| ITALY 36 | V | JAPAN 12 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Friendly. Rugby World Cup warm up. Updated 10.09.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Stadio Perruca, Saint Vincent, Val d’Aosta | DATE: 18 August 2007 | SPECTATORS: 5,500 | |||||
| REFEREE: David Pearson (England) | HALFTIME: 22-7 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Stanojevic (2), Robertson, Lo Cicero, Ma. Bergamasco | TRIES: Nishiura, Makiri | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Bortolussi (4) | CONVERSIONS: Ando | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Bortolussi | PENALTY GOALS: | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | David Bortolussi | Montpellier, France | 15 | Bryce Robins (21) | Ricoh | ||
| 14 | Kaine Robertson | Arix Viadana | 14 | Kosuke Endo | Toyota Motor | ||
| 13 | Gonzalo Canale (21) | Clermont Auvergne, France | 13 | Yuta Imamura | Kobe Steel | ||
| 12 | Mirco Bergamasco | Stade Français, France | 12 | Shotaro Onishi | Yamaha Motor | ||
| 11 | Marko Stanojevic | Bristol RFC, England | 11 | Christian Loamanu (22) | Saitama Instutute of Tech. | ||
| 10 | Ramiro Pez (22) | Bayonne, France | 10 | Eiji Ando | NEC | ||
| 9 | Alessandro Troncon (20) | Clermont Auvergne, France | 9 | Tomoki Yoshida | Toshiba | ||
| 8 | Sergio Parisse | Stade Français, France | 8 | Takuro Miuchi (Capt.) | NEC | ||
| 7 | Mauro Bergamasco | Stade Français, France | 7 | Phillip O'Reilly (19) | Sanyo | ||
| 6 | Josh Sole (19) | Arix Viadana | 6 | Hare Makiri | Fukuoka Sanix | ||
| 5 | Marco Bortolami (Capt.) | Gloucester, England | 5 | Luke Thompson | Toshiba | ||
| 4 | Santiago Dellape (18) | Biarritz Olympique | 4 | Hitoshi Ono (18) | Toshiba | ||
| 3 | Martin Castrogiovanni (1) | Leicester RFC, England | 3 | Tomokazu Soma (17) (1) | Sanyo | ||
| 2 | Carlo Festuccia (16) | Metro Racing, France | 2 | Yuji Matsubara | Kobe Steel | ||
| 1 | Andrea Lo Cicero (17) (3) | Metro Racing, France | 1 | Tatsukichi Nishiura (3) | Coca-Cola West Japan | ||
| 16 | Leonardo Ghiraldini (2) | Cammi Calvisano | 16 | Taku Inokuchi | Toshiba | ||
| 17 | Salvatore Perugini (1) | Stade Toulousain, France | 17 | Ryo Yamamura (3) | Yamaha | ||
| 18 | Valerio Bernabò (4) | Brive, France | 18 | Lautangi Vatuvei (4) | Kintetsu | ||
| 19 | Manoa Vasawai (6) | Overmach Parma | 19 | Ryota Asano (7) | NEC | ||
| 20 | Pablo Canavosio (9) | Castres, France | 20 | Chul-Won Kim | Kintetsu | ||
| 21 | Andrea Masi (13) | Biarritz Olympique, France | 21 | Kousei Ono (15) | Fukuoka Sanix | ||
| 22 | Roland de Marigny (10) | Cammi Calvisano | 22 | Go Aruga (11) | Suntory | ||
| COACH: Pierre Berbizier | COACH: John Kirwin | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES This was Japan's only official warm up test before the Rugby World Cup. Makiri received a yellow card in the second half. Sources RiJ Vol.4 No.34, August 21, 2007, thanks to Ian McDonnell |
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