| WALES 72 | V | JAPAN 18 | |||||
| COMPETITION: World Cup, Pool B Updated 08.01.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff | DATE: 20 September 2007 | SPECTATORS: 42,558 | |||||
| REFEREE: Joel Jutge (France) | HALFTIME: 29-11 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: S.Williams (2), M.Williams (2), A.W.Jones, Hook, | TRIES: Endo, Onozawa | ||||||
| R.Thomas, Morgan, Phillips, D.James, Cooper | |||||||
| CONVERSIONS: S.Jones (5), Sweeney (2) | CONVERSIONS: Robins | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: S.Jones | PENALTY GOALS: Onishi (2) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Kevin Morgan | Newport Gwent Dragons | 15 | Christian Loamanu | Saitama Instutute of Tech. | ||
| 14 | Dafydd James | Llanelli Scarlets | 14 | Kosuke Endo | Toyota Motor | ||
| 13 | James Robinson (22) | Cardiff Blues | 13 | Yuta Imamura (21) | Kobe Steel | ||
| 12 | James Hook | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | 12 | Shotaro Onishi (22) | Yamaha Motor | ||
| 11 | Shane Williams | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | 11 | Hirotoki Onozawa | Suntory | ||
| 10 | Stephen Jones (21) | Llanelli Scarlets | 10 | Bryce Robins | Ricoh | ||
| 9 | Michael Phillips (20) | Cardiff Blues | 9 | Tomoki Yoshida (20) | Toshiba | ||
| 8 | Alix Popham (18) | Llanelli Scarlets | 8 | Takuro Miuchi (Capt.) | NEC | ||
| 7 | Martyn Williams | Cardiff Blues | 7 | Hare Makiri (19) | Fukuoka Sanix | ||
| 6 | Colin Charvis | Newport Gwent Dragons | 6 | Yasunori Watanabe | Toshiba | ||
| 5 | Alun Wyn Jones (19) | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | 5 | Luke Thompson (18) | Toshiba | ||
| 4 | William James | Gloucester, England | 4 | Hitoshi Ono | Toshiba | ||
| 3 | Christopher Horsman (17) | Worcester, England | 3 | Tomokazu Soma (1) | Sanyo | ||
| 2 | T.Rhys Thomas | Newport Gwent Dragons | 2 | Yuji Matsubara (16) | Kobe Steel | ||
| 1 | Duncan Jones | Neath Swansea Ospreys | 1 | Tatsukichi Nishiura (17) (3) | Coca-Cola West Japan | ||
| 16 | Huw Bennett | Neath-Swansea Ospreys | 16 | Taku Inokuchi (2) | Toshiba | ||
| 17 | Gethin Jenkins (3) | Cardiff Blues | 17 | Ryo Yamamura (1) | Yamaha | ||
| 18 | Michael Owen (8) | Newport Gwent Dragons | 18 | Hajime Kiso (5) | Yamaha | ||
| 19 | Ian Evans (5) | Newport Gwent Dragons | 19 | Ryota Asano (7) | NEC | ||
| 20 | Gareth Cooper (9) | Gloucester, England | 20 | Chul-Won Kim (9) | Kintetsu | ||
| 21 | Ceri Sweeney (10) | Newport Gwent Dragons | 21 | Koji Taira (13) | Suntory | ||
| 22 | Thomas Shanklin (13) | Cardiff Blues | 22 | Tatsuya Kusumi (12) | Toyota Motor | ||
| COACH: Gareth Jenkins | COACH: John Kirwan | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Shane Williams was playing his 50th test for Wales. He equalled Ieuan Evan's record for the most number of test tries for Wales; 33. Chul-Won Kim was making his test debut for Japan. R.Thomas' try was his first for Wales Sources |
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