The 2019 Asia Rugby Championship is the fifth annual

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series for the top-level Asia Rugby nations.

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and

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shall compete in the 2019 series. The Asia Rugby Championship in 2019 does not include

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who is hosting the

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. Other Asian nations played in the lower division tournaments. The format of the tri-nations series is a double round-robin where the three teams play each other twice on a home and away basis. The team finishing on top of the standings at the end of the series is declared the winner.

Teams

The teams involved, with their world rankings prior to the 2019 tournament in brackets:

Standings

Fixtures

''Source'': asiarugby.com

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

References

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