日本語 Photo Journal
6 November 2010 at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
○Japan 75-3 Russia●
Clear victory over Russia with 11 tries
Data:
06/11/2010, Lipobitan D Challenge 2010
Japan 75 Russia 3
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Tokyo
Half-time: 35-3
Referee: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: 1st Garratt Williamson (New Zealand), 2nd Taizo Hirabayashi, 3rd Manabu Horie
Crowd: 6,274
JAPAN: 15 Atushi Tanabe, 14 Kosuke Endo, 13 Koji Taira (21 James Arlidge 54, 12 Ryan Nicholas 22 Yuta Imamura 2nd Half 40), 11 Alisi Tupuailei, 10 Bryce Robins, 9 Koji Wada (20 Fumiaki Tanaka 62), 8 Ryukoliniasi Holani (19 Itaru Taniguchi 2nd Half 40), 7 Michael Leitch, 6 Takashi Kikutani (capt), 5 Toshizumi Kitagawa, 4 Hitoshi Ono (18 Luke Thompson 54), 3 Nozomu Fujita (17 Naoki Kawamata 57), 2 Hiroki Yuhara (16 Shota Horie 75), 1 Hisateru Hirashima.
Tries: Tupuailei (3), Robins (2), Taira (2), Leitch, Kikutani, Imamuara, Endo; Conversions: Tanabe (10).
RUSSIA: 15 Igol Klyuchnikov, 14 Vladimir Ostroushko (22 Oleg Kobezev 77), 13 Andrey Kuzin, 12 Sergey Trishin (21 Alexey Makovetskiy 65), 11 Vasily Artemyev, 10 Alexey Korobeynikov (20 Alexander Shakirov 52), 9 Alexander Yanushikin, 8 Nikita Medkov, 7 Kirill Kushunarev (16 Evgeny Matveev 57), 6 Victor Gresev, 5 Artem Fatakhov, 4 Alexander Voytov (19 Alexey Panasenko 65), 3 Evgeny Pronenko (18 Ivan Prishchepenko 60), 2 Vladislav Korshunov (capt), 1 Sergey Popov (17 Alexander Khrokin 57).
Penalty Goal: Yanushikin.
Yellow Card: Medkov (64, sin-bin, dangerous play).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 5min-try Japan, Tupuailei; conv. Tanabe-7-0, 13min-try Japan, Leitch; conv. Tanabe-14-0, 28min-try Japan, Taira; conv. Tanabe-21-0, 34min-try Japan, Kikutani; conv. Tanabe-28-0, 38min-pen Russia, Yanushikin-28-3, 39min-try Japan, Taira; conv. Tanabe-35-0, Half-time, 47min-try Japan, Imamura; conv. Tanabe-42-0, 65min-try Japan, Robins; conv. Tanabe-49-0, 68min-try Japan, Endo; conv. Tanabe-56-0, 72min-try Japan, Tupuailei; conv. Tanabe (missed)-61-0, 78min-try Japan, Robins; conv. Tanabe-68-0, 83min-try Japan, Tupuailei; conv. Tanabe-75-0.
Although individual Russian players have substantial power, the forwards could not gain possession, and their defence was torn into pieces. On the other hand, Japan showed a speedy game for which we could say ‘this is Japanese rugby'. Japan's agenda was narrowed down to the following two points: ‘improve accuracy of each play' and ‘to quickly get the ball out of the ruck'. Among the players, flanker Michael Leitch stood out for his high work rate and advanced skills. Fullback Atsushi Tanabe, who picked up his first cap in this game at the age of 32, got difficult goals one after another to save face as the Top League's best kicker. He showed excellent kicking processes and ball handling. Scrum-half Koji Wada, who was selected as a starting player for the first time, also played brilliantly. It proved that Japan was really building its bench strength. In the post-match interview, captain Kikutani said that the team would ‘aim to win three games in the Rugby World Cup'.
6 November 2010 at Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium
○Japan 75-3 Russia●
Clear victory over Russia with 11 tries
Data:
06/11/2010, Lipobitan D Challenge 2010
Japan 75 Russia 3
Prince Chichibu Memorial Ground, Tokyo
Half-time: 35-3
Referee: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: 1st Garratt Williamson (New Zealand), 2nd Taizo Hirabayashi, 3rd Manabu Horie
Crowd: 6,274
JAPAN: 15 Atushi Tanabe, 14 Kosuke Endo, 13 Koji Taira (21 James Arlidge 54, 12 Ryan Nicholas 22 Yuta Imamura 2nd Half 40), 11 Alisi Tupuailei, 10 Bryce Robins, 9 Koji Wada (20 Fumiaki Tanaka 62), 8 Ryukoliniasi Holani (19 Itaru Taniguchi 2nd Half 40), 7 Michael Leitch, 6 Takashi Kikutani (capt), 5 Toshizumi Kitagawa, 4 Hitoshi Ono (18 Luke Thompson 54), 3 Nozomu Fujita (17 Naoki Kawamata 57), 2 Hiroki Yuhara (16 Shota Horie 75), 1 Hisateru Hirashima.
Tries: Tupuailei (3), Robins (2), Taira (2), Leitch, Kikutani, Imamuara, Endo; Conversions: Tanabe (10).
RUSSIA: 15 Igol Klyuchnikov, 14 Vladimir Ostroushko (22 Oleg Kobezev 77), 13 Andrey Kuzin, 12 Sergey Trishin (21 Alexey Makovetskiy 65), 11 Vasily Artemyev, 10 Alexey Korobeynikov (20 Alexander Shakirov 52), 9 Alexander Yanushikin, 8 Nikita Medkov, 7 Kirill Kushunarev (16 Evgeny Matveev 57), 6 Victor Gresev, 5 Artem Fatakhov, 4 Alexander Voytov (19 Alexey Panasenko 65), 3 Evgeny Pronenko (18 Ivan Prishchepenko 60), 2 Vladislav Korshunov (capt), 1 Sergey Popov (17 Alexander Khrokin 57).
Penalty Goal: Yanushikin.
Yellow Card: Medkov (64, sin-bin, dangerous play).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 5min-try Japan, Tupuailei; conv. Tanabe-7-0, 13min-try Japan, Leitch; conv. Tanabe-14-0, 28min-try Japan, Taira; conv. Tanabe-21-0, 34min-try Japan, Kikutani; conv. Tanabe-28-0, 38min-pen Russia, Yanushikin-28-3, 39min-try Japan, Taira; conv. Tanabe-35-0, Half-time, 47min-try Japan, Imamura; conv. Tanabe-42-0, 65min-try Japan, Robins; conv. Tanabe-49-0, 68min-try Japan, Endo; conv. Tanabe-56-0, 72min-try Japan, Tupuailei; conv. Tanabe (missed)-61-0, 78min-try Japan, Robins; conv. Tanabe-68-0, 83min-try Japan, Tupuailei; conv. Tanabe-75-0.
Although individual Russian players have substantial power, the forwards could not gain possession, and their defence was torn into pieces. On the other hand, Japan showed a speedy game for which we could say ‘this is Japanese rugby'. Japan's agenda was narrowed down to the following two points: ‘improve accuracy of each play' and ‘to quickly get the ball out of the ruck'. Among the players, flanker Michael Leitch stood out for his high work rate and advanced skills. Fullback Atsushi Tanabe, who picked up his first cap in this game at the age of 32, got difficult goals one after another to save face as the Top League's best kicker. He showed excellent kicking processes and ball handling. Scrum-half Koji Wada, who was selected as a starting player for the first time, also played brilliantly. It proved that Japan was really building its bench strength. In the post-match interview, captain Kikutani said that the team would ‘aim to win three games in the Rugby World Cup'.