| JAPAN 44 | V | SPAIN 29 | |||||
| COMPETITION: | |||||||
| VENUE: Tokyo | DATE: 5 November 2005 | SPECTATORS: 15,000 | |||||
| REFEREE: Andrew Cole (Australia) | HALFTIME: 21-18 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Tachikawa, Kikutani, Akatsuka, Oto, Onozawa | TRIES: Prieto, Feijóo, Mota | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Hirosi (5) | CONVERSIONS: Roqué | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Hirosi (2) | PENALTY GOALS: Roqué (2) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: Hirosi | DROPPED GOALS: Sempere | ||||||
| 15 | Goshi Tachikawa | Toshiba | 15 | César Sempere | CD El Salvador | ||
| 14 | Nataniera Oto (22) | Toshiba | 14 | Jorge Prieto (22) | USAP Barcelona | ||
| 13 | Junpei Enomoto | Sanyo | 13 | Ferrán Velazco (Capt.) (21) | UE Santboiana | ||
| 12 | Shotaro Onishi | Kobe World | 12 | Jaime Nava | Alcobendas | ||
| 11 | Hirotoki Onozawa | Suntory | 11 | Ignacio Martín | Bera Bera | ||
| 10 | Keiji Hirose | Toyota | 10 | Esteban Roqué | CD El Salvador | ||
| 9 | Wataru Ikeda (Capt.) | Sanyo | 9 | Pablo Feijóo | Bera Bera | ||
| 8 | Hajime Kiso | Yamaha | 8 | Iván Criado (19) | CD El Salvador | ||
| 7 | Takashi Kikutani (19) | Toyota | 7 | Juan González | Complutense | ||
| 6 | Tomoaki Nakai (21) | Toshiba | 6 | Rafael Camacho | Ines Rosales | ||
| 5 | Takashi Akatsuka (18) | Kubota | 5 | César Bernasconi | USAP Barcelona | ||
| 4 | Toshizumi Kitagawa | Toyota | 4 | Andrew Ebbet | Alcobendas | ||
| 3 | Ryo Yamamura (17) | Yamaha | 3 | Javier Salazar (17) | Complutense | ||
| 2 | Yuji Matsubara | Kobelco | 2 | Diego Zarzosa (16) | CD El Salvador | ||
| 1 | Yuichi Hisatomi | NEC | 1 | Jon Insaust (18) | CD El Salvador | ||
| 16 | Taskashi Yamaoka | Suntory | 16 | Mathie Cidre (2) | Béziers, France | ||
| 17 | Tomokazu Soma (3) | Sanyo | 17 | César Caballero (3) | CD El Salvador | ||
| 18 | Tsuyoshi Sato (5) | Sanyo | 18 | Alejandro Ortega (1) | USAP Barcelona | ||
| 19 | Takanori Kumagae (7) | NEC | 19 | Álvaro Lázaro (8) | Perpignan, France | ||
| 20 | Mamoru Ito | Toshiba | 20 | Facundo Lavino | Complutense | ||
| 21 | Ryota Asano (6) | NEC | 21 | Alvar Enciso (13) | CD El Salvador | ||
| 22 | Takashi Miyake (14) | Sanyo | 22 | David Mota (14) | Liceo Francés | ||
| COACH: Jean-Pierre Elissalde | COACH: Geoff Glynn | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Akatsuka last played for Japan tens years ago in the 17-145 loss to New Zealand at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa. Six players were making their debut for Japan; Kitagawa, Kikutani, Enomoto, Soma, Sato and Miyake. Ikeda was captaining Japan for the first time. Spain were without five key players who were unable to travel to Japan. Sources: www.planet-rugby.com; RiJ Newsletter |
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