JAPAN  82 V   KAZAKHSTAN  6
  COMPETITION: Asia 5 Nations                                                                                             Updated 11.08.2008
  VENUE: Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty DATE: 10 May 2008 SPECTATORS: 6,000
  REFEREE: Alan Whitcombe (Arabian Gulf) HALFTIME: 42-0  
  SCORERS: SCORERS:
  TRIES: Robins (2), H.Yoshida (2), Imamura (2), Nicholas, Holani, TRIES:
  Taira Sato, Onozawa, Nakayama, Miuchi     
  CONVERSIONS: Arlidge (6), Nicholas (4), Webb CONVERSIONS:
  PENALTY GOALS: PENALTY GOALS: Lifantov (2)
  DROPPED GOALS: DROPPED GOALS:
   
15 Bryce Robins (21) NEC 15 Maxim Lifontov Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk, Russia
14 Hiroki Yoshida  Toshiba 14 Denis Cherkashin Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk, Russia
13 Yuta Imamura Kobe 13 Alexandr Zakharov (21) RSC Almaty
12 Ryan Nicholas (22) Suntory 12 Ildar Abdrazakov RSC Almaty
11 Hirotoki Onozawa  Suntory 11 Yuri Romanov (20) Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk, Russia
10 James Alridge  JRFU 10 Maxim Vostretsov RSC Almaty
9 Timoki Yoshida (20) Toshiba 9 Akhmetzhan Baratov  CSK Almaty
8 Ryu Holani (19) Sanyo 8 Timur Mashurov (Capt.) RSC Almaty
7 Yoshitaki Nakayama  Toyota Motor 7 Anton Rudov RSC Almaty
6 Kojo Shinozuka  Suntory 6 Grigoriy Ivanchenko (19) CSK Almaty
5 Tomoaki Taniguchi (18) Toyota Motor 5 Yevgeniy Shekurov (17) RSC Almaty
4 Taira Sato  NEC 4 Serik Zhanseitov (18) CSK Almaty
3 Tomakazu Soma (Capt.) Sanyo 3 Vladimir Chernikh (16) CSK Almaty
2 Yusuke Aoki  Suntory 2 Mikhail Solovyev (22) Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk, Russia
1 Yuta Inose  NEC 1 Evgeny Antonov  Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk, Russia
   
16 Tatsukichi Nishiura Coca Cola 16 Ivan Ossikovskiy (3) RSC Almaty
17 Taku Inokuchi  Toshiba 17 Azat Abishev (5) RSC Almaty
18 Toshizumi Kitagawa (5) Toyota Motor 18 Ilya Poplavskiy (4) RSC Almaty
19 Takuro Miuchi (8) NEC 19 Roman Sorokodyuba (6) RSC Almaty
20 Takashi Sato (9) Yamaha 20 Daulet Akymbekov (11) CSK Almaty
21 Shaun Webb (15) World 21 Dmitriy Pichugin (13) Enisey-STM-Krasnoyarsk, Russia
22 Astushi Moriya (12) Honda 22 Vitally Pokhilenko (2) RSC Almaty
   
  HEAD COACH: John Kirwan HEAD COACH: Valery Popov
               
MATCH NOTES
This was the first official test between Japan and Kazakhstan. A Japan XV defeated Kazakhstan 118-3 in Bangkok in 1998 during the Asian Games.

Onozawa scored his 30th try for Japan. Holani and Taira Sato scored their first tries for Japan.

Sources
Ian McDonnell