日本語 Photo Journal
27 April 1991 in Minneapolis
●Japan 9-20 United States○
Come-from-ahead loss to the U.S.
Data:
27/04/91, 1st Test
Japan 9 U.S.A. 20
National Sports Center, Minneapolis
Half-time: 9-0
Referee: Leslie J. Peard (Wales)
Touch Judges: unknown
Crowd: unknown
JAPAN: 15 Takahiro Hosokawa, 14 Tadashi Goda, 13 Eiji Kutsuki, 12 Seiji Hirao (capt) (20 Yukio Motoki 67), 11 Yoshihito Yoshida, 10 Katsuhiro Matsuo, 9 Wataru Murata, 8 Hirofumi Ouchi, 7 Shuji Nakashima, 6 Hiroyuki Kajihara, 5 Ekeroma Tifaga Lauaiufi, 4 Toshiyuku Hayashi, 3 Masanori Takura, 2 Tsuyoshi Fujita, 1 Kazuaki Takahashi.
Reserves: 16 Osamu Ota, 17 Atsushi Oyagi, 18 Junichi Yaguchi, 19 Masami Horikoshi, 21 Tatsuya Maeda.
Penalty Goals: Hosokawa (2); Drop Goal: Matsuo.
U.S.A.: 15 Ray Nelson, 14 Kevin Gary Higgins, 13 Mark Andrew Williams, 12 Joe Burke, 11 Gary Hein, 10 Michael de Jong, 9 Barry Daily (capt), 8 Rob Farley, 7 Shawn Lipman, 6 Dennis Gonzales, 5 William Neil ('Bill') Leversee, 4 Kevin Swords, 3 Norman James Mottram, 2 Tony Flay, 1 Chris Lippert.
Tries: Higgins (2), M. Willams; Conversion: M. Willams; Penalty Goal: M. Williams, Drop Goal: de Jong.
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): --min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-3-0, --min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-6-0, --min-drop goal Japan, Matsuo-9-0, Half-time, 42min-pen U.S.A, M. Willams-9-3, 46min-try U.S.A., M. Willams; conv. M. Willams-9-7, --min-try U.S.A., Higgins; conv. M. Willams (missed)-9-11, --min-try U.S.A., Higgins; conv. M. Willams-9-17, --min-drop goal U.S.A., de Jong-9-20.
Japan decided to tour the United States and Canada to hone the team for the real stuff this autumn. Their aim was to create a team which could play full out for eighty minutes against a powerful opponent. The United States opted to play against the wind in the first half, gave Japan a nine point lead, and waited and watched their opponent. As soon as the second half started, the U.S. launched a fierce counterattack. They pushed the scrum in front of the opponent's goal, caused them to commit an infringement, and scored a penalty in the 2nd minute. They also scored a try after picking up the tackled ball in the 6th minute. The gap was narrowed to two points in no time. The U.S. forwards had the upper hand even before the break. In this half, they took advantage of strong winds and played mostly in the opponent's territory. They added two tries, one goal and one drop goal, and won game 1. Japan's nine points came from two penalties by Hosokawa and a drop goal by Matsuo from 48 metres while they were still playing with the wind against them, but they could not do much in offence as the forwards could not overcome the U.S. especially in the lineout.
27 April 1991 in Minneapolis
●Japan 9-20 United States○
Come-from-ahead loss to the U.S.
Data:
27/04/91, 1st Test
Japan 9 U.S.A. 20
National Sports Center, Minneapolis
Half-time: 9-0
Referee: Leslie J. Peard (Wales)
Touch Judges: unknown
Crowd: unknown
JAPAN: 15 Takahiro Hosokawa, 14 Tadashi Goda, 13 Eiji Kutsuki, 12 Seiji Hirao (capt) (20 Yukio Motoki 67), 11 Yoshihito Yoshida, 10 Katsuhiro Matsuo, 9 Wataru Murata, 8 Hirofumi Ouchi, 7 Shuji Nakashima, 6 Hiroyuki Kajihara, 5 Ekeroma Tifaga Lauaiufi, 4 Toshiyuku Hayashi, 3 Masanori Takura, 2 Tsuyoshi Fujita, 1 Kazuaki Takahashi.
Reserves: 16 Osamu Ota, 17 Atsushi Oyagi, 18 Junichi Yaguchi, 19 Masami Horikoshi, 21 Tatsuya Maeda.
Penalty Goals: Hosokawa (2); Drop Goal: Matsuo.
U.S.A.: 15 Ray Nelson, 14 Kevin Gary Higgins, 13 Mark Andrew Williams, 12 Joe Burke, 11 Gary Hein, 10 Michael de Jong, 9 Barry Daily (capt), 8 Rob Farley, 7 Shawn Lipman, 6 Dennis Gonzales, 5 William Neil ('Bill') Leversee, 4 Kevin Swords, 3 Norman James Mottram, 2 Tony Flay, 1 Chris Lippert.
Tries: Higgins (2), M. Willams; Conversion: M. Willams; Penalty Goal: M. Williams, Drop Goal: de Jong.
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): --min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-3-0, --min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-6-0, --min-drop goal Japan, Matsuo-9-0, Half-time, 42min-pen U.S.A, M. Willams-9-3, 46min-try U.S.A., M. Willams; conv. M. Willams-9-7, --min-try U.S.A., Higgins; conv. M. Willams (missed)-9-11, --min-try U.S.A., Higgins; conv. M. Willams-9-17, --min-drop goal U.S.A., de Jong-9-20.
Japan decided to tour the United States and Canada to hone the team for the real stuff this autumn. Their aim was to create a team which could play full out for eighty minutes against a powerful opponent. The United States opted to play against the wind in the first half, gave Japan a nine point lead, and waited and watched their opponent. As soon as the second half started, the U.S. launched a fierce counterattack. They pushed the scrum in front of the opponent's goal, caused them to commit an infringement, and scored a penalty in the 2nd minute. They also scored a try after picking up the tackled ball in the 6th minute. The gap was narrowed to two points in no time. The U.S. forwards had the upper hand even before the break. In this half, they took advantage of strong winds and played mostly in the opponent's territory. They added two tries, one goal and one drop goal, and won game 1. Japan's nine points came from two penalties by Hosokawa and a drop goal by Matsuo from 48 metres while they were still playing with the wind against them, but they could not do much in offence as the forwards could not overcome the U.S. especially in the lineout.