AUSTRALIA 91 | V | JAPAN 3 | |||||
COMPETITION: World Cup, Pool B Updated 16.09.2007 | |||||||
VENUE: Stade Gerland, Lyon | DATE: 8 September, 2007 | SPECTATORS: 40.043 | |||||
REFEREE: Alan Lewis (Ireland) | HALFTIME: 23-3 | ||||||
SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
TRIES: Elsom (3),
Latham (2), Barnes (2), Mitchell (2), Smith,
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TRIES: | ||||||
Frier, Sharpe, Ashley-Cooper | |||||||
CONVERSIONS: Mortlock (7), Giteau (3) | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
PENALTY GOALS: Mortlock (2) | PENALTY GOALS: Ono | ||||||
DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
15 | Christopher Latham | Queensland Reds | 15 | Tatsuya Kusumi | Toyota Motor | ||
14 | Adam Ashley-Cooper (21) | ACT Brumbies | 14 | Tomoki Kitagawa | Sanyo | ||
13 | Stirling Mortlock (Capt.) (22t) | ACT Brumbies | 13 | Koji Taira | Suntory | ||
12 | Matthew Giteau | ACT Brumbies | 12 | Nataniela Oto | Toshiba | ||
11 | Lote Tuqiri | NSW Waratahs | 11 | Hirotoki Onozawa | Suntory | ||
10 | Stephen Larkham (20) | ACT Brumbies | 10 | Kousei Ono | Fukuoka Sanix | ||
9 | George Gregan | ACT Brumbies | 9 | Yuki Yatomi | Yamaha Motor | ||
8 | Wycliff Palu (19) | NSW Waratahs | 8 | Takamichi Sasaki (Capt.) | Suntory | ||
7 | George Smith | ACT Brumbies | 7 | Hajime Kiso (19) | Yamaha | ||
6 | Rocky Elsom | NSW Waratahs | 6 | Yasunori Watanabe | Toshiba | ||
5 | Daniel Vickerman | NSW Waratahs | 5 | Lautangi Samurai Vatuvei | Kintetsu | ||
4 | Nathan Sharpe (18) | WA Western Force | 4 | Takanori Kumagae | NEC | ||
3 | Alistair Baxter (17t) | NSW Waratahs | 3 | Ryo Yamamura | Yamaha | ||
2 | Stephen Moore (16) | Queensland Reds | 2 | Taku Inokuchi | Toshiba | ||
1 | Matthew Dunning (17) | NSW Waratahs | 1 | Masahito Yamamoto | Toyota Motor | ||
16 | Adam Frier (2) | NSW Waratahs | 16 | Yuji Matsubara | Kobe Steel | ||
17 | Guy Shepherdson (3t) (1) | ACT Brumbies | 17 | Tomokazu Soma | Sanyo | ||
18 | Hugh McMeniman (4) | Queensland Reds | 18 | Hitoshi Ono | Toshiba | ||
19 | Stephen Hoiles (8) | ACT Brumbies | 19 | Hare Makiri (7) | Fukuoka Sanix | ||
20 | Berrick Barnes (10) | Queensland Reds | 20 | Tomoki Yoshida | Toshiba | ||
21 | Drew Mitchell (14) | WA Western Force | 21 | Yuta Imamura | Kobe Steel | ||
22 | Mark Gerrard (13t) | ACT Brumbies | 22 | Kosuke Endo | Toyota Motor | ||
COACH: John Connolly | COACH: John Kirwan | ||||||
MATCH NOTES Berrick Barnes was playing his first test for Australia. Gerrard was injured just minutes after replacing Mortlock. His injury was to keep him out of the rest of the World Cup tournament. Elsom's hattrick was the fastest by a forward in a World Cup match. Frier scored his first try for Australia. Kusumi was playing his first test for Japan. Sources http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/6974147.stm http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/home/fixtures/round=100/match=10075/report.html#elsom+snatches+record+wallabies+dominate http://sport.independent.co.uk/rugby_union/world_cup_news/article2947439.ece http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/08/sports/EU-SPT-RUGU-WCup-Australia-Japan-Result.php RiJ Vol.4 No.37, thanks to Ian McDonnell. |
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