Japan A Tour to New Zealand 2011
05.07.2011
Game 2:
Tasman Buccaneers 19 Tries: Sione
Holani, Pablo Huete and
James Mei; Conversions: Andrew Letham 2.
Date: Tuesday 28 June 2011.
Venue:
Kick-off: 18:00 (Local NZ time).
Halftime: Japan A 19 Tasman 14.
Japan A: 1- Yusuke Nagae, 2- Ryuta Ueno, 3- Hidetatsu Tsuboi, 4- Michael Broadhurst, 5-
Tomoaki Taniguchi (c), 6- Makoto Tosa,
7- Yusaku Kuwazuru, 8-
Masakazu Toyota, 9- Ippei Asada, 10- Kosei Ono, 11- Taiki Koyanagi, 12- Tevita Lepolo, 13- Brett
Gillespie, 14- Shohei Toyoshima, 15- Ayumu Goromaru.
Reserves: 16- Ryuhei Arita (subbed 2, 20 min 2H), 17- Takahiro Doi, 18- Eiri Nakada
(subbed 5, 20 min 2H), 19- Daiki Hashimoto, 20- Shuhei Oshima (subbed 9, 20 min
2H), 21- Katsuyuki Sakai, 22- Harumichi
Tatekawa (subbed 10, 22 min 2H), 23- Masataka Mikami, 24- Isileli Vakauta (subbed 8, 20 min
2H), 25- Takayuki Yamauchi (subbed 12, 34 min 2H), 26- Kazushi Hano (subbed 11, 31 min 2H) and 27- Kaoru Matsushita.
In their second game on tour, Japan A defeated a
Tasman Makos Buccaneers side 34-19 at Trafalgar Park
in Nelson in an early evening game on Tuesday, 28 June 2011. In what was a
pre-season game for the Tasman Makos, the Buccaneers
had limited preparation and fielded a number of prospective ITM Cup candidates
along with at least six
Comments by head coach Masahiro Kunda
This was a big challenge for us. I tried to give as
many guys a run as I could and come away with a good result. Further, we played
low and fast in defence and this nullified a lot of options for our opposition
in attack. In this game I thought flanker Yusaku Kuwazuru was our best forward, especially his work at the
breakdown and five-eighth Kosei Ono in the backs for constantly getting us over
the gain line.
27.06.2011
On 15 June 2011, wings Taiki
Koyanagi and Kazushi Hano
were added to the squad.[See squad list below. Editor]
Game 1:
Date: Wednesday 22 June 2011.
Venue:
Kick-off: 18:00.
Halftime: Japan A 15
Japan A: 1- Yusuke Nagae, 2- Ryuta Ueno, 3- Takahiro Doi, 4-
Michael Broadhurst, 5- Tomoaki
Taniguchi (c), 6- Makoto Tosa, 7- Yusaku
Kuwazuru, 8- Isileli Vakauta, 9- Ippei Asada, 10-
Kosei Ono, 11- Taiki Koyanagi,
12- Tevita Lepolo, 13-
Takayuki Yamauchi, 14- Shohei Toyoshima, 15- Ayumu Goromaru.
Reserves: 16- Ryuhei Arita (subbed 2, 16 min 2H), 17- Hidetatsu
Tsuboi, 18- Eiri Nakada, 19- Daiki Hashimoto, 20- Shuhei Oshima (subbed 9, 24 min
2H), 21- Brett Gillespie, 22- Kaoru Matsushita (subbed 15, 32 min 2H), 23- Harumichi Tatekawa (subbed 12, 38
min 2H), 24- Katsuyuki Sakai (subbed 11, 38 min 2H),
25- Kazushi Hano and 26- Masataka
Mikami.
Comments by head coach Masahiro Kunda
After days of rain, our team did their best in the
heavy conditions to play low, fast rugby. I was not totally happy with our work
at the breakdown and that is one of the things we will work on at training
ahead of our next match. Having said that though, overall I thought the team
competed pretty well at the breakdown. Furthermore, we had good line speed in
defence and this put a lot of pressure on our opposition, shutting down a lot
of their opportunities in attack and this is something we want to carry into
our next match. In this game, I thought lock Tomoaki
Taniguchi was the standout in the forwards while in the backs wing Shohei Toyoshima showed us what he has.
20.06.2011
Schedule
The
Game 1:
Date: Wednesday 22 June 2011.
Venue:
Kick-off: 18:00.
Game 2:
Tasman v
Date: Tuesday 28 June 2011.
Venue:
Kick-off: 18:00.
Game 3:
North Canterbury v
Date: Saturday 2 July 2011.
Venue: TBC.
Kick-off: 15:00.
14.06.2011
Position |
Name |
Club |
Age |
Hgt/Wgt |
Caps |
Props |
Yusuke
NAGAE |
Ricoh
Black Rams |
25 |
171/110 |
- |
|
Takahiro
DOI |
NEC
Green Rockets |
24 |
182/116 |
- |
|
Masataka MIKAMI |
Toshiba
Brave Lupus |
23 |
178/113 |
- |
|
Hidetatsu TSUBOI |
Chugoku
Denki |
22 |
182/114 |
- |
Hookers |
Ryuta UENO |
|
25 |
173/100 |
1 |
|
Ryuhei ARITA |
Coca-Cola
West Red Sparks |
22 |
176/98 |
- |
Locks |
Tomoaki TANIGUCHI |
|
28 |
193/124 |
12 |
|
Michael
BROADHURST |
Ricoh
Black Rams |
24 |
194/110 |
- |
|
Eiri NAKADA |
Toshiba
Brave Lupus |
22 |
194/106 |
- |
Flankers |
Yusaku KUWAZURU |
Coca-Cola
West Red Sparks |
25 |
188/97 |
- |
|
Makoto
TOSA |
NEC
Green Rockets |
24 |
188/109 |
- |
|
Daiki HASHIMOTO |
|
24 |
184/100 |
- |
No8s |
Masakazu
|
Coca-Cola
West Red Sparks |
25 |
189/100 |
9 |
|
Isileli VAKAUTA |
Ryutsu Keizai Univ. |
21 |
185/120 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Halfbacks |
Ippei ASADA |
|
30 |
166/75 |
- |
|
Shuhei OSHIMA |
Toshiba
Brave Lupus |
22 |
179/75 |
- |
Five-eighths |
Kosei
ONO |
|
24 |
171/81 |
5 |
|
Harumichi TATEKAWA |
|
21 |
181/94 |
- |
Centres |
Takayuki
YAMAUCHI |
|
24 |
180/85 |
- |
|
Brett
GILLESPIE |
|
23 |
180/92 |
- |
Wings |
Tevita LEPOLO |
Mitsubishi
Dyna Boars |
23 |
185/105 |
- |
|
Katsuyuki |
|
22 |
173/84 |
- |
|
Kanzo NAKAHAMA |
|
22 |
176/85 |
- |
Fullbacks |
Kaoru
MATSUSHITA |
|
27 |
185/88 |
7 |
|
Shohei TOYOSHIMA |
Toshiba
Brave Lupus |
22 |
175/82 |
- |
Head coach: Masahiro Kunda
(Toshiba).
On 30 May 2011, the Japan Rugby Football Union
announced the
On 6 May 2011, fullback Ayumu
Goromaru was called up to the full
On 7 May 20111, prop Sunao
Takizawa, halfback Keisuke Uchida and fullback Kenji Shomen were ruled out of the tour with injury while
prop Hidetatsu Tsuboi,
No8 Isileli Vakauta,
halfback Ippei Asada and fullback Kaoru
Matsushita were called into the squad.