Test Match No. 144: 3rd Pacific Rim Tournament 3rd match

日本語 Photo Journal
23/05/98, the 3rd Pacific Rim Championship
Japan 38 Hong Kong 31
Aberdeen Sports Ground, Hong Kong
Half-time: 26-6
Referee: Masunu Tuisila (Western Samoa)
Touch Judges: 1st Ross Mitchell (Hong Kong), 2nd Leo Chuan (Hong Kong)
Crowd: 1,000
 
JAPAN: 15 Tsutomu Matsuda, 14 Terunori Masuho (16 Osami Yatsuhashi 66), 13 Andrew McCormick (capt) (17 Keiji Hirose temp 70), 12 Yukio Motoki, 11 Patiliai Tuidraki, 10 Stephen Miln, 9 Wataru Murata, 8 Ross Thompson, 7 Greg Smith (19 Takeomi Ito 57), 6 Robert Gordon (20 Yasunori Watanabe 60), 5 Hiroyuki Tanuma, 4 Yoshihiko Sakuraba, 3 Naoto Nakamura, 2 Masahiro Kunda, 1 Shin Hasegawa.
Reserves: 18 Katsuji Ohara, 21 Kazu Hamabe, 22 Masaaki Sakata.
Tries: Thompson (3), Murata, Masuho, Motoki; Conversions: Miln (3), Hirose.
Yellow Cards: Motoki (29, sin-bin, ----------), Masuho (50, sin-bin, ----------).
 
HONG KONG: 15 Vaughan Going, 14 Chris Gordon, 13 Roger Leeson, 12 Nigel D'Acre, 11 Luke Nabaro, 10 Chris Yates (21 Carl Murray 82), 9 Steve Kidd, 8 Paul Dingley (capt), 7 Jon Gordon (19 Brent Edwards 52), 6 Jon Dingley, 5 Steve Pengelly, 4 Andrew Barr (18 Roger Patterson 63), 3 Adam Kelly, 2 David Lewis, 1 Chris North (16 Ian Cooke, 2nd Half 40).
Reserves: 17 Leighton Duley, 20 Sean O'Hara, 22 Luciano Afeaki.
Tries: D'Acre, Leeson, P. Dingley; Conversions: Yates (2); Penalty Goals: Yates (4).
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 7min-try Japan, Thompson; conv. Miln-7-0, 10min-try Japan, Murata; conv. Miln (missed)-12-0, 18min-pen Hong Kong, Yates-12-3, 32min-try Japan, Masuho; conv. Miln-19-3, 35min-pen Hong Kong, Yates-19-6, 38min-try Japan, Thompson; conv. Miln-26-6, Half-time, 46min-pen Hong Kong, Yates-26-9, 57min-try Hong Kong, D'Acre; conv. Yates (missed)-26-14, 65min-try Hong Kong, Leeson; conv. Yates-26-21, 70min-pen Hong Kong, Yates-26-24, 74min-try Japan, Thompson; conv. Hirose (missed)-31-24, 78min-try Japan, Motoki; conv. Hirose-38-24, 83min-try Hong Kong,P. Dingley; conv. Yates-38-31.