Test Match No. 31: Three nations' tournament (NZU, Canada BC State, Japan), game 1

日本語 Photo Journal
22 March 1970 at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
○Japan 32-3 Canada BC state team●
Good win against Canada in the three nations tournament
 
Data:
22/03/70
Japan 32 Canada (British Columbia) 3
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Tokyo
Half-time: 21-0
Referee: Tsuneo Nishiyama (Japan)
Touch Judges: unknown
Crowd: 10,000
 
JAPAN: 15 Masaharu Mantani, 14 Tadayuki Ito, 13 Fumiharu Shimazaki, 12 Akira Yokoi, 11 Yoshihiro Sakata, 10 Tadamasa Fujimoto-Kamohara, 9 Ryouzo Imazato, 8 Susumu 'Asura' Hara, 7 Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, 6 Yoshiaki Izawa, 5 Katsumi Kamata (capt), 4 Hiroshi Ogasawara, 3 Toshio Kurosaka, 2 Tadahiko Omata, 1 Mitsuo Atokawa.
Tries: Fujimoto (2), Sakata (2), Shimazaki, Mantani, Ito, Yamaguchi; Conversions: Yamaguchi (4).
 
CANADA: 15 Barrie Burnham, 14 Doug Shick, 13 David Austin, 12 Thomas Browne (capt), 11 Jim Ryan, 10 Jerry Lorenz, 9 Ross MacDonald, 8 Brian Barker, 7 John Wenman, 6 Clive Austin, 5 Andrew Spray, 4 Dick Layzell, 3 Gudmund (Goody) Gudmundseth, 2 Hugh MacFarlane, 1 William Taylor.
Try: Lorenz.
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 6min-try Japan, Fujimoto; conv. Yamaguchi-5-0, 9min-try Japan, Shimazaki; conv. Yamaguchi-10-0, 23min-try Japan, Sakata; conv. Yamaguchi-15-0, 32min-try Japan, Mantani; conv. Yamaguchi (missed)-18-0, 37min-try Japan, Sakata; conv. Yamaguchi (missed)-21-0, Half-time, --min-try Japan, Fujimoto; conv. Yamaguchi (unknown)-**-0, --mim-try Japan, Ito; conv. Yamaguchi (unknown)-**-0, --min-try Japan, Yamaguchi; conv. Yamaguchi (unknown)-32-0, 76min-try Canada, Lorenez; conv. Burnham (missed)-32-3.
 


Japan won a clear victory over Canada in the three nations' tournament. They demonstrated Japanese rugby based on ‘getting close, deployment, and continuation' that defeated the NZ Junior team. In the first half, 6 min: Helped with Imazato's judgment, Fujimoto scored an opening try. 9 min: From a penalty kick, Shimazaki dashed well to add a try. 23 min: Sakata in the left caught Ito's punt and tried to the centre. Yamaguchi successfully added conversion to all the tree tries. 32 min: Returning pass between Ito and Mantani worked brilliantly. 37 min: Sakata picked up the ball miskicked by Canada, and burst through the ground. Japan completely stirred up sluggish Canada. Japan's forwards dived in a low posture, pushed Canada's large forwards upwards, and let them do nothing but to step back. They didn't have time to utilise the feet and kicks of the backs. We can say that this game shows the Japanese rugby team's international progress.