Test Match No. 197: European Tour 2004, game 1

日本語 Photo Journal
13 November 2004 at McDiarmid Park
●Japan 8-100 Scotland National Rugby Union Team○
An ugly loss that hurt Japan's reputation
 
Data:
13/11/2004, Europe Tour
Japan 8 Scotland 100 McDiarmid Park, Perth
Half-time: 8-36
Referee: Andrew Cole (Australia)
Touch Judges: 1st Nigel Williams (Wales), 2nd Roy Maybank (England)
Crowd: 10,278
 
JAPAN: 15 Ryohei Miki (22 Hideyuki Yoshida 48), 14 Koichiro Kubota, 13 Seiichi Shimomura, 12 Yuki Motoki (21 Masatoshi Mukouyama 55), 11 Hayato Daimon, 10 keisuke Sawaki, 9 Wataru Ikeda (20 Kiyonori Tanaka 70), 8 Takuro Miuchi (capt), 7 Hajime Kiso, 6 Naoya 'Tofu' Okubo (19 Takatoyo Yamaguchi 66), 5 Hitosi Ono (18 Feletiliki Mau 2nd Half 40), 4 Takanori Kumagae, 3 Ryo Yamamura, 2 Takashi Yamaoka (16 Mitsugu Yamamoto 73), 1 Yuichi Hisadomi (17 Masahito Yamamoto 65).
Try: Daimon; Penalty Goal: Ikeda.
 
SCOTLAND: 15 Hugo Southwell, 14 Chris Paterson, 13 Ben Hinshelwood (22 Greame Morrison 55), 12 Andrew Henderson, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Dan Parks (21 Gordon Ross 58), 9 Chris Cusiter (20 Mike Blair 2nd Half 40), 8 John Petrie, 7 Donnie MacFadyen, 6 Allister Hogg (19 Jason White 58), 5 Nathan Hines, 4 Stuart Grimes (18 Scot MacLead 68), 3 Gavin Kerr, 2 Gordon Bulloch (16 Robert Russell 2nd Half 40), 1 Allan Jacobson (17 Craig Smith 67).
Tries: Paterson (3), Southwell (2), Russell (2), Hoggs, Parks, Petrie, Blair, Henderson, Morrison, Lamont, MacFadyen; Conversions: Paterson (11); Penalty Goal: Paterson.
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 2min-try Scotland, Hogg; conv. Paterson-0-7, 5min-try Japan, Daimon; conv. Ikeda (missed)-5-7, 19min-try Scotland, Southwell; conv. Paterson-5-14, 23min-pen Scotland, Paterson-5-17, 24min-try Scotland, Paterson; conv. Paterson-5-24, 29min-pen Japan, Ikeda-8-24, 36min-try Scotland, Parks; conv. Paterson-8-31, 39min-try Scotland, Petrie; conv. Paterson (missed)-8-36, Half-time, 46min-try Scotland, Paterson; conv. Paterson (missed)-8-41, 49min-try Scotland, Blair; conv. Paterson-8-48, 52min-try Scotland, Henderson; conv. Paterson-8-55, 56min-try Scotland, Paterson; conv. Paterson (missed)-8-60, 60min-try Scotland, Morrison; conv. Paterson-8-67, 63min-try Scotland, Lamont; conv. Paterson-8-74, 69min-try Scotland, MacFadyen; conv. Paterson-8-81, 75min-try Scotland, Russell; conv. Paterson (missed)-8-86, 77min-try Scotland, Southwell; conv. Paterson-8-93, 80min-try Scotland, Russell; conv. Paterson-8-100.
 


Although Japan had been playing fair and square under coach Hagimoto, they conceded 100 points to Scotland and damaged the international reputation of Japan. The IRB had been requesting that top teams have friendly matches despite their tight international schedule in order to boost the level of Tier 2, but the effort was wiped out. Japan was criticised because they brought a different team from the one played in Townsville (Australia). Only four players (Miuchi, Kiso, Okubo and Motoki) of the entire team were in the national squad when Japan gave Scotland a hard time in the World Cup. Japan was accused of being disrespectful for “coming to try out young players”. There was no excuse for Japan after its defence conceded 15 tries to the opponent.