Test Match No. 160: The 4th Rugby World Cup (Wales, etc.), game 2

日本語 Photo Journal
9 October 1999 at Millennium Stadium
●Japan 15-64 Wales○
Got smashed also by Wales
 
Data:
09/10/99, the 4th WC Pool D
Japan 15 Wales 64
The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Half-time: 15-26
Referee: Joël Dume (France)
Touch Judges: Andre Watson (South Africa), Jonathan I. Kaplan (South Africa)
Crowd: 75,200
 
JAPAN: 15 Takafumi Hirao, 14 Daisuke Ohata, 13 Andrew McCormick (capt), 12 Yukio Motoki, 11 Patiliai Tuidraki, 10 Keiji Hirose, 9 Graeme Bachop (18 Wataru Murata 70), 8 Jamie Joseph, 7 Greg Smith, 6 Naoya 'Tofu' Okubo (19 Takeomi Ito 70), 5 Robert Gordon (20 Yoshihiko Sakuraba 76), 4 Hiroyuki Tanuma, 3 Naoto Nakamura, 2 Masahiro Kunda (22 Masaaki Sakata 41), 1 Shin Hasegawa (21 Toshikazu Nakamichi 61).
Reserves: 16 Terunori Masuho, 17 Akira Yoshida.
Tries: Ohata, Tuidraki; Conversion: Hirose; Penalty Goal: Horose.
 
WALES: 15 Shane Howarth (16 Stephen Jones 68), 14 J. Jones-Hughes, 13 Mark Taylor, 12 Scott Gibbs, 11 Allan Bateman (17 Gareth Thomas 38), 10 Neil Jenkins, 9 Rob Howley (capt) (18 Dai Llewellyn 64), 8 Geraint Lewis, 7 Brett Sinkinson (19 Chris Wyatt 79), 6 Martyn Williams, 5 Mike Voyle, 4 Craig Quinnell, 3 Dai Young (20 Ben Evans 74), 2 Garin Jenkins (22 J. Humphreys 67), 1 Peter Rogers (21 Andrew Lewis 63).
Tries: Taylor (2), Bateman, Howley, Gibbis, Howarth, Llewellyn, Thomas, Penalty try; Conversions: N. Jenkins (8); Penalty Goal: N. Jenkins.
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 5min-try Wales, Bateman; conv. Jenkins-0-7, 11min-try Wales, Howley; conv. Jenkins (missed)-0-12, 18min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Hirose-7-12, 23min-try Wales, penalty try; conv. Jenkins-7-19, 25min-try Wales, Taylor; conv. Jenkins-7-26, 39min-try Japan, Tuidraki; conv. Hirose (missed)-12-26, 44min-pen Japan, Hirose-15-26, Half-time, 43min-pen Wales, Jenkins (missed), 46min-try Wales, Gibbs; conv. Jenkins-15-33, 52min-pen Wales, Jenkins-15-36, 57min-try Wales, Howarth; conv. Jenkins-15-43, 61min-try Wales, Taylor; conv. Jenkins-15-50, 69min-try Wales, Llewellyn; conv. Jenkins-15-57, 75min-try Wales, Thomas; conv. Jenkins-15-64.
 


The former Arms Park has now been transformed into the Millennium Stadium. There, Japan challenged Wales but lost again. While being pressured by the power of the Welsh forwards, Japan still exploited limited opportunities. Ohata and Tuidraki scored a try in the 18th and 38th minute of the first half respectively to make it 15-26. However, that was as far as Japan could get. They conceded five tries in the second half and roundly defeated Wales, 15-64. Sympathetic cheers of rugby fans, saying they knew this would happen, pierced us. It breaks our hearts even more because the players as well as the coach are giving everything they have.