| NEW ZEALAND MAORI 65 | V | JAPAN 22 | |||||
| COMPETITION: Pacific Nations Cup Updated 12.08.2008 | |||||||
| VENUE: McLean Park, Napier | DATE: 28 June 2008 | SPECTATORS: | |||||
| REFEREE: Carlo Domasco (Italy) | HALFTIME: 17-22 | ||||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||||
| TRIES: Gear (3), Lawrence (2), Bruce (2), T.Ellison, Sweeney, | TRIES: Webb, Loamanu, Thompson | ||||||
| Kawau | |||||||
| CONVERSIONS: Bruce (6) | CONVERSIONS: Arlidge | ||||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Bruce | PENALTY GOALS: Arlidge (2) | ||||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||||
| 15 | Shannon Paku (21) | Wellington | 15 | Bryce Robins | NEC | ||
| 14 | Glen Horton (22) | Otago | 14 | Kosuke Endo | Toyota Motor | ||
| 13 | Jason Kawau | Southland | 13 | Yuta Imamura (21) | Kobe | ||
| 12 | Tamati Ellison (Co.Capt.) | Wellington | 12 | Shotaro Onishi | Yamaha | ||
| 11 | Zar Lawrence | Bay of Plenty | 11 | Christian Loamanu | Toshiba | ||
| 10 | Callam Bruce | Waikato | 10 | James Arlidge | JRFU | ||
| 9 | Piri Weepu (20) | Wellington | 9 | Tomoki Yoshida | Toshiba | ||
| 8 | Liam Messam (Co.Capt.) | Waikato | 8 | Ryu Holani | Sanyo | ||
| 7 | Tanerau Latimer (19) | Bay of Plenty | 7 | Hare Makiri | Sannix | ||
| 6 | Hoani MacDonald (18) | Southland | 6 | Luke Thompson | Kintetsu | ||
| 5 | Jason Eaton | Taranaki | 5 | Toshizumi Kitagawa | Toyota Motor | ||
| 4 | Ross Filipo | Wellington | 4 | Tomoaki Taniguchi (18) | Toyota Motor | ||
| 3 | Bronson Murray (17) | Northland | 3 | Tomokazu Soma (Capt.) | Sanyo | ||
| 2 | Aled De Malmanche (16) (1) | Waikato | 2 | Taku Inokuchi (16) | Toshiba | ||
| 1 | Jacob Ellison (2) | Wellington | 1 | Yuta Inose (17) | NEC | ||
| 16 | Hikawera Elliot (2) | Hawkes Bay | 16 | Naonori Mizuyama (2) | NEC | ||
| 17 | Keith Cameron (3) | Otago | 17 | Yosuke Ikegawa (1) | Suntory | ||
| 18 | Thomas Waldron (6) | Wellington | 18 | Koji Shinozuka (4) | Suntory | ||
| 19 | Scott Waldron (7) | Taranaki | 19 | Yoshitaka Nakayama | Toyota | ||
| 20 | Christopher Smylie (9) | North Harbour | 20 | Fumaiki Tanaka | Sanyo | ||
| 21 | Dwayne Sweeney (15) | Waikato | 21 | Sean Webb (13) (22) | World | ||
| 22 | Hosea Gear (14) | Wellington | 22 | Hiroki Yoshida (21) | Toshiba | ||
| COACH: Donny Stevenson | COACH: John Kirwan | ||||||
| MATCH NOTES Thompson last played for Japan v Canada at the 2007 Rugby World Cup. Sources http://www.rugbyjapan.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=379&Itemid=26 http://www.irb.com/pacificnationscup/matches/match=10470/index.html |
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