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2019 Global Rapid Rugby season

2019 Rapid Rugby Showcase
Global Rapid Rugby
Rugby
22 March – 9 August
14
7
Western Force
Western Force

The 2019 Global Rapid Rugby season was a showcase series for seven rugby union teams played in locations across the Asia-Pacific region. Global Rapid Rugby originally planned a full home and away tournament followed by finals, with eight teams competing in 2019. The competition launch was postponed by a year, however, due to the short time frame following World Rugby approval in November 2018. A scaled-down showcase series of fourteen matches was arranged instead.

Seven teams played in the Rapid Rugby Showcase in 2019:

Team	Head coach	Captain	Stadium	Capacity
Asia Pacific Dragons	Ryan Martin	Stacey Ili	Queenstown Stadium	3,800
Fijian Latui	Senirusi Seruvakula	Mosese Voka	Churchill Park	9,500
Kagifa Samoa	Darryl Suasua	Leon Fukofuka	Pukekohe Stadium	12,000
Ballymore	18,000
South China Tigers	Craig Hammond	James CunninghamLiam Slatem	Aberdeen Stadium	9,000
Valke Malaysia	JP Immelman	Shane Kirkwood	HBF Park	20,500
Western Force	Tim Sampson	Ian Prior
World XV	Robbie Deans	Andy Ellis

Notes

A modified version of the standard Rugby union bonus points system was used, with bonus points awarded for:

a team scoring 4 or more tries in a game;
a winning team scoring at least 3 tries more than their opponent;
a losing team defeated by a margin of 5 points or under.

Four points were awarded for a win and none for a loss; two points were awarded to each team for a match ending in a draw.


	7.40 pm AWST (UTC+8)	Try: McGregor 15' Lacey 29' Deegan 41'Brache 53'Con: Prior (2/3) 16' 41' Deegan (1/1) 54'	Report	Try: Oakman-Hunt 7' Finau 33' pwtCon: Ono (1/1) 8'	Attendance: 11,368Referee: Graham Cooper (Australia)


	7.40 pm AWST (UTC+8)	Try: Power 5'Dakuwaqa 9' pwt Deegan 18'Longbottom 28' McGregor 40'Fines 65'Con: Prior (4/4) 7' 16' 31' 42'Alatimu (0/1)Pen: Alatimu (1/1) 61'Cards: Dakuwaqa (YC) 12'Bardoul (YC) 53'	Report	Try: Hughes 8'Penalty try 11'Post 34'Con: Hughes (1/2) 10'Pen: Hughes (1/1) 3'	Attendance: 7,688Referee: Aaron Pook (Australia)


	7.45 PM AWST (UTC+8)	Try: Bardoul 10'Tizzano 21'Taefu 45'Stowers 52'Kaitu'u 69'Davies 75'Con: Alatimu (6/6) 11', 22', 46', 53', 70', 75'	Report	Try: McKee 16'Con: Hala (1/1) 17'Pen: Hala (1/1) 8'	Attendance: 8,427 Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong)


	3.10 pm HKT (UTC+8)	Try: De Thierry 2'Warner 12'Viriviri 15'Van der Smit 29'Con: Hughes (3/4) 3', 13', 16'Pen: Hughes (1/1) 47'Cards: De Thierry (YC) 26'	Report	Try: Talakai 27'Hala 65'Rokua 70'Con: Hala (2/3) 28', 66'	Attendance: 1,000+ Referee: Graham Cooper (Australia)


	3.10 pm SGT (UTC+8)	Try: Gouws 4' Hala 12'Ili 20' J. Koroi 23'Penalty try 43'Harrison 67'Con: Hala (2/4) 5' 13'Fosita (1/1) 68'Pen: Fosita (1/1) 61'Cards: Rinakama (YC) 27'Tikoirotuma (YC) 52'	Report	Try: Hrstich 6'Penalty try 27'Solomona 46'Neville 70+1'Con: Hughes (2/3) 7' 47'	Attendance: 1,672 Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)


	3.10 pm SGT (UTC+8)	Pen: Fosita (1) 27'Cards: S. Ili (YC)	Report	Try: Tessmann 33'Con: Prior (1/1) 34'	Attendance: 1,919Referee: Matthew Rodden (Hong Kong)


	4.00 pm HKT (UTC+8)	Try: Slatem 26'Con: Rosslee (1/1) 27'Pen: Rosslee (2) 18' 24'Hughes (1) 51'	Report	Try: Lacey 2' pwtStander (2) 33' 52'Alatimu 39'McGregor 57'Kaitu'u 67'Con: Alatimu (2) 34' 39'Henry Taefu (1) 68'	Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong)


	3.10 pm FJT (UTC+12)	Try: Naugolo 9'Samusamuvodre 13' pwtStewart (2) 6' 63' Dyer 41', Tovilevu 70'Con: Waqatabu (2/4) 65' 70'Tikotani Malele (0/1)Pen: Waqatabu (0/1)Cards: Nawaqadau (YC) 30'Stewart (YC) 30'	Report	Try: McKee 4' Lam 18', Afu (2) 33' 48'Con: Fosita (3/4) 4' 33' 45'Pen: Fosita (2/2) 52' 67'	Attendance: 4,240Referee: Cameron Stone (New Zealand)


	3.10 pm FJT (UTC+12)	Try: Lomani 5'Voka 57'Dolokoto 69'Con: Waqatabu (0/1)Vularika (0/2)Cards: Voka (YC) 20'Vota (YC) 59'	Report	Try: Fines 23'McGregor 30'Kaitu'u 60'Con: Alatimu (2/2) 24' 31'Deegan (1/1) 61'Pen: Alatimu (2/2) 35' 45'	Attendance: 6,000+Referee: Angus Mabey (New Zealand)


	7.40 pm AWST (UTC+8)	Try: Uyen 10', Bardoul 26'Fines (2) 33' 43', Stowers 52'Lee-Warner 56'Davies (2) 58' 65', Ferris 62'Con: Alatimu (4/4) 11' 27' 33' 44'Deegan (5/5) 53' 57' 59' 63' 66'Cards: Lee-Warner (YC) 30'	Report	Try: Hala 70+2'Con: Fosita (0/1)Cards: Su'a (YC) 30'	Attendance: 12,437Referee: Graham Cooper (Australia)


	5.40 pm NZST (UTC+12)	Try: Fukofuka 17'Sauni 37' Makris 42'penalty try 61'Hala 66'Con: Makris (2/3) 38' 44'Hala (0/1)Cards: Fukofuka (YC) 40'	Report	Try: Tagi 12' Manu 20'Dolokoto 27'Malele 30'Naulago 45'Con: Waqatabu (3/5) 13' 21' 46'Pen: Waqatabu (2/2) 55', 63'Cards: Mawi (YC) 58'Nakarawa (YC) 59'	Attendance: 1,800Referee: Cameron Stone (New Zealand)


	3.40 pm AEST (UTC+10)	Try: Stowers (2) 11' 28'Moala 41'Mafoa 40'Con: Hala (4/4) 13' 21' 42' 59'Cards: Tuʻipulotu (YC) 68'	Report	Try: Lee-Warner 2'Davies 35+1' pwtFines (2) 48' 55' pwtFerris 59'Bardoul 70+1'Con: Alatimu (1/1) 2'Deegan (2/3) 50' 70+1'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Aaron Pook (Australia)


	7.40 pm AWST (UTC+8)	Try: Davies 8'Bardoul 19', Deegan 24'Taefu 35', Stander 45'O'Sullivan 66', Uyen 70'Con: Deegan (4/5) 20' 25' 35' 67'Power (1/1) 70'	Report	Try: Tikotani 28'Tagi 32'Stewart 37' pwtCon: Waqatabu (1/2) 33'Pen: Waqatabu 13'	Attendance: 12,832 Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong)


	7.40 pm AWST (UTC+8)	Try: Fines (2) 11' 28'McGregor (2) 37' 51'Jooste 25' pwtTessmann 33'Lee-Warner 58'Deegan 61' pwtLloyd 65', Miller 70'Con: Deegan (7/7) 12' 30' 35'38' 52' 59' 61'Prior (1/1) 70'	Report	Try: Van Wyk 47'Cronjé 55'Con: Rickter (0/1) Pretorius (0/1)	Attendance: 8,537 Referee: Dru Tonks (Australia)


	1.00 pm JST (UTC+9)


	3.30 pm JST (UTC+9)

Rapid Rugby had live broadcast television coverage in 18 countries across Asia and Oceania in 2019. Live streaming and video on demand services reached additional viewers within some Asia-Pacific countries, while Rapid Rugby's own website provided live streams and highlight packages to other regions worldwide.

Nine of the fourteen matches of 2019 showcase series were televised. Fox Sports in Australia and related companies Star Sports and Fox Sports Asia provided the live coverage.

National broadcaster SBS showed all nine of these matches live on free-to-air television across Australia via its SBS Viceland channel and also streamed through SBS on Demand. Other Rapid Rugby media partners included Kayo Sports in Australia, Sky Sport in New Zealand and Fiji TV.

	Country	Broadcaster
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China
South Korea	Star Sports	Pay television
Brunei
Cambodia
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Macau
Malaysia
Mongolia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam	Fox Sports Asia	Pay television
Australia	Fox Sports	Pay television
Kayo Sports	Subscription streamingVideo on demand
SBS Viceland	Free-to-air television
SBS on Demandsbs.com.au	Free streaming
New Zealand	Sky Sport	Pay television
Fiji	Fiji TV	Free-to-air television
Local channel	TBC
Papua New Guinea	Fox Sports	Pay television
Nauru
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Vanuatu	Various local channels	TBC
All other locations	rapidrugby.com	Free streaming

Notes

Rapid Rugby official website
Player transfers at asierugby.net at the Wayback Machine (archived 22 May 2019)

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