| AUSTRALIA 'A' 71 | V | JAPAN 10 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Pacific Nations Cup Updated 30.11.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville | DATE: 9 June 2007 | SPECTATORS: 4,745 | |||||
| REFEREE: James Bolabiu (Fiji) | HALFTIME: 36-10 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Holmes (3), Cross (2), Schifcofske, Sare, Hardy, Ma'afu, | TRIES: Robins | ||||||
| Beale | |||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Schifcofske (9) | CONVERSIONS: Ono | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Schifcofske | PENALTY GOALS: Ono | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Peter Hewat | NSW Waratahs | 15 | Bryce Robins (22) | Ricoh | ||
| 14 | Clinton Schifcofske | Queensland Reds | 14 | Kosuke Endo | Toyota Motor | ||
| 13 | Junior Pelesasa | WA Western Force | 13 | Yuta Imamura | Kobe Steel | ||
| 12 | Ryan Cross (22) | WA Western Force | 12 | Koji Taira | Suntory | ||
| 11 | Haig Sare | WA Western Force | 11 | Hirotoki Onozawa | Suntory | ||
| 10 | Berrick Barnes (21) | Queensland Reds | 10 | Kousei Ono (21) | Fukuoka Sanix | ||
| 9 | Joshua Holmes (20) | NSW Waratahs | 9 | Yuki Yatomi (20) | Yamaha Motor | ||
| 8 | Jone Tawake (19) | ACT Brumbies | 8 | Hare Makiri (19) | Fukuoka Sanix | ||
| 7 | David Pocock | WA Western Force | 7 | Takamichi Sasaki (Capt.) | Suntory | ||
| 6 | Dean Mumm (18) | NSW Waratahs | 6 | Hajime Kiso | Yamaha | ||
| 5 | William Caldwell | NSW Waratahs | 5 | Tsuyoshi Sato | JRFU; No Club affiliation | ||
| 4 | Alister Campbell (Capt.) | ACT Brumbies | 4 | Takanori Kumagae | NEC | ||
| 3 | Troy Takiari (17) | WA Western Force | 3 | Ryo Yamamura | Yamaha | ||
| 2 | Tatafu Polota-Nau (16) | NSW Waratahs | 2 | Mitsugu Yamamoto (16) | Sanyo | ||
| 1 | Gareth Hardy | WA Western Force | 1 | Masahito Yamamoto (17) | Toyota Motor | ||
| 16 | Sean Hardman (2) | Queensland Reds | 16 | Yusuki Aoki (2) | Suntory | ||
| 17 | Salesi Ma’afu (3) | ACT Brumbies | 17 | Tomokazu Soma (1) | Sanyo | ||
| 18 | Adam Wallace-Harrison (6) | ACT Brumbies | 18 | Hitoshi Ono | Toshiba | ||
| 19 | Julian Salvi (8) | ACT Brumbies | 19 | Glen Marsh (8) | NEC | ||
| 20 | Joshua Valentine (9) | NSW Waratahs | 20 | Koichi Ohigashi (9) | NEC | ||
| 21 | Gene Fairbanks (10) | ACT Brumbies | 21 | Shotaro Onishi (10) | Yamaha Motor | ||
| 22 | Kurtley Beale (12) | NSW Waratahs | 22 | Go Aruga (15) | Suntory | ||
| COACH: Laurie Fisher | COACH: John Kirwan | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Australia A replacement prop Salesi Ma’afu received two yellow cards with the second automatically becoming a red card. 34 year old New Zealander Glen Marsh was making his test debut for Japan. Polota-Nau, Campbell, Hardman and Valentine had previously played test matches for Australia. Source RiJ Newsletter Vol.4, No.24 thanks to Ian McDonnell |
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