Test Match No. 74: New Zealand Tour 1982, game 10

日本語 Photo Journal
30 May 1982 in Pukekohe
●Japan 6-22 New Zealand Universities○
No victory for the last match either
 
Data:
30/05/82, 2nd Test
Japan 6 New Zealand Universities 22
Pukekohe Stadium, Pukekohe
Half-time: 0-8
Referee: Graham Peach (Counties, New Zealand)
Touch Judges: R. Soppet (New Zealand), M. Hiscock (New Zealand)
Crowd: 6,000
 
JAPAN: 15 Naoyuki Tanifuji, 14 Kazuhiko Honjo, 13 Yoichiro Minamikawa, 12 Seiji Hirao, 11 Hoideo Toshima (21 Etsuro Tsuji --), 10 Yuji Matsuo, 9 Junya Matsumoto, 8 Kazuo Sejimo, 7 Takeo Ishizuka (capt), 6 Hikaru Kawaji, 5 Yasuharu Kawase, 4 Toshiyuki Hayashi 3 Koji Horaguchi, 2, Toshihiro Hirai (17 Masahiro Inoue --), 1 Jiro Ishiyama.
Reserves: 16 Ken Nakayama, 18 Takanobu Kondo, 19 Hikaru Kawaji, 20 Yoshimitsu Konishi.
Try: Honjo; Conversion: Honjo.
 
NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITIES: 15 David M. Halligan, 14 Tim Cooplestone, 13 Vic L.J. Simpson, 12 Lachie M. Cameron, 11 Anthony Lewis, 10 Grant J. Fox, 9 Tim J. Burcher, 8 John B. McDermott, 7 Dirk A. Willams, 6 peter Eggleton, 5 Miles Hughes, 4 Albert Anderson, 3 Bryce A.P. Bevin, 2 Jim W. Flavell, 1 John A. Drake (capt).
Reserves: 16 (unknown), 17 (unknown), 18 Rex Harding, 19 David Kirk, 20 Dan Fouhy, 21 Paul Turner.
Tries: Williams, Copplestone, Halligan, Cameron, Anderson; Conversion: Halligan; Penalty Goal: Halligan.
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 17min-try NZU, Williams; conv. Halligan (missed)-0-4, 39min-try NZU, Copplestone; conv. Halligan (missed)-0-8, Half-time, 51min-try NZU, Halligan; conv. Halligan (missed)-0-12, 55min-try Japan, Honjo; conv. Honjo-6-12, 62min-try NZU, Cameron; conv. Halligan-6-18, 77min-try NZU, Anderson, conv. Halligan (missed)-6-22.
 


In the final game, Japan was roundly defeated by NZU, conceding five tries. Bill Clark, chairman of the New Zealand Universities Rugby Council, said that “This year's NZU will go down in history. They run a lot though the forwards are heavy.” We must agree with this remark. All Japan could do against the fierce attack of a combination of forwards and backs was not to concede more than five tries. NZU's offence is logical: pushing hard in a maul, and bursting through where defence is weak. In order to prevent this, Japan needs to sharpen up their tackling skills to make them powerful, and step forward to not to let the opponent form a maul.
In the 15th minute of the second half, Japan quickly let the ball out from a maul as soon as it was formed. The ball was then passed to Hirao then to Honjo to score a try to the right corner (and a conversion). Those six points were the only points Japan scored. However, I still think the problem is in the defence. The score differential of this game was 16 points, and that was the widest margin in this tour. That means Japan has morphed from a team which collapses badly. Seiji Hirao became the youngest capped player at the age of 19.