日本語 Photo Journal
12 June 2005 at Nagai Athletics Stadium
●Japan 12-44 Ireland○
Scored no tries and lost to Ireland
Data:
12/06/2005, Lipobitan D Challenge 2005, 1st Test
Japan 12 Ireland 44
Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Half-time: 9-26
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch Judges: 1st Nigel Whitehouse (Wales), 2nd Huw Watkins (Wales), 3rd Takashi Harada (Japan)
Crowd: 12,108
JAPAN: 15 Goshi Tachikawa, 14 Daisuke Ohata, 13 Reuben Parkinson (19 Hitoshi Ono 75), 12 Yukio Motoki (22 Teppei Tomioka 73), 11 Hiroki Mizuno, 10 Kyohei Morita, 9 Wataru Murata (20 Shota Goto temp-bs 44-48 and 62), 8 Takuro Miuchi (capt), 7 Ryota Asano (21 Tomoaki Nakai 62), 6 Hare Makiri, 5 Jamie Washinton, 4 Takanori Kumagae, 3 Ryo Yamamura (17 Kenji Kasai 53), 2 Ken Tsukagoshi, 1 Hiroshi Takahashi (18 Shigeyasu Takagi 53).
Reserve: 16 Masakazu Nakabayashi.
Penalty Goals: Morita (4).
Yellow Card: Ohata (58 sin-bin, intentional off-side).
IRELAND: 15 Girvan Dempsey, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Gavin Duffy, 12 Kevin Maggs (22 David Quinlan 72), 11 Anthony Horgan, 10 David Humphreys (capt), 9 Peter Stringer (20 Kieran Campbell 76), 8 Roger Wilson, 7 Johnny O'Connor (19 Eric Miller 78), 6 Alan Quinlan, 5 Matt McCullough, 4 Leo Cullen (18 Trevor Hogan 74), 3 Simon Best, 2 Frankie Sheahan (16 Bernaard Jackman 70), 1 Marcus Horan (17 Reggie Corrigan 70).
Reserves: 21 Pat Fletch.
Tries: Bowe, Maggs, Sheahan, Best; Conversions: Staunton (2), Humphreys; Penalty Goals: Staunton (4), Humphreys (2).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 3min-pen Ireland, Humphreys-0-3, 8min-pen Ireland, Humphreys-0-6, 10min-pen Japan, Morita-3-6, 14min-try Ireland, Bowe; conv. Humphreys-3-13, 22min-pen Japan, Morita-6-13, 24min-try Ireland, Maggs; conv. Staunton-6-20, 29min-pen Japan, Morita-9-20, 32min-pen Ireland, Staunton-9-23, 42min-pen Ireland, Staunton-9-26, Half-time, 47min-pen Japan, Morita-12-26, 49min-pen Ireland, Staunton-12-29, 52min-pen Ireland, Staunton-12-32, 57min-try Ireland, Sheahan; conv. Staunton (missed)-12-37, 66min-pen Japan, Morita (missed), 69min-try Ireland, Best; conv. Staunton-12-44.
12-44 does not necessarily indicate an ugly loss, but the actual game itself matters: how they played and whether they narrowed the gap, if only a little. I don't think it was an ugly loss because Japan conceded only four tries to Ireland. Ireland scored 18 points from six penalties. It is rare in a one-sided game. The causes of penalties from Japan's perspective are (1) they mostly play in their own territory, and (2) there are many infringements. From the Irish perspective, they “have not broken Japan completely”. The problem in this game was “no tries”, in other words, they could not “construct the game”. It should have been a close game if they had presented their offending format as a team.
12 June 2005 at Nagai Athletics Stadium
●Japan 12-44 Ireland○
Scored no tries and lost to Ireland
Data:
12/06/2005, Lipobitan D Challenge 2005, 1st Test
Japan 12 Ireland 44
Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Half-time: 9-26
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Touch Judges: 1st Nigel Whitehouse (Wales), 2nd Huw Watkins (Wales), 3rd Takashi Harada (Japan)
Crowd: 12,108
JAPAN: 15 Goshi Tachikawa, 14 Daisuke Ohata, 13 Reuben Parkinson (19 Hitoshi Ono 75), 12 Yukio Motoki (22 Teppei Tomioka 73), 11 Hiroki Mizuno, 10 Kyohei Morita, 9 Wataru Murata (20 Shota Goto temp-bs 44-48 and 62), 8 Takuro Miuchi (capt), 7 Ryota Asano (21 Tomoaki Nakai 62), 6 Hare Makiri, 5 Jamie Washinton, 4 Takanori Kumagae, 3 Ryo Yamamura (17 Kenji Kasai 53), 2 Ken Tsukagoshi, 1 Hiroshi Takahashi (18 Shigeyasu Takagi 53).
Reserve: 16 Masakazu Nakabayashi.
Penalty Goals: Morita (4).
Yellow Card: Ohata (58 sin-bin, intentional off-side).
IRELAND: 15 Girvan Dempsey, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Gavin Duffy, 12 Kevin Maggs (22 David Quinlan 72), 11 Anthony Horgan, 10 David Humphreys (capt), 9 Peter Stringer (20 Kieran Campbell 76), 8 Roger Wilson, 7 Johnny O'Connor (19 Eric Miller 78), 6 Alan Quinlan, 5 Matt McCullough, 4 Leo Cullen (18 Trevor Hogan 74), 3 Simon Best, 2 Frankie Sheahan (16 Bernaard Jackman 70), 1 Marcus Horan (17 Reggie Corrigan 70).
Reserves: 21 Pat Fletch.
Tries: Bowe, Maggs, Sheahan, Best; Conversions: Staunton (2), Humphreys; Penalty Goals: Staunton (4), Humphreys (2).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 3min-pen Ireland, Humphreys-0-3, 8min-pen Ireland, Humphreys-0-6, 10min-pen Japan, Morita-3-6, 14min-try Ireland, Bowe; conv. Humphreys-3-13, 22min-pen Japan, Morita-6-13, 24min-try Ireland, Maggs; conv. Staunton-6-20, 29min-pen Japan, Morita-9-20, 32min-pen Ireland, Staunton-9-23, 42min-pen Ireland, Staunton-9-26, Half-time, 47min-pen Japan, Morita-12-26, 49min-pen Ireland, Staunton-12-29, 52min-pen Ireland, Staunton-12-32, 57min-try Ireland, Sheahan; conv. Staunton (missed)-12-37, 66min-pen Japan, Morita (missed), 69min-try Ireland, Best; conv. Staunton-12-44.
12-44 does not necessarily indicate an ugly loss, but the actual game itself matters: how they played and whether they narrowed the gap, if only a little. I don't think it was an ugly loss because Japan conceded only four tries to Ireland. Ireland scored 18 points from six penalties. It is rare in a one-sided game. The causes of penalties from Japan's perspective are (1) they mostly play in their own territory, and (2) there are many infringements. From the Irish perspective, they “have not broken Japan completely”. The problem in this game was “no tries”, in other words, they could not “construct the game”. It should have been a close game if they had presented their offending format as a team.