Malaysia v Hong Kong , The second match of the ARC 2018 Championship will be streamed live on Asia Rugby’s Facebook page.
Hong Kong are the second side to travel to play Malaysia at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium, the 87,5000 capacity stadium built for the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
With more than 15,000 fans attending the tournament opener between Korea and Malaysia, this weekend presents another opportunity for the Top 3 debutants and hosts to play in front of a passionate home crowd.
For Hong Kong it will be there first match in this year’s Asia Rugby Championship which is doubling up as a Rugby World Cup qualifier.
With a play-off against the Cook Islands for the winner, the hard work starts now for the visitors who are favourites to take the crown.
The winner of the play-off will then head to the Rugby World Cup repechage for a spot at Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan.
Malaysia and Hong Kong have faced each other seven times, with Hong Kong claiming an emphatic 103-5 victory.
Despite being ranked 26 places below Hong Kong after falling three places after their defeat to Korea, Malaysia are sure to show significant improvement from the meeting in 1996.
You can watch the game live on Asia Rugby’s Facebook channel, with the match being streamed around the world.
The match will kick-off at 16:30 local time (09:30 GMT). You can stream the match here: http://bit.ly/ARC-Live
As well as the live stream, preview interviews with both teams and footage from the captain’s runs will be made available ahead of the match, with highlights posted shortly after.
