Test Match No. 161: The 4th Rugby World Cup (Wales, etc.), game 3

日本語 Español Photo Journal
16 October 1999 at Millennium Stadium
●Japan 12-33 Argentina○
Lack of attacking tactics resulted in the defeat
 
Data:
16/10/99, the 4th WC Pool D
Japan 12 Argentina 33
The Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Half-time: 9-17
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Touch Judges: Jonathan I. Kaplan (South Africa), Givanni Morandin (Italy)
Crowd: 47,000
 
JAPAN: 15 Tsutomu Matsuda, 14 Daisuke Ohata, 13 Andrew McCormick (capt), 12 Yukio Motoki, 11 Patiliai Tuidraki, 10 Keiji Hirose, 9 Graeme Bachop, 8 Jamie Joseph, 7 Greg Smith, 6 Naoya 'Tofu' Okubo (17 Takeomi Ito 68), 5 Horoyuki Tanuma (19 Yoshihiko Sakuraba 83), 4 Robert Gordon, 3 Kohei Oguchi (20 Naoto Nakamura 52), 2 Masahiro Kunda (22 Masaaki Sakata 47), 1 Toshikazu Nakamichi (21 Shin Hasegawa 47).
Reserves: 18 Wataru Murata, 21 Toshikazu Nakamichi.
Penalty Goals: Hirose (4).
 
ARGENTINA: 15 Ignacio Corleto, 14 Gonzalo Camrdon, 13 Eduardo Simone, 12 Lisandro Arbizu (capt), 11 Diego Albanese, 10 Gonzalo Quesada (17 Felipe Contepomi 78), 9 Agustin Pichot, 8 Ignacio Fernández Lobbe, 7 Rolando Martin, 6 Santiago Phelan (20 Lucas Ostiglia 70), 5 Alejandro Allub, 4 Pedro Sporleder (19 Miguel Ruiz 54), 3 Omar Hasan Jalil, 2 Mario Ledesma Arocena, 1 Mauricio Reggiardo.
Reserves: 16 José Orengo, 18 Nicholas Fernández Miranda, 21 Agustin Canalda, 22 Martin Scelzo.
Tries: Pichot, Albanese; Conversion: Contepomi; Penalty Goals: Quesada (7).
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 6min-pen Argentina, Quesada (missed), 8min-pen Argentina, Quesada-0-3, 20min-pen Argentina, Quesada-0-6, 22min-pen Japan, Hirose-3-6, 27min-try Argentina, Pichot; conv. Quesada (missed)-3-11, 32min-pen Argentina, Quesada-3-14, 36min-pen Japan, Hirose-6-14, 39min-pen Argentina, Quesada-6-17, 41min-pen Japan, Hirose-9-17, Half-time, 45min-pen Argentina, Quesada-9-20, 49min-pen Japan, Hirose-12-20, 54min-pen Argentina, Quesada-12-23, 64min-pen Argentina, Quesada-12-26, 83min-try Argentina, Albanese; conv. Contepomi-12-33.
 


Although Japan conceded only two tries to Argentina, they conceded seven penalties and 33 points in total. In the offence, they lacked attacking tactics. They could not score any tries and only four penalties by Hirose.
Japan conceded seven penalties to Argentina because Japan fell behind in the scrums and mauls. When the scoring was 3-6, Argentina scored a try after a rally of penalties. Argentina, with their powerful mauls as the weapon, also scored a penalty in front of the goal in the second half, and extended the lead little by little. We must score tries to win.