 2011 16:00

Hong Kong	62–3	United Arab Emirates
Try: Alex Harris 15' Pale Tauti 18' Mark Goosen 24' Nigel Hobler 34' Nick Hewson 49', 61' Ross Armour 28', 78' Alex McQueen 66' Jamie Hood 70' Con: Keith Robertson 24', 39' (2/5) Tom McColl 49', 61', 70', 78' (4/5)	Report[1]	Pen: Jonathon Grady 9' (1/1)

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong

FB 15 Ross Armour RW 14 Yui Ken Shing OC 13 Tom McColl (c) IC 12 Lee Jones LW 11 Rowan Varty FH 10 Keith Robertson SH 9 Peter McKee N8 8 Pale Tauti OF 7 Mark Goosen BF 6 Nick Hewson RL 5 Michael Waller LL 4 Renaud Chavanis TP 3 NG Wai Shing HK 2 Alex Harris LP 1 Andrew Li Substitutes: 16 CHIK Man Hon 17 Pete Spizziri 18 Matthew Nuttall 19 Terence Montgomery 20 Tim Alexander 21 Jamie Hood 22 Alex McQueen Coach: Dai Rees

FB 15 Tim Flether RW 14 Sean Hurley OC 13 Jonathan Beeton IC 12 Duncan Murray LW 11 Steve Smith FH 10 Jonathan Grady SH 9 Stuart Quinn N8 8 Scott Kerr OF 7 Carl Von Rosenveldt BF 6 Renier Els RL 5 Simon Osbourne LL 4 Mike Cox-Hill (c) TP 3 Dan Boatwright HK 2 Dan Heal LP 1 Chris Jones Griffiths Substitutes: 16 Andrew Millar 17 David Clouston 18 David Vittes 19 Lloyd Budd 20 Ali Mohammad 21 Mohannad Saker 22 Stephan Imbert Coach: Bruce Birtwistle

Touch judges:

Media coverage

The tournament is broadcast live in many different countries, some of which are listed below: