Test Match No. 255: 11th IRB Asian 5 Nations/7th RWC qualifying final round 4th match

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22/05/2010, the 2010 HSBC Asian Five Nations
Japan 94 Hong Kong 5
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Tokyo
Half-time: 45-0
Referee: Harry Mason (Singapore)
Assistant Referees: 1st Mohammed Azhar Bin Yusof (Singapore), 2nd George Danaraj Danapal Naidu (Singapore), 3rd Tatsuya Matsuoka (Japan)
Crowd: 9,406
 
JAPAN: 15 Goshi Tachikawa, 14 Alisi Tupuailei, 13 Koji Taira, 12 Ryan Nicholas (22 Kaoru Matsushita 51), 11 Kosuke Endo, 10 Shaun Webb (21 James Arlidge 51), 9 Fumiaki Tanaka (20 Tomoki Yoshida 65), 8 Ryukoliniasi Holani (19 Michael Leich 50), 7 Touetsu Taufa, 6 Masakazu Toyota, 5 Luke Thompson (18 Toshizumi Kitagawa 69), 4 Hitoshi Ono (game capt), 3 Shinsuke Nakamura, 2 Shota Horie (16 Hiroki Yuhara 54), 1 Hisateru Hirashima (17 Naoki Kawamata 50).
Tries: Tupuailei (3), Endo (2), Tanaka (2), Taira, Holani, Webb, Matsushita, Yuhara, Yoshida, Arlidge; Conversions: Arlidge (5), Nicholas (4), Webb (3).
Yellow Cards: Taufa (82, sin-bin, repeated infringements), Tachikawa (83, sin-bin, unfair play).
 
HONG KONG: 15 Colin Bisley (22 Adam Raby 52), 14 Yiu Kam Shing, 13 Rowan Varty, 12 Simon Henpel, 11 Alexander
McQueen, 10 Keith Robertson (21 Tsang Hing Hung 30), 9 Kenneth Hsieh Chun Hang (20 Tim Alexander 2nd Half 40), 8 Simon Leung (19 Rory Hussey 55) (capt), 7 Mark Wright, 6 Kwok Ka Chun, 5 Charles French, 4 James Stokes (18 Renaud Chavanis 2nd Half 40), 3 Alex Ng Wai Shing (17 Jack Bennett 2nd Half 40), 2 Jon Abel (16 Alex Baddeley 2nd Half 40), 1 Peter Spizzirri (3 Alex Ng Wai Shing 76).
Try: Wright.
Yellow Card: Hussey (62, sin-bin, unfair play).
 
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 2min-try Japan, Tupuailei; conv. Nicholas-7-0, 7min-try Japan, Taira; conv. Nicholas-14-0, 13min-try Japan, Tupuailei; conv. Nicholas (missed)-19-0, 18min-try Japan, Endo; conv. Nicholas-26-0, 28min-try Japan, Tupuailei; conv. Nicholas (missed)-31-0, 34min-try Japan, Holani; conv. Nicholas-38-0, Half-time, 39min-try Japan, Webb; conv. Webb-45-0, Half-time, 45min-try Japan, Tanaka; conv. Webb-52-0, 50min-try Japan, Endo; conv. Webb-59-0, 53min-try Japan, Tanaka; conv. Arlidge-66-0, 59min-try Japan, Matsushita; conv. Arlidge-73-0, 61min-try Hong Kong, Wright; conv. McQeen (missed)-73-5, 65min-try Japan, Yuhara; conv. Arlidge-80-5, 68min-try Japan, Yoshida, conv. Arlidge-87-5, 76min-try Japan, Arlidge; conv. Arlidge-94-5.