| TONGA 57 | V | JAPAN 16 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Pacific Five Nations Updated 17.08.2006 | |||||||
| VENUE: Honjo, Fukuoka | DATE: 4 July 2006 | SPECTATORS: 8,220 | |||||
| REFEREE: Bryce Lawrence, New Zealand | HALFTIME: 15-13 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Fifita (2), Vaicona, Hala’ufia, Hehea, Tuifua, Tu’ipuloto, | TRIES: Oto | ||||||
| Filipine | |||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Hola (3), Taumololo | CONVERSIONS: Onishi | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Hola (2), Taumololo | PENALTY GOALS: Onishi (3) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Sione Mone Tu'ipulotu | Yokogawa, Japan | 15 | Hiroki Mizuno (21) | Toyota | ||
| 14 | Tevita Vaikona (22) | Saracens RFC, England | 14 | Daisuke Ohata (22) | Kobe Steel | ||
| 13 | Sukanaivalu Hufanga | AS Beziers, France | 13 | Atsuishi Moriya | Yamaha | ||
| 12 | Tatafu Naaniumotu (21) | Nukunuku RFC | 12 | Hideyuki Yoshida | Kubota | ||
| 11 | Pierre Hola | Kobe RC, Japan | 11 | Nataniela Oto | Toshiba | ||
| 10 | Sosiua Taumalolo | Bristol RFC, England | 10 | Shotoaro Onishi | Kobe World | ||
| 9 | David Palu (20) | Manawatu, New Zealand | 9 | Mamoru Ito (20) | Toshiba | ||
| 8 | Tevita Fifita | Kamaishi RFC, Japan | 8 | Takashi Kikutani | Toyota | ||
| 7 | Nili Latu | Wellington, New Zealand | 7 | Hare Makiri (19) | Sannix | ||
| 6 | Christpher Hala'ufia (18) | Harlequins RFC, England | 6 | Ryota Asano (Capt.) | NEC | ||
| 5 | Emosi Kauhenga | Daitibunka Univ. RFC, Japan | 5 | Tsuyoshi Sato (18) | Sanyo | ||
| 4 | Paino Kelekolio Hehea | Metro Racing, France | 4 | Toshizumi Kitagawa | Toyota | ||
| 3 | Tevita Taumoepeau | Worcester RFC, England | 3 | Kenji Kasai (17) | Toshiba | ||
| 2 | Ma'afu Pale (16) | Coventry RFC, England | 2 | Taskashi Yamaoka | Suntory | ||
| 1 | Kisi Pulu (17) | Coventry RFC, England | 1 | Yuichi Hisadomi | NEC | ||
| 16 | Eghraim Taukafa (2) | Leicester RFC, England | 16 | Yuji Matsubara | Kobe Steel | ||
| 17 | Tonga Lea'aetoa (1) | London Irish, England | 17 | Tomokazu Soma (3) | Sanyo | ||
| 18 | Lotu Filipine (6) | IBM, Japan | 18 | Tomoaki Taniguchi (5) | Toyota | ||
| 19 | Tevita Tuifua (22) | Counties Manukau, New Zealand | 19 | Tomoaki Nakai (7) | Toshiba | ||
| 20 | Soane Havea (9) | Marist RFC | 20 | Wataru Ikeda (9) | Sanyo | ||
| 21 | Kosilio Tonga'uiha (12) | Vaini RFC | 21 | Eiji Ando (15) | NEC | ||
| 22 | Viliami Hakalo (14) | Spartan RFC | 22 | Kosuke Endo (14) | Toyota | ||
| COACH: Adam Leach | COACH: Jean-Pierre Elissalde | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES This was the first test match on the island of Kyushu for 22 years. New caps for Tonga were Hehea, Latu, Naaniumotu, Vaikana, Tonga'uina and Hakalo. Source RiJ Vol.3 No.23 from Ian Mcdonnell http://www.tonga-broadcasting.com/artman/publish/article_141.shtml |
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