Test Match No. 199: European Tour 2004, game 3

日本語 Photo Journal
26 November 2004 at Millennium Stadium
●Japan 0-98 Wales○
Another catastrophic loss for Japan
 
Data:
26/11/2004, Europe Tour
Japan 0 Wales 98
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Half-time: 0-56
Referee: W.Tappe S. Henning (South Africa)
Touch Judges: 1st Rob Dickson (Scotland), 2nd Christophe Berdos (France)
Crowd: 56,380
 
JAPAN: 15 Ryohei Miki, 14 Koichiro Kubota, 13 Masatoshi Mukouyama, 12 Yuki Motoki, 11 Hayato Daimon (22 Tatsuhiko Ootao 28), 10 Hideyuki Yoshida, 9 Wataru Ikeda (20 Kiyonori Tanaka 61), 8 Takuro Miuchi (capt), 7 Feletiliki Mau (19 Takatoyo Yamaguchi 59), 6 Naoya 'Tofu' Okubo, 5 Takanori Kumagae, 4 Hajime Kiso, 3 Ryo Yamamura (17 Tatsukichi Nishiura 70), 2 Takashi Yamaoka (16 Mitsugu Yamamoto 49), 1 Masahito Yamamoto.
Reserves: 18 Koichi Kubo, 21 Sadanobu Imari.
 
WALES: 15 Gethin Rhys Williams, 14 Haldane Luscome (22 Kevin Andrew Morgan 59), 13 Tomos George Shanklin, 12 Gavin Lloyd Hensen, 11 Shane Mark Williams, 10 Ceri Sweeney, Gareth James Cooper (21 Michael Phillips 70), 8 Ryan Paul Jones, 7 Collin Lloyd Charvis (capt), 6 Dafydd Aed Rees Jones (18 Martyn Elwyn Williams 59), 5 Jonathan Thomas, 4 Michael James Owen (19 Alix Jon Popham 69), 3 Gethin David Jenkins (17 Adam Rhys Jones 55), 2 Mefin Davies (16 Steve Jones 55), 1 Duncan James Jones (17 Adam Rhys Jones temp 65-71).
Reserve: 20 Matthew Jason Watkins.
Tries: Charvis (4), Shanklin (3), S.M. Williams (2), G.R. Williams (2), Davies, Jenkins, Cooper; Conversions: Henson (14).
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 3min-try Wales, Charvis; conv. Henson-0-7, 5min-try Wales, Rhys Williams; conv. Henson-0-14, 8min-try Wales, Charvis; conv. Henson-0-21, 15min-try Wales, Davies; conv. Henson-0-28, 20min-try Wales, Shanklin; conv. Henson-0-35, 27min-try Wales, Shanklin; conv. Henson-0-42, 30min-try Wales, Charvis; conv. Henson-0-49, 33min-try Wales, Jenkins; conv. Henson-0-56, 41min-pen Japan, Ikeda (missed), Half-time, 44min-try Wales, Charvis; conv. Henson-0-63, 55min-try Wales, Cooper; conv. Henson-0-70, 57min-try Wales, Shane Williams; conv. Henson-0-77, 66min-try Wales, Shanklin; conv. Henson-0-84, 75min-try Wales, Shane Williams; conv. Henson-0-91, 76min-try Wales, Rhys Williams; conv. Henson-0-98.
 


Japan must be in their best possible condition to have a good game against this level of team. By ‘best', I mean in every aspect including members, organisation, environmental conditions, and motivation. Japan hardly stood a chance against Wales' fierce attack, and conceded 14 tries and 14 goals while they scored none. Japan was helpless with its defence completely broken down. The way they conceded scores was bad. Japan must go back to square one and rebuild their fundamental construction.