| SAMOA 53 | V | JAPAN 9 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Pacific Five Nations Updated 27.07.2006 | |||||||
| VENUE: Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth | DATE: 17 June 2006 | SPECTATORS: 3,000 | |||||
| REFEREE: Matthew Goddard (Australia) | HALFTIME: 22-9 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Iosua (2), Senio (2), Fa’atau, Farani, Tuilagi, Lima | TRIES: | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Vili (4), Sanft | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Vili | PENALTY GOALS: Ando (2) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: Ando | ||||||
| 15 | Timoteo Iosua | Vaiala RFC | 15 | Takashi Miyaki | Sanyo | ||
| 14 | Lome Faatau (22) | Wellington, New Zealand | 14 | Yuta Imamura (21) | Waseda University | ||
| 13 | Brian Lima | Bristol RFC, England | 13 | Atsuishi Moriya | Yamaha | ||
| 12 | Seilala Mapusia | Otago, New Zealand | 12 | Hideyuki Yoshida | Kubota | ||
| 11 | Anitelea Tuilagi | Leicester RFC, England | 11 | Nataniela Oto | Toshiba | ||
| 10 | Tanner Vili (21) | Borders, Scotland | 10 | Eiji Ando | NEC | ||
| 9 | Garrick Cowley (20) | Bay of Plenty, New Zealand | 9 | Mamoru Ito | Toshiba | ||
| 8 | Semo Sititi (Capt.) | Borders, Scotland | 8 | Hajime Kiso | Yamaha | ||
| 7 | Ulia Ulia (19) | Marist RFC | 7 | Hare Makiri (19) | Sannix | ||
| 6 | Daniel Farani | Natal Sharks, South Africa | 6 | Takashi Kikutani | Toyota | ||
| 5 | Pelu Pavihi-Taele | Otago, New Zealand | 5 | Tsuyoshi Sato (22) | Sanyo | ||
| 4 | Daniel Leo | London Irish RFC, England | 4 | Hitoshi Ono (Capt.) | Toshiba | ||
| 3 | Jeremy Tomuli (17) | Bayonne, France | 3 | Ryo Yamamura | Yamaha | ||
| 2 | Mahonri Schwalger (16) | Wellington, New Zealand | 2 | Yuji Matsubara (16) | Kobe Steel | ||
| 1 | Filemoni Toleafoa | Montpellier, France | 1 | Yuichi Hisadomi (17) | NEC | ||
| 16 | Muliufi Salanoa (2) | Falefa RFC | 16 | Taskashi Yamaoka (2) | Suntory | ||
| 17 | Donald Kerslake (3) | Vaiala RFC | 17 | Masahito Yamamoto (1) | Toyota | ||
| 18 | Chad Slade | Waitakere RFC, Auckland, N.Z. | 18 | Kenji Kasai | Toshiba | ||
| 19 | Alafoti Faosiliva (7) | Auckland, New Zealand | 19 | Toshizumi Kitagawa (7) | Toyota | ||
| 20 | John Senio (9) | Auckland, New Zealand | 20 | Wataru Ikeda | Sanyo | ||
| 21 | Douglas Sanft (10) | Marist RFC, Auckland, New Zeal. | 21 | Hiroki Mizuno (14) | Toyota | ||
| 22 | Lolo Lui (14) | Moataa RFC | 22 | Takanori Kumagae (5) | NEC | ||
| COACH: Michael Jones | COACH: Jean-Pierre Elissalde | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Sources RiJ Vol.3 No.25 thanks to Ian Mcdonnell |
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