Test Match No. 211: Georgia National Rugby Union Team's first visit to Japan

日本語 Photo Journal
14 May 2006 at Hanazono Rugby Stadium
○Japan 32-7 Georgia●
Ohata set a new world record with 65 tries
 
Data:
14/05/2006, Lipobitan D Challenge 2006
Japan 32 Georgia 7
Hanazono Rugby Grounds, Osaka
Half-time: 15-7
Referee: Brett Bowden (Australia)
Touch Judges: 1st Ian Hampton (Hong Kong), 2nd Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan), 3rd Takashi Harada (Japan)
Crowd: 5,089
 
JAPAN: 15 keiji Takei, 14 Daisuke Ohata, 13 Yuta Imamura, 12 Hideyuki Yoshida, 11 Kosuke Endo (22 Hiroki Mizuno 71), 10 Eiji Ando (21 Shotaro Onishi 49), 9 Wataru Ikeda (20 Mamoru Ito 76), 8 Hajime Kiso (19 Takanori Kumagae 63), 7 Ryota Asano (capt), 6 Takashi Kikutani, 5 Tsuyoshi Sato, 4 Hitoshi Ono (18 Tomoaki Nakai 69), 3 Ryo Yamamura (17 Tomokazu Soma 51), 2 Yuji Matsubara (16 Takashi Yamaoka 70), 1 Yuichi Hisadomi (3 Ryo Yamamura 73).
Tries: Ohata (3), Matsubara, Takei; Conversions: Ando, Onishi; Penalty Goal: Ando.
 
GEORGIA: 15 Temuraz Sokhadze (19 Revaz Guigauri 76), 14 George (Giorgi) Elizbarashivili (21 Otar Barkalaia 58), 13 Malkhaz (Makho) Urjukashivili, 12 David Kacharava, 11 George (Giorgi) Shkinini (18 Vasil Abashidze 82), 10 Pavle “Paliko” Jimsheladze, 9 Irakli Abusseridze (20 George Katcharava 76), 8 Besso (Besarioni) Udessiani, 7 Zviad Maissuradze, 6 Guia (Grigol) Labadze (capt), 5 Levan Datunashivili, 4 Zurab Mtchedlishivili, 3 Avtandil Kopaliani, 2 George Kutarashivili (16 Iuri (Irakli) Natriashivili 76), 1 Michael Sujashivili (17 David Gasviani 67).
Reserve: 22 (not entry).
Try: Sujashivili; Conversion: Jimsheladze.
Yellow Card: Datunashivili (80(+4), sin-bin, intentional infringements).
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 9min-try Japan, Matsubara; conv. Ando (missed)-5-0, 18min-pen Japan, Ando-8-0, 25min-try Georgia, Sujashivili; conv. Jimsheladze-8-7, 36min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Ando-15-7, 40min-pen Georgia, Jimsheladze (missed), Half-time, 59min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Ikeda (missed)-20-7, 69min-try Japan, Takei; conv. Onishi-27-7, 85min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Onishi (missed)-32-7.
 


Georgia lost to Japan A 14-15 in game 1. Japan's national squad conceded only one try and one goal to Georgia while scoring five tries, and won a sweeping victory. Ohata scored three tries today: The first one was scored by receiving a kick from Takei, who got the ball after Kiso's counterattack in the 36th minute of the first half. The second one was scored by pushing a maul in the 19th minute of the second half. The third one was scored by supporting the forwards during the extra time. This was his 65th try. Although it should not be regarded as equal to the tries scored in test matches between the world-class countries, it was still an unrivalled great record for an individual Japanese player. “Today is Ohata's day. I hope he will not forget to express gratitude for the teammates supporting him from his first try. It was a good game for the team, too,” commented the head coach Elissalde.