| JAPAN 114 | V | ARABIAN GULF 6 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Asia Five Nations Updated 05.08.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE: Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka | DATE: 3 May 2008 | SPECTATORS: 4,526 | |||||
| REFEREE: Steven Foley (Hong Kong) | HALFTIME: 52-6 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Onozawa (3), Miuchi (2), Robins (2), Webb (2), Ozaki, | TRIES: | ||||||
| Kikutani, Yoshida, Imamura, Kitagawa, Inokuchi, Onishi, | |||||||
| Nakayama, Shinozuka | |||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Alridge (8), Yoshida (4) | CONVERSIONS: | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: | PENALTY GOALS: Beard (2) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Bryce Robins | NEC | 15 | Paul Beard (22) | Dubai Exiles | ||
| 14 | Hiroki Yoshida | Toshiba | 14 | Francois Coetzer | Dubai Exiles | ||
| 13 | Yuta Imamura | Kobe | 13 | Sean Hurley | Dubai Dragons | ||
| 12 | Shotaro Onishi (21) | Yamaha Motor | 12 | Stephen Cooper | Dubai Exiles | ||
| 11 | Hirotoki Onozawa | Suntory | 11 | Stuart Gibbs (21) | Dubai Dragons | ||
| 10 | James Alridge (22) | JRFU | 10 | Josef Czerpak | Abu Dhabi RUFC | ||
| 9 | Takashi Sato (20) | Yamaha | 9 | Mark Simon | Abu Dhabi RUFC | ||
| 8 | Takuro Miuchi (Capt.) (19) | NEC | 8 | David Clark | Dubai Exiles | ||
| 7 | Yoshitaki Nakayama | Toyota Motor | 7 | Edward Nicholas | Dubai Exiles | ||
| 6 | Takashi Kikutani | Toyota Motor | 6 | Karl Sutcliffe (18) | Muscat RFC | ||
| 5 | Toshizumi Kitagawa | Toyota Motor | 5 | Steven Huber | Dubai Hurricanes | ||
| 4 | Hitoshi Ono (18) | Toshiba | 4 | Diarmuid O’Malley (Capt) (17) | Dubai Dragons | ||
| 3 | Yosuke Ikegaya | Suntory | 3 | Mark Gathercole | Dubai Exiles | ||
| 2 | Taku Inokuchi | Toshiba | 2 | Vivian Albertyn (19) | Dubai Dragons | ||
| 1 | Akira Ozaki (17) | Suntory | 1 | Fain Ferguson (16) | Dubai Dragons | ||
| 16 | Yusuke Aoki | Suntory | 16 | Emmanuel Barry (1) | Abu Dhabi RUFC | ||
| 17 | Yuta Inose (1) | NEC | 17 | Jonathon Brookes (4) | Dubai Exiles | ||
| 18 | Taira Sato (4) | NEC | 18 | Michael McNight (6) | Doha RFC | ||
| 19 | Kojo Shinozuka (8) | Suntory | 19 | Rory Power (2) | Bahrain | ||
| 20 | Fumiaki Tanaka (9) | Sanyo | 20 | Ayman Razek | Muscat RFC | ||
| 21 | Astushi Moriya (12) | Honda | 21 | Jacob De Jager (11) | Doha RFC | ||
| 22 | Shaun Webb (10) | World | 22 | Graham Brown (15) | Dubai Hurricanes | ||
| HEAD COACH: John Kirwan | HEAD COACH: Wayne Marsters | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES This was the highest score by Japan against the Arabian Gulf. The previous best, and only, result was 82-9, 16 April 2006, Chichibu, Tokyo. Yellow Card: Vivian Albertyn (42). Webb, coming on as a replacement, scored 2 tries on debut for Japan. Other test debutants for Japan were Tanaka, Ikegaya, Taira Sato and Inose. Ozaki, Inokuchi and Nakayama scored their first tries for Japan. Sources Ian McDonnell |
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