日本語 Photo Journal
25 May 2005 at National Stadium
○Japan 23-16 Romania●
Revenging the defeat of the European tour
Data:
25/05/2005, Toshiba Super Cup 2005, the first round
Japan 23 Romania 16
National Kasumigaoka Stadium, Tokyo
Half-time: 3-10
Referee: Pierr Drolet (Canada)
Touch Judges: 1st Graeme Bullen (U.S.A.), 2nd Edward Gardner (U.S.A.), 3rd Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Crowd: 5,603
JAPAN: 15 Goshi Tachikawa (22 Ayumu Goromaru 74), 14 Hiroki Mizuno, 13 Daisuke Ohata, 12 Yukio Motoki, 11 Hirotoki Onozawa, 10 Kyohei Morita, 9 Takashi Tsuji (20 Shota Goto 59), 8 Takuro Miuchi (capt), 7 Yasunori Watanabe (19 Takeomi Ito 64), 6 Hare Makiri (18 Ryota Asano 18), 5 Jamie Washinton, 4 Takanori Kumagae (16 Masakazu Nakabayashi 80), 3 Ryo Yamamura, 2 Ken Tsukagoshi, 1 Shigeyasu Takagi (17 Kenji Kasai 75).
Reserve: 21 Katoni Otukolo.
Tries: Ohata (2); Conversions: Morita (2); Penalty Goals: Morita (2); Drop Goal: Morita.
ROMANIA: 15 Danut Dumbrava, 14 Bogdan Voicu (22 Vasile Ghioc 2nd Half 40), 13 Gabriel Brezoianu (capt), 12 Christian Sauan, 11 Ioan Teodorescu, 10 Darie Curea (21 Ionut Tofan 55), 9 Lucian Sirbu, 8 Cosmin Ratiu, 7 Marian Alexandru Tudori, 6 Florin Corodeanu, 5 Christian Petre, 4 Cornel Tatu (19 George Oprisor 50), 3 Marcel Socaciu (18 Bogdan Balan 63), 2 Razvan Mavrodin, 1 Pretrisor Toderasc (16 Paulica Ion 63).
Reserves: 17 Bogdan Zebega, 20 Iulian Andrei.
Try: Brezoianu; Conversion: Dumbrava; Penalty Goals: Dumbrava (3).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 2min-drop goal Romania, Dumbrava (missed), 20min-try Romania, Brezoianu; conv. Dumbrava-0-7, 28min-drop goal Japan, Morita-3-7, 30min-pen Romania, Dumbrava-3-10, 40+1min-pen Japan, Morita (missed), Half-time, 41min-pen Japan, Morita-6-10, 42min-drop goal Romania, Dumbrava (missed), 53min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Morita-13-10, 62min-drop goal Romania, Tofan (missed), 63min-pen Romania, Dumbrava-13-13, 66min-pen Japan, Morita-16-13, 69min-pen Romania, Dumbrava-16-16, 75min-drop goal Romania, Tofan (missed), 77min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Morita-23-16.
The Super Powers Cup 2005 was held as the Four Nations Tournament between Japan, Canada, the United States, and Romania. Japan beat Romania, whom they lost to in the European tour, to advance to the final. The scoring was 23-16, with 2 and 1 tries respectively. This close score was a winning pattern for Japan, and also indicates that it was a quality match.
In the 35th minute of the second half, when the score was 16-16, Japan's fullback Goromaru, who was just in the game as a replacement, made a dash in a counterattack. Japan had consecutive possessions, and finally, a returning pass from Onozawa to Ohata successfully made it through and Japan scored a come-from-behind try. Joyous howls from the fans echoed in the National Stadium for the first time in a while. This try is in a way a fruit of the French style technique of finding an empty space and keeping the ball alive which the Japanese had been coached to do. “We wanted to restore confidence in rugby by winning this game,” said coach Hagimoto, pleased with the come-from-behind victory.
25 May 2005 at National Stadium
○Japan 23-16 Romania●
Revenging the defeat of the European tour
Data:
25/05/2005, Toshiba Super Cup 2005, the first round
Japan 23 Romania 16
National Kasumigaoka Stadium, Tokyo
Half-time: 3-10
Referee: Pierr Drolet (Canada)
Touch Judges: 1st Graeme Bullen (U.S.A.), 2nd Edward Gardner (U.S.A.), 3rd Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)
Crowd: 5,603
JAPAN: 15 Goshi Tachikawa (22 Ayumu Goromaru 74), 14 Hiroki Mizuno, 13 Daisuke Ohata, 12 Yukio Motoki, 11 Hirotoki Onozawa, 10 Kyohei Morita, 9 Takashi Tsuji (20 Shota Goto 59), 8 Takuro Miuchi (capt), 7 Yasunori Watanabe (19 Takeomi Ito 64), 6 Hare Makiri (18 Ryota Asano 18), 5 Jamie Washinton, 4 Takanori Kumagae (16 Masakazu Nakabayashi 80), 3 Ryo Yamamura, 2 Ken Tsukagoshi, 1 Shigeyasu Takagi (17 Kenji Kasai 75).
Reserve: 21 Katoni Otukolo.
Tries: Ohata (2); Conversions: Morita (2); Penalty Goals: Morita (2); Drop Goal: Morita.
ROMANIA: 15 Danut Dumbrava, 14 Bogdan Voicu (22 Vasile Ghioc 2nd Half 40), 13 Gabriel Brezoianu (capt), 12 Christian Sauan, 11 Ioan Teodorescu, 10 Darie Curea (21 Ionut Tofan 55), 9 Lucian Sirbu, 8 Cosmin Ratiu, 7 Marian Alexandru Tudori, 6 Florin Corodeanu, 5 Christian Petre, 4 Cornel Tatu (19 George Oprisor 50), 3 Marcel Socaciu (18 Bogdan Balan 63), 2 Razvan Mavrodin, 1 Pretrisor Toderasc (16 Paulica Ion 63).
Reserves: 17 Bogdan Zebega, 20 Iulian Andrei.
Try: Brezoianu; Conversion: Dumbrava; Penalty Goals: Dumbrava (3).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 2min-drop goal Romania, Dumbrava (missed), 20min-try Romania, Brezoianu; conv. Dumbrava-0-7, 28min-drop goal Japan, Morita-3-7, 30min-pen Romania, Dumbrava-3-10, 40+1min-pen Japan, Morita (missed), Half-time, 41min-pen Japan, Morita-6-10, 42min-drop goal Romania, Dumbrava (missed), 53min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Morita-13-10, 62min-drop goal Romania, Tofan (missed), 63min-pen Romania, Dumbrava-13-13, 66min-pen Japan, Morita-16-13, 69min-pen Romania, Dumbrava-16-16, 75min-drop goal Romania, Tofan (missed), 77min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Morita-23-16.
The Super Powers Cup 2005 was held as the Four Nations Tournament between Japan, Canada, the United States, and Romania. Japan beat Romania, whom they lost to in the European tour, to advance to the final. The scoring was 23-16, with 2 and 1 tries respectively. This close score was a winning pattern for Japan, and also indicates that it was a quality match.
In the 35th minute of the second half, when the score was 16-16, Japan's fullback Goromaru, who was just in the game as a replacement, made a dash in a counterattack. Japan had consecutive possessions, and finally, a returning pass from Onozawa to Ohata successfully made it through and Japan scored a come-from-behind try. Joyous howls from the fans echoed in the National Stadium for the first time in a while. This try is in a way a fruit of the French style technique of finding an empty space and keeping the ball alive which the Japanese had been coached to do. “We wanted to restore confidence in rugby by winning this game,” said coach Hagimoto, pleased with the come-from-behind victory.