Hong Kong got the reality check their Rugby World Cup preparations probably needed from Japan A on Friday, not that it lessened the disappointment for Andrew Douglas.

The visitors, who lost by more than 60 points to their Australian counterparts last week, handed out a drubbing of their own at Kai Tak Stadium, running in nine tries in a 59-14 victory.

Yuya Hirose got the rout started in the fourth minute, and it was largely one-way traffic from there on out. The centre scored a brace, with forwards and backs sharing the rest among them.

Kazuma Ueda and Tomu Takamoto, the wings, both touched down before half-time, as did lock David van Zeeland. After the break, hooker Shodai Hirao finished off a fine catch and drive from close range, Hirose’s fellow centre Yuto Mori crossed, as did replacements Shuntaro Kihara and Ichigo Nakakusu.

Hong Kong’s scores, one in each half, came from captain Josh Hrstich and hooker Calum Scott, but the enthusiasm and optimism engulfing the team after a training camp in Japan last week demanded far more than was produced.

“I’m pretty disappointed to be honest,” Douglas, Hong Kong’s head of technical rugby, said. “We’ve come off a really good preparation, had a really good week in Japan, played two Japanese teams, obviously not of this calibre that we played tonight, but disappointed with that result. I was expecting better.”