Asia Rugby Championship: 5-star Brien leads way as Hong Kong run riot against Malaysia in 13-try mauling
- Home side run in 13 tries in 88-9 demolition of limited opponents at Hong Kong Football Club
- Sebastian Brien scores 5 times, while Gregor McNeish adds 22 points of his own in one-sided affair
Sebastian Brien ran in five tries and Hong Kong demolished Malaysia 88-9 in the Asia Rugby Championship on Saturday.
In a truly one-sided affair, the home side scored 13 tries in all at Hong Kong Football Club, with Alex Post touching down twice, and Jamie Lauder, Charles Higson-Smith, Luke van der Smit, Gregor McNeish, Pierce MacKinlay-West and Bryn Phillips also crossing.
McNeish added 17 points with the boot, and Nathan De Thierry chipped in with nine more as Lewis Evans’ side ran riot against a Malaysia team who struggled with all aspects of the game.
A week after a 27-3 loss to South Korea, more had been expected of the visitors, but Malaysia never really threatened their hosts and the only points came when Hong Kong were penalised for infringing at the breakdown.
The only blot on the evening for Hong Kong was the red card shown to full-back Paul Altier, who dived into a ruck connecting with the head of Malaysia skipper Fairuz Ab Rahman with little more than an hour played.
Altier had earlier spent 10 minutes in the sin-bin in the first half having been penalised for a deliberate knock-on, denying Malaysia their only real shot at a try, which came after a rare break from wing Adam Ariff Alias.
