Test Match No. 253: 11th IRB Asian 5 Nations/7th RWC qualifying final round 2nd match

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08/05/2010, the 2010 HSBC Asian Five Nations
Japan 60 Arabian Gulf 5
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Tokyo
Half-time: 26-0
Referee: Harry Mason (Singapore)
Assistant Referees: 1st Dewi Kenneth Rowlands (Hong Kong), 2nd Park Kwang Il (Korea)
Crowd: 5,328
 
JAPAN: 15 Kaoru Matsushita, 14 Kosuke Endo, 13 Alisi Tupuailei, 12 Ryo Kanazawa, 11 Yasunori Nagatomo, 10 James Arlidge (21 Ryojei Yamanaka 54), 9 Tomoki Yoshida (20 Koji Wada 50), 8 Takashi Kikutani (capt), 7 Shione Vatuvei (19 Touetsu Taufa 63), 6 Masakazu Toyota (17 Nozomu Fujita temp-replacement 34-2nd Half 45 for Nakamura, sin-bin), 5 Toshizumi Kitagawa, 4 Luke Thompson, 3 Shinsuke Nakamura (1 Hisateru Hirashima 66), 2 Hiroki Yuhara (16 Takeshi Kizu 66), 1 Hisateru Hirashima (17 Nozomu Fujita 45).
Reserve: 18 Hitoshi Ono, 22 Ryan Nicholas.
Try: Tupuailei (2), Kikutani (2), Matsushita (2), Arlidge, Endo, Kanazawa, Wada; Conversions: Arlidge (4), Matsushita.
Yellow Card: Nakamura (34, sin-bin, repeated team infringements), Kitagawa (70, sin-bin, punching). But the judicial officer dicided two weeks suspension (two A5n games) for Kikutani (stamping, 54min. and striking with the elbow, 80min.), then Kitagawa was the one who was punched on the ground, so two weeks suspention for Arabian Gulf LO Steven Little (retaliated punching, 70min).
 
ARABIAN GULF: 15 James Love, 14 Joshua Sherrin (20 Sean Hurley 58), 13 Trent Eastgate, 12 Taif Al Demamie, 11 Steve Smith (21 Paul Beard 72), 10 Duncan Murray, 9 Jonathan MacDonald, 8 David Clark, 7 Byron Kraemer, 6 Karl Sutcliffe (19 Edward Le Pine-Williams temp-bs 28-2nd Half 40 and 2nd Half 40), 5 Michael Cox-Hill (capt), 4 Jason Voyce (18 Steven Little 65), 3 Nicholas Croker (17 Mark Gathercole 55), 2 Rorry Power (16 Daniel Heal 65), 1 Michael Riley.
Reserve: 22 Ross Stapleton.
Try: Hurley.
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 15min-try Japan, Tupuailei; conv. Arlidge-7-0, 22min-try Japan, Kikutani; conv. Arlidge (missed)-12-0, 26min-try Japan, Arlidge; conv. Arlidge-19-0, 39min-try Japan, Endo; conv. Arlidge-26-0, Half-time, 42min-try Japan, Matsushita; conv. Arlidge (missed)-31-0, 50min-try Japan, Kanazawa; conv. Arlidge (missed)-36-0, 52min-try Japan, Wada; conv. Arlidge-43-0, 58min-try Japan, Matsushita; conv. Matsushita (missed)-48-0, 60min-try Japan, Kikutani; conv. Matsushiat (missed)-53-0, 67min-try Japan, Tupuailei; conv. Matsushita-60-0, 76min-try Arabian Gulf, Hurley; conv. Love (missed)-60-5.