Test Match No. 245: 10th Asian 5 Nations 2009 4th match

日本語 Journal
23/05/2009, the 2009 HSBC Asian Five Nations
Japan 45 Singapore 15
Yio Chu Kang Stadium, Singapore
Half-time: 26-3
Referee: Liu Hao (China)
Assistant Referees: 1st Andrew Tennet (Hong Kong), 2nd Gabriel Lee (Hong Kong), 3rd Zah Harry (Singapore)
Crowd: 2,500
 
JAPAN: 15 Ayumu Goromaru, 14 Hiroki Yoshida, 13 Koji Taira, 12 Yuta Imamura, 11 Koji Tomioka, 10 Tatsuhiko Otao, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Touetsu Taufa, 7 Yoshitaka Nakayama, 6 Takashi Kikutani (capt) (19 Masakazu Toyota 62), 5 Yuji Kitagawa, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Kensuke Hatayama, 2 Yusuke Aoki (16 Tateo Kanai 62), 1 Shinsuke Nakamura (17 Hiroshi Yamashita 66).
Reserves: 18 Toshizumi Kitagawa, 20 Tomoki Yoshida, 21 Shaun Webb, 22 Ryan Nicholas.
Tries: Ono (2), Kikutani (2), Taira, Imamura, Toyata; Conversions: Yoshida (5).
Yellow Card: Kikutani (52, sin-bin, repeated infringements).
 
SINGAPORE: 15 Gareth Prichard (21 Daniel Thiam 70), 14 Alex Chew, 13 Desmond Wee, 12 Mohamed Ismail, 11 Iain
McMullan (19 Muhd Zaki 70), 10 Ryan Cumbers, 9 Andrew Lee (20 Tong Chin Hong 72), 8 Ben Wheeler (capt) (18 Andrew Bennett temp-bs 22-23), 7 James Valentine (22 Gabriel Lee 66), 6 Jonathan Lee, 5 Steve Horsfall (18 Andrew Bennett 66), 4 Chris Gilbert, 3 Nick Dance, 2 Gaspar Tan (17 Benjamin Goh 72), 1 Norman Sin (16 Alex Muir 66).
Penalty Goals: Cumbers (4), Chew (1).
Yellow Card: Wee (44, sin-bin, professional foul).
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 2min-pen Singapore, Cumbers (missed), 5min-try Japan, Ono; conv. Yoshida-7-0, 11min-try Japan, Kikutani; conv. Yoshida (missed)-12-0, 15min-try Japan, Taira; conv. Yoshida-19-0, 31min-try Japan, Kikutani; conv. Yoshida-26-0, 35min-pen Singapore, Cumbers-26-3, Half-time, 41min-pen Singapore, Cumbers-26-6, 45min-try Japan, Imamura; conv. Yoshida (missed)-31-6, 48min-pen Singapore, Cumbers-31-9, 53min-pen Singapore, Cumbers-31-12, 58min-try Japan, Ono; conv. Yoshida-38-12, 66min-try Japan, Toyata; conv. Yoshida-45-12, 77min-pen Singapore, Chew-45-15, 80min-pen Singapore, Chew (missed).