Test Match No. 185: Australia National Rugby Union Team A's visit to Japan, game 2

日本語 Photo Journal
8 June 2003 at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
●Japan 15-66 Australia A○
4th loss in a row this season
 
Data:
08/06/2003, Lipobitan D Challenge, 2nd Test
Japan 15 Australia A 66
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Tokyo
Half-time: 3-42
Referee: Kelvin Mark Deaker (New Zealand)
Touch Judges: Kazuhito Taniguchi (Japan), Takehiro Tamitsuji (Japan), Takeyuki Kishikawa (Japan), Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Crowd: 20,000
 
JAPAN: 15 Toru Kurihara, 14 Daisuke Ohata, 13 George Kinia, 12 Hideki Nanba (21 Ruben Parkinson 58), 11 Hirotoki Onozawa (22 Tsutomu Matsuda 63), 10 Keiji Hirose, 9 Yuji Sonoda, 8 Takeomi Ito, 7 Takuro Miuchi (19 Yasunori Watanabe 61), 6 Ryota Asano. 5 Adam Parker. 4 Hajime Kiso (18 Hiroyuki Tamuma 50), 3 Masahiko oyoyama, 2 Masaaki Sakata (17 Hiroki Matsuo 58), 1 Shin Hasegawa (16 Masahito Yamamoto 63).
Reserve: 20 Wataru Murata.
Tries: Ohata, Kurihara; Conversion: Kurihara; Penalty Goal: Kurihara.
 
AUSTRALIA A: 15 Julian Huxley (21 Mark Bartholomeusz 52), 14 Milton Thaiday, 13 Mark Gerrard, 12 Joel Wilson (22 Micheal Tabrett 74), 11 Peter Hynes, 10 Shaun Berne, 9 Matthew Henjak, 8 John Roe, 7 David Croft, 6 Daniel Heenan (19 Tamaiti Horua 59), 5 Justin Harrison (18 Rudi Vedelago 74), 4 Matthew Cockbain (capt) (20 Jono West 78), 3 Alastair Baxter (17 David Fitter 68), 2 Adam Freier (16 Tai McIsaac 74), 1 Matthew Dunning.
Tries: Berne (2), Hynes (2), Thaiday, Freier, Gerrard, Roe, Tabrett, Horua; Conversions: Huxley (6), Berne (2).
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 28sec-try Australia A, Hynes; conv. Huxley-0-7, 3min-pen Japan, Kulihara-3-7, 9min-try Australia A, Berne; conv. Huxley-3-14, 14min-pen Japan, Kulihara (missed), 17min-try Australia A, Berne; conv. Huxley-3-21, 28min-try Australia A, Thaiday; conv. Huxley-3-28, 33min-try Australia A, Freier; conv. Huxley-3-35, 35min-try Australia A, Gerrard; conv. Huxley-3-42, Half-time, 46min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Kurihara (missed)-8-42, 61min-try Australia A, Roe; conv. Berne (missed)-8-47, 69min-try Japan, Kurihara; conv. Kurihara-15-47, 73min-try Australia A, Hynes; conv. Berne (missed)-15-52, 77min-try Australia A, Tabrett; conv. Berne-15-59, 82min-try Australia A, Horua; conv. Berne-15-66.
 


Japan always has the same problem after playing with a world-class team. In order to win a game in the World Cup, we must not allow the opponent to score more than three tries. However, the try differential with the Australia National Rugby Union Team A in game 1 was 7. In this game 2, Japan conceded 10 tries. Unless they overcome this issue with originality, strengthening, and mental strength, the door to the world remains closed. Japan helplessly conceded seven tries in the first half. The score of 3-42 at the break would be a good reason for “throwing in the towel” in boxing. Japan could not stop the opponents individually making a dash towards them. In the 6th minute of the second half, Ohata scored a try to the right corner through a quick attack from a penalty kick. This revived Japan, which then had consecutive possessions leading to Kurihara's try in the 29th minute. Japan conceded four tries to Australia A, but the score in the second half was 12-24. I would like Japan to play games like the second half in the World Cup.