| CANADA 12 | V | JAPAN 12 | |||||
| COMPETITION: World Cup, Pool B Updated 31.12.2007 | |||||||
| VENUE: Bordeaux | DATE: 25 September 2007 | SPECTATORS: 33,180 | |||||
| REFEREE: Jonathan
Kaplan (South Africa) |
HALFTIME: 0-5 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Riordan, Van der Merwe | TRIES: Endo, Taira | ||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Pritchard | CONVERSIONS: Onishi | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: | PENALTY GOALS: | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Michael Pyke | Montauban, France | 15 | Go Aruga | Suntory | ||
| 14 | Daniel Van der Merwe | James Bay AA | 14 | Kosuke Endo (22) | Toyota Motor | ||
| 13 | Craig Culpan (22) | Meraloma | 13 | Yuta Imamura (21) | Kobe Steel | ||
| 12 | David Spicer | University of Victoria | 12 | Shotaro Onishi | Yamaha Motor | ||
| 11 | James Pritchard | Bedford, England | 11 | Christian Loamanu | Saitama Instutute of Tech. | ||
| 10 | Ryan Smith | Montauban, France | 10 | Bryce Robins | Ricoh | ||
| 9 | Morgan Williams (Capt.) | Albi, France | 9 | Tomoki Yoshida (20) | Toshiba | ||
| 8 | Aaron Carpenter (20) | Brandtford | 8 | Takuro Miuchi (Capt.) (19) | NEC | ||
| 7 | Adam Kleeberger (19) | University of Victoria | 7 | Phillip O'Reilly | Sanyo | ||
| 6 | Colin Yukes | Agen, France | 6 | Hare Makiri | Fukuoka Sanix | ||
| 5 | Michael James | Stade Francais, France | 5 | Luke Thompson | Toshiba | ||
| 4 | Michael Burak | Pau, France | 4 | Hitoshi Ono (18) | Toshiba | ||
| 3 | Jon Thiel (18) | Bayside | 3 | Tomokazu Soma (17) (1) | Sanyo | ||
| 2 | Patrick Riordan (16) | Burnaby Lake | 2 | Yuji Matsubara | Kobe Steel | ||
| 1 | Rodney Snow (17) | St Johns Dogs | 1 | Tatsukichi Nishiura (3) | Coca-Cola West Japan | ||
| 16 | Michael Pletch (2) | Oakville Crusaders | 16 | Taku Inokuchi | Toshiba | ||
| 17 | Daniel Pletch (1) | Oakville Crusaders | 17 | Ryo Yamamura (3) | Yamaha | ||
| 18 | Scott Franklin (3) | Castaway Wanderers | 18 | Hajime Kiso (4) | Yamaha | ||
| 19 | Joshua Jackson (7) | Stade Bordelaise, France | 19 | Lautangi Vatuvei (8) | Kintetsu | ||
| 20 | Michael Webb (8) | Swilers | 20 | Chul-Won Kim (9) | Kintetsu | ||
| 21 | Edward Fairhurst | Cardiff, Wales | 21 | Koji Taira (13) | Suntory | ||
| 22 | Justin Mensah-Coker (13) | Albi, France | 22 | Hirotoki Onozawa (14) | Suntory | ||
| COACH: Ric Suggitt | COACH: John Kirwan | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Japan scored in the last minute to prevent Canada winning their first World Cup fixture. Yellow Card: Pat Riordan (Canada) Riordan's try was his first for Canada. Pritchard's converson saw him pass the 200 points mark for Canada in tests. Sources http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7009631.stm Rugby in Japan Vol.4, No.40 thanks to Ian McDonnell |
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