Test Match No. 177: 2nd Asian Tri-Nations (RWC Asian qualifying final round)

日本語 Photo Journal
16/06/2002, the 5th WC Asia Zone Qualification Round 3 (a triangular, double round-robin; home and away)
Japan 90 Korea 24
National Kasumigaoka Stadium, Tokyo
Half-time: 45-24
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Touch Judges: 1st Graham Templeton (Hong Kong), 2nd Richard Mullet (Hong Kong), 3rd Kazuhito Taniguchi (Japan)
Crowd: 25,000
 
JAPAN: 15 Hirotoki Onozawa, 14 Daisuke Ohata, 13 Hideki Nanba, 12 Yukio Motoki, 11 Toru Kurihara, 10 Andrew Miller (21 Kensuke Iwabuchi 79), 9 Yuji Sonoda (20 Wataru Murata 72), 8 Yuya Saito, 7 Takuro Miuchi (capt) (19 Takeomi Ito 40), 6 Naoya 'Tofu' Okubo, 5 Luatangi Vatuvei (16 Masahito Yamamoto temp 27-32), 4 Koichi Kubo (18 Adam Parker temp-thrice 13-19, 28-29, 2nd Half 40-46 and 53), 3 Masahiko Toyoyama, 2 Masaaki Sakata, 1 Shin Hasegawa.
Reserves: 17 Ryo Yamamura, 22 Ryohei Miki.
Tries: Ohata (4), Miller (3), Kurihara (2), Onozawa, Sakata, Saito, Sonoda; Conversions: Kurihara (11); Penalty Goal:
Kurihara.
Yellow Card: Hasegawa (62, sin-bin, repeated infringements).
 
KOREA: 15 Yong Hwan Myung, 14 Choi Chang Ryul, 13 Yoo Min Suk, 12 Kim Jae Hyun, 11 Lee Jin Wook (22 Park Chang Min 43), 10 Kim Se Woong (21 Choi Young Jun 75), 9 No Chul Ki (20 Sung Hae Sung 75), 8 Park Noh Young, 7 Park Yong Don (17 Jun Sung Un temp 28-34), 6 Woo Tae Il (18 Lim Sung Su temp 13-18 and 64), 5 Kang Dong Ho (capt), 4 Kim Dong Sun (19 Park Jin Bae 48), 3 Kim Jom Heung, 2 Han Young Hoon, 1 Kim Kyung Woo (16 Kim Young Geun 43).
Tries: Lee Jin Wook (3), Kim Se Woong; Conversions: Kim Se Woong (2).
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 4min-pen Japan, Kurihara-3-0, 5min-try Korea, Lee Jin Wook; conv. Kim Se Woong (missed)-3-5, 12min-try Japan, Onozawa; conv. Kurihara-10-5, 15min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Kurihara-17-5, 18min-try Korea, Lee Jin Wook; conv. Kim Se Woong-17-12, 21min-try Korea, Lee Jin Wook; conv. Kim Se Woong (missed)-17-17, 24min-pen Korea, Kim Se Woong (missed), 27min-try Korea, Kim Se Woong; conv. Kim Se Woong-24-17, 29min-try Japan, Miller; conv. Kurihara-24-24, 31min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Kurihara-31-24, 33min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Kurihara-38-24, 36min-try Japan, Miller; conv. Kurihara-45-24, Half-time, 44min-try Japan, Kurihara; conv. Kurihara (missed)-50-24, 47min-try Japan, Sakata; conv. Kurihara-57-24, 52min-try Japan, Saito; conv. Kurihara-64-24, 63min-try Japan, Sonoda; conv. Kurihara-71-24, 71min-try Japan, Kurihara; conv. Kurihara-78-24, 73min-try Japan, Miller; conv. Kurihara (missed)-83-24, 81min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Kurihara-90-24.