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15 May 1993 in Tucumán
●Japan 27-30 Argentina○
Lost in the first test match with a narrow margin
Data:
15/05/93, 1st Test
Japan 27 Argentina 30
Atletico de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Half-time: 8-24
Referee: George Gadjovich (Canada)
Touch Judges: unknown
Crowd: 11,000
JAPAN: 15 Takahiro Hosokawa, 14 Terunori Masuho, 13 Hirohisa Kato, 12 Yukio Motoki, 11 Yoshihito Yoshida, 10 Katsuhiro Matsuo, 9 Masami Horikoshi, 8 Sinali Latu, 7 Hirofumi Ouchi, 6 Hiroyuki Kajihara, 5 Samuel Kaleta, 4 Yoshihiko Sakuraba, 3 Kazuaki Takahashi, 2 Masahiro Kunda (capt), 1 Osamu Ota.
Reserves: 16 Yoji Nagatomo, 17 Akira Yoshida, 18 Tsutomu Matsuda, 19 Kenichi Kimura, 20 Eiji Hirotsu, 21 Tomoya Haneda.
Tries: Horikoshi, Kajihara; Conversion: Hosokawa; Penalty Goals: Hosokawa (5).
ARGENTINA: 15 Guillermo Jos Del Castillo, 14 Martin Jose Teran Nougues, 13 Diego Cuesta Silva, 12 Pablo Cremaschi, 11 Gustavo Martin Jorge, 10 Lisandro Arbizu (capt), 9 Rodorigo H. Crexell, 8 Pablo Arturo Garreton, 7 José Maria Santamarina, 6 Sebastian L. Irazoqui, 5 Pedro Luis Sporleder, 4 José Eduardo Simes, 3 Ernesto Patricio Noriega, 2 Diego Silvetti, 1 Roberto Diego Grau.
Reserves: Martin Grau (Used as permanent replacement).
Tries: Sporleder, Arbizu, Silvetti, Cuesta Silva; Conversions: Crexell, Cremaschi; Penalty Goals: Cremaschi (2).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 1min-try Argentina, Sporleder; conv. Crexell-0-7, 2min-pen Japan, Hosokawa (missed), 6min-pen Argentina, Crexell (missed), 8min-pen Argentina, Crexell (missed), 9min-try Argentina, Arbizu; conv. Crexell (missed)-0-12, 19min-try Argentina, Silvetti; conv. Crexell (missed)-0-17, 25min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-3-17, 30min-try Argentina, Cuesta Silva; conv. Cremaschi-3-24, 34min-try Japan, Horikoshi; conv. Hosokawa (missed)-8-24, Half-time, 41min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-11-24, 44min-drop goal Japan, Matsuo (missed), 46min-try Japan, Kajihara; conv. Hosokawa-18-24, 52min-pen Argentina, Cremaschi-18-27, 54min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-21-27, 62min-pen Japan, Hosokawa (missed), 65min-pen Japan, Hosokawa (missed), 67min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-24-27, 73min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-27-27, 76min-pen Argentina, Cremaschi-27-30.
Argentina is the country closest to the rugby superpowers, the eight IRB member nations. Winning against this country would bring Japan to the top of Tier 2. Japan continuously attacked Argentina in the second half. Following some exchange of counterattacks, Kajihara, who was in support, scored a try in the 6th minute. Skilful Hosokawa also scored penalties one after another. The 16 points margin was narrowed to the tied score of 27-27 in the 33rd minute. However, they committed a very regrettable infringement in their own territory, and that was that. “I was sure that the opponents would hit the wall in the second half after such a heated first half. We were so close.” We lost to one of the top eight of the 1st RWC (1987) and lost an opportunity for a “giant-killing”.
15 May 1993 in Tucumán
●Japan 27-30 Argentina○
Lost in the first test match with a narrow margin
Data:
15/05/93, 1st Test
Japan 27 Argentina 30
Atletico de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Half-time: 8-24
Referee: George Gadjovich (Canada)
Touch Judges: unknown
Crowd: 11,000
JAPAN: 15 Takahiro Hosokawa, 14 Terunori Masuho, 13 Hirohisa Kato, 12 Yukio Motoki, 11 Yoshihito Yoshida, 10 Katsuhiro Matsuo, 9 Masami Horikoshi, 8 Sinali Latu, 7 Hirofumi Ouchi, 6 Hiroyuki Kajihara, 5 Samuel Kaleta, 4 Yoshihiko Sakuraba, 3 Kazuaki Takahashi, 2 Masahiro Kunda (capt), 1 Osamu Ota.
Reserves: 16 Yoji Nagatomo, 17 Akira Yoshida, 18 Tsutomu Matsuda, 19 Kenichi Kimura, 20 Eiji Hirotsu, 21 Tomoya Haneda.
Tries: Horikoshi, Kajihara; Conversion: Hosokawa; Penalty Goals: Hosokawa (5).
ARGENTINA: 15 Guillermo Jos Del Castillo, 14 Martin Jose Teran Nougues, 13 Diego Cuesta Silva, 12 Pablo Cremaschi, 11 Gustavo Martin Jorge, 10 Lisandro Arbizu (capt), 9 Rodorigo H. Crexell, 8 Pablo Arturo Garreton, 7 José Maria Santamarina, 6 Sebastian L. Irazoqui, 5 Pedro Luis Sporleder, 4 José Eduardo Simes, 3 Ernesto Patricio Noriega, 2 Diego Silvetti, 1 Roberto Diego Grau.
Reserves: Martin Grau (Used as permanent replacement).
Tries: Sporleder, Arbizu, Silvetti, Cuesta Silva; Conversions: Crexell, Cremaschi; Penalty Goals: Cremaschi (2).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 1min-try Argentina, Sporleder; conv. Crexell-0-7, 2min-pen Japan, Hosokawa (missed), 6min-pen Argentina, Crexell (missed), 8min-pen Argentina, Crexell (missed), 9min-try Argentina, Arbizu; conv. Crexell (missed)-0-12, 19min-try Argentina, Silvetti; conv. Crexell (missed)-0-17, 25min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-3-17, 30min-try Argentina, Cuesta Silva; conv. Cremaschi-3-24, 34min-try Japan, Horikoshi; conv. Hosokawa (missed)-8-24, Half-time, 41min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-11-24, 44min-drop goal Japan, Matsuo (missed), 46min-try Japan, Kajihara; conv. Hosokawa-18-24, 52min-pen Argentina, Cremaschi-18-27, 54min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-21-27, 62min-pen Japan, Hosokawa (missed), 65min-pen Japan, Hosokawa (missed), 67min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-24-27, 73min-pen Japan, Hosokawa-27-27, 76min-pen Argentina, Cremaschi-27-30.
Argentina is the country closest to the rugby superpowers, the eight IRB member nations. Winning against this country would bring Japan to the top of Tier 2. Japan continuously attacked Argentina in the second half. Following some exchange of counterattacks, Kajihara, who was in support, scored a try in the 6th minute. Skilful Hosokawa also scored penalties one after another. The 16 points margin was narrowed to the tied score of 27-27 in the 33rd minute. However, they committed a very regrettable infringement in their own territory, and that was that. “I was sure that the opponents would hit the wall in the second half after such a heated first half. We were so close.” We lost to one of the top eight of the 1st RWC (1987) and lost an opportunity for a “giant-killing”.