Test Match No. 217: 7th Asian Tri-Nations match (RWC qualifying final round)

日本語 Photo Journal
18/11/2006, the 6th WC Asia Zone Qualification 1st Division Final Round (a triangular, round-robin)
Japan 52 Hong Kong 3
Hong Kong Football Club, Hong Kong
Half-time: 33-3
Referee: Christopher Pollock (New Zealand)
Touch Judges: 1st James Leckie (Australia), 2nd George Ayoub (Australia)
Crowd: 4,000
 
JAPAN: 15 Go Aruga, 14 Daiduke Ohata (capt), 13 Hideyuki Yoshida, 12 Shotaro Onishi (21 Tomoki Kitagawa 71), 11 Hirotoki Onozawa, 10 Keisuke Sawaki, 9 Shota Goto (20 Mamoru Ito 58), 8 Takuro Miuchi, 7 Philip O'Reilly (19 Ryota Asano 65), 6 Hajime Kiso, 5 Luatangi Samurai Vatuvei (18 Takashi Akatsuka 65), 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Ryo Yamamura, 2 Mitsugu Yamamoto, 1 Tatsukichi Nishiura (17 Yuichi Hisadomi 71).
Reserves: 16 Yuji Matsubara, 22 Kenji Shomen.
Tries: O'Reily (3), Yamamoto, Ono, Ohata, Onozawa, Akatsuka, Aruga; Conversions: Aruga (2); Penalty Goal: Sawaki.
 
HONG KONG: 15 Tsang Hing Hung (21 Brandon Huang Yao Bin 30), 14 Ricky Cheuk Ming Yin, 13 Jason Going, 12 Mark Wright, 11 Simon Smith, 10 Collin Bisley, 9 Robert Naylor (19 Fan Shun Kei 65), 8 Semiquaver Iafeta, 7 Nigel Clarke (22 Justin Gregory 76), 6 Yuen Kin Ho (18 Kris Marin 59), 5 Ryan McBride, 4 Daniel O'Connor, 3 Nigel Hobler (16 James Wood 2nd Half 40), 2 Tom Cameron (capt), 1 Pete Spizziri (17 Simon Leung 65).
Reserve: 20 Andrew Chambers.
Penalty Goal: Naylor.
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 2min-try Japan, O'Reily; conv. Aruga (missed)-5-0, 7min-try Japan, Yamamoto; conv. Aruga (missed)-10-0, 13min-try Japan, O'Reily; conv. Aruga (missed)-15-0, 17min-pen Hong Kong, Nalor-15-3, 27min-try Japan, Ono; conv. Aruga (missed)-20-0, 32min-try Japan, O'Reily; conv. Aruga (missed)-25-0, 35min-try Japan, Ohata; conv. Sawaki (missed)-30-0, 43min-pen Japan, Sawaki-33-3, Half-time, 59min-try Japan, Onozawa; conv. Aruga-40-3, 71min-try Japan, Akatsuka; conv. Aruga-47-3, 79min-try Japan, Aruga; conv. Aruga (missed)-52-3.