Test Match No. 220: 8th Asian Tri-Nations vs Hongkong

日本語 Photo Journal
29/04/2007, Lipobitan D Challenge 2007 Asian Nations Series
Japan 73 Hong Kong 3
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Tokyo
Half-time: 27-3
Referee: Mohammed Azhar (Singapore)
Touch Judges: 1st Shinji Aida (Japan), 2nd Anthony Lothian (Hong Kong), 3rd Masashi Suzuki (Japan)
Crowd: 7,833
 
JAPAN: 15 Go Aruga (20 Koichi Ohigashi 62), 14 Kosuke Endo, 13 Seiichi Shimomura (22 Yuta Imamura 50), 12 Shotaro Onishi, 11 Tomoki Kitagawa, 10 Toshiaki Hirose (21 Eiji Ando 50), 9 Yuki Yatomi, 8 Takuro Miuchi (capt) (19 Ryota Asano 54), 7 Takamichi Sasaki, 6 Yasunori Watanabe, 5 Luke Thompson, 4 Takanori Kumagae, 3 Tomokazu Soma, 2 Mitsugu Yamamoto (16 Taku Inokuchi 50), 1 Masahito Yamamoto (17 Takahiro Sugiura 56).
Reserve: 18 Yuji Kitagawa.
Tries: Hirose (2), Tomoki Kitagawa (2), Watanabe (2), Thompson, Endo, Yatomi, Mitsugu Yamamoto, Masahito Yamamoto, Kumagae, Ohigashi; Conversions: Aruga (2), Ando (2).
 
HONG KONG: 15 Tom Breen, 14 Simon Smith, 13 Tsang Hing Hung (20 Gavin Hadley 70), 12 Anthony Haynes, 11 Justin
Gregory, 10 Kenzo Pannell (22 Liu Kwok Leung 76), 9 Robert Naylor (19 Fan Shun Kei 44), 8 Semiquaver Iafeta, 7 Nigel Clarke, 6 Yuen Kin Ho (21 Lai Yiu Pang 56), 5 Nicholas Hurrell, 4 James Wood (18 Tamas King 64), 3 Simon Leung (16 Tom Mutch 76), 2 Tom Cameron (capt) (17 Ho Tsz Chun 76), 1 Pete Spizziri.
Penalty Goal: Naylor.
Yellow Card: Iafeta (71, sin-bin, intentional infringements).
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 1min-try Japan, Hirose; conv. Aruga (missed)-5-0, 15min-try Japan, Thompson; conv. Aruga (missed)-10-0, 19min-pen Hong Kong, Nalor (missed), 21min-drop goal Hong Kong, Pannell (missed), 26min-try Japan, Endo; conv. Aruga-17-0, 31min-try Japan, Yatomi; conv. Aruga (missed)-22-0, 35min-try Japan, Tomoki Kitagawa; conv. Aruga (missed)-17-0, 41min-pen Hong Kong, Nalor-27-3, 43min-pen Japan, Aruga (missed), Half-time, 41min-try Japan, Hirose; conv. Aruga-34-3, 49min-try Japan, Mistingu Yamamoto; conv. Aruga (missed)-39-3, 52min-try Japan, Masato Yamamoto; conv. Ando-46-3, 61min-try Japan, Watanabe; conv. Ando-53-3, 63min-try Japan, Kumagae; conv. Ando (missed)-58-3, 67min-try Japan, Ohigashi; conv. Ando (missed)-63-3, 72min-try Japan, Watanabe; conv. Ando (missed)-68-3, 74min-try Japan, Tomoki Kitagawa; conv. Ando (missed)-73-3.