日本語 Photo Journal
19 September 2015; G: Brighton; R: Jerome Garces (FRA)
○Japan 34-32 South Africa●
Data:
19/9/2015, 8th RWC2015 England 1st match
Japan 34 South Africa 32
Brighton Community Stadium
Half-time 10 - 12
Refree: Jerome Garces (France)
Crowd: 29,290
JAPAN: 15 Ayumu Goromaru, 14 Akihito Yamada (23 Karne Hesketh 79), 13 Male Sa'u, 12 Harumichi Tatekawa, 11 Kotaro Matsushima, 10 Kosei Ono (22 Yu Tamura 73), 9 Fumiaki Tanaka (21 Atsushi Hiwasa 67) , 8 Hendrik Tui (20 Amanaki Lelei Mafi 46), 7 Michael Broadhurst, 6 Michael Leitch (capt), 5 Hitoshi Ono (19 Shinya Makabe 54), 4 Luke Thompson, 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama (18 Hiroshi Yamashita 10,19,54), 2 Shota Horie (16 Takeshi Kizu 70), 1 Masataka Mikami (17 Keita Inagaki 58).
Reserves:
Coach: Eddie Jones.
Tries: Leitch, Goromaru, Hesketh; Conversions: Goromaru (2); Penalty Goals: Goromaru (5).
SOUTH AFRICA: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Bryan Habana, 13Jesse Kriel, 12 Jean de Villiers (capt), 11 Lwazi Mvovo (23 JP Pietersen), 10 Pat Lambie (22 Handre Pollard 58), 9 Ruan Pienaar (21 Fourie du Preez 58), 8 Schalk Burger, 7 Steph du Toit (20 Siya kolisi 57, 79), 6 Francois Louw, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Lood Jager (19 Eben Etzebeth 69), 3 Jannie du Plessis (18 Coenie Oosthuizento 54), 2 Bismarck du Plessis (16 Adriaan Strauss 54), 1 Tendai Mtawarira (17 Trevor Nyakane 54, 79).
Reserves:
Coach: Heyneke Meyer.
Tries: Louw, B.Du.Plessis, Jager,Strauss; Conversions: Lambie(2), Pollard; Penalty Goals: Lambie, Pollard.
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 8min-pen Japan, Ayumu Goromaru-3-0, 18min-try South Africa, Francois Louw; conv. Pat Lambie-3-7, 30min-try Japan, Michael Leitch; conv. Ayumu Goromaru-10-7, 33min-try South Africa, Bismarck du Plessis; conv. Pat Lambie (missed)-10-12, 43min-pen Japan, Ayumu Goromaru-13-12, 44 min-try South Africa, Lood Jager; conv. Pat Lambie-13-19, 49min-pen Japan, Ayumu Goromaru-16-19, 53min-pen Japan, Ayumu Goromaru-19-19, 57min-pen South Africa, Pat Lambie-19-22, 60min-pen Japan, Ayumu Goromaru-22-22, 62 min-try South Africa, Adriaan Strauss; conv. Handre Pollard-22-29, 69min-try Japan, Ayumu Goromaru; conv. Ayumu Goromaru-29-29, 57min-pen South Africa, Handre Pollard-29-32, 80min-try Japan, Karne Hesketh; conv. Ayumu Goromaru(missed)-34-32.
Head coach Eddie Jones, who had led Japan since 2012, had said this again and again. “Our target is to be in the best eight to go to the final tournament, and to become the most impressive team in the cup.” The Japan team carried this out exactly as he said.
The first match in the pool matches (preliminary league) was against South Africa on 19 September, in Brighton in the south west of England. In this stadium, which was used for soccer usually, Japan fought against the strong team they called the “Rugby Giant.”
At 4:45pm, the match started with a kick-off by South Africa. Even though South Africa attacked deep into Japan's territory, stand-off Kosei Ono tackled low and centre Male Sau got the ball with a “double tackle”, taking down the ball carrier by holding the upper body. On this day, Japan made these double tackles many times to get the ball from South Africa with powerful players.
Since they were under head coach Jones, Japan adopted a style of attacking rugby where they pass on the ball even from their own territory. In this match, full-back Ayumu Goromaru made a long kick from Japan's territory and got the ball back with a low tackle. South Africa's players were frustrated by Japan's movement which was different from what was expected. On the other hand, Japan's players who tackled got up quickly, and the decisions they made as to whether the second player took the ball or prepared for the next were appropriate.
In scrums, Japan moved the ball to the backs line quickly using direct hooking, the accuracy of lineouts were high, and they were able to attack while keeping the ball well. Even though Japan scored the opening points with Goromaru's penalty goal, they conceded a try from a maul to South Africa. In the 29th minute of the first half, Japan got a lineout in front of South Africa's goal and formed a maul, then the backs such as Kosei Ono, Harumichi Tatekawa and Kotaro Matsushima joined swiftly and Leitch scored a try. Japan succeeded in coming from behind 10-7.
After that, the match became a see-saw game. In the 32nd minute of the first half, South Africa's hooker Bismarck Du Plessis scored a try to come from behind 10-12. In the 2nd minute of the second half, Japan's Goromaru scored a penalty goal to take a lead again 13-12. Just after this, South Africa's lock De Jager scored a try to make it 13-19, but Japan's Goromaru scored two penalty goals to chase them. In the 16th minute, South Africa's stand-off Lambie and in the 19th minute, Goromaru scored a penalty goal each to make the score 19-19.
In the 21st minute, South Africa's hooker Strauss broke through Japan's defense vertically and scored a try. “The result was decided”, everybody thought, but just after that, Goromaru slipped in the in-goal with pre-arranged play from a lineout in the opposing territory. While the entire audience was standing, Goromaru scored a difficult goal to make the score tie 29-29.
After that, South Africa started attacking, but Japan defended hard. In the 32nd minute, South Africa got a penalty kick in front of the goal and attempted a penalty goal. This decision revived Japan. “I thought they were upset.” (captain Michael Leitch). During the remaining time, Japan ruled the ball overwhelmingly and kept attacking. After three and a half years of hard work, the Japan players were fit enough to keep running for 80 minutes.
Just before the game ended, Japan got a penalty kick in the left middle in front of South Africa's goal. The score was 29-32. Just getting a tie game against South Africa was a historic event for Japan. But Japan did not hesitate to try to win with their scrums.
The stadium got excited with this brave decision. “Come on! Japan!” shouted people. After reforming, Japan's Leitch, Michael Broadhurst and Shinya Makabe, who subbed in, frustrated the opposing defense by attacking and turned to the left from a ruck on the right edge. The ball was passed from scrum-half Atsushi Hiwasa to centre Harumichi Tatekawa, and to number 8 Amanaki Lelei Mafi by a long pass. Mafi passed the ball to wing Karne Hesketh who was on the left edge, while pulling away South Africa's centre's De Villiers with a hand-off. Hesketh held the ball carefully and slipped in the left corner tightly, while getting tackled by South Africa's wing Pietersen.
Loud roars from the audience, and knuckles were white. The running of teammates. The audience standing up. It was a moment that moved history. “We are going to change the history of Japan rugby.” The players who had kept saying this made it. This win was reported all over the world as news that changed the Japanese national team to world heroes overnight. With this unbelievable result, the newspapers the next morning in England had headings communicating their surprise such as “The Biggest Upset in Rugby History”, “The Biggest Shock in the History of Sport”, etc.
19 September 2015; G: Brighton; R: Jerome Garces (FRA)
○Japan 34-32 South Africa●
Data:
19/9/2015, 8th RWC2015 England 1st match
Japan 34 South Africa 32
Brighton Community Stadium
Half-time 10 - 12
Refree: Jerome Garces (France)
Crowd: 29,290
JAPAN: 15 Ayumu Goromaru, 14 Akihito Yamada (23 Karne Hesketh 79), 13 Male Sa'u, 12 Harumichi Tatekawa, 11 Kotaro Matsushima, 10 Kosei Ono (22 Yu Tamura 73), 9 Fumiaki Tanaka (21 Atsushi Hiwasa 67) , 8 Hendrik Tui (20 Amanaki Lelei Mafi 46), 7 Michael Broadhurst, 6 Michael Leitch (capt), 5 Hitoshi Ono (19 Shinya Makabe 54), 4 Luke Thompson, 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama (18 Hiroshi Yamashita 10,19,54), 2 Shota Horie (16 Takeshi Kizu 70), 1 Masataka Mikami (17 Keita Inagaki 58).
Reserves:
Coach: Eddie Jones.
Tries: Leitch, Goromaru, Hesketh; Conversions: Goromaru (2); Penalty Goals: Goromaru (5).
SOUTH AFRICA: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Bryan Habana, 13Jesse Kriel, 12 Jean de Villiers (capt), 11 Lwazi Mvovo (23 JP Pietersen), 10 Pat Lambie (22 Handre Pollard 58), 9 Ruan Pienaar (21 Fourie du Preez 58), 8 Schalk Burger, 7 Steph du Toit (20 Siya kolisi 57, 79), 6 Francois Louw, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Lood Jager (19 Eben Etzebeth 69), 3 Jannie du Plessis (18 Coenie Oosthuizento 54), 2 Bismarck du Plessis (16 Adriaan Strauss 54), 1 Tendai Mtawarira (17 Trevor Nyakane 54, 79).
Reserves:
Coach: Heyneke Meyer.
Tries: Louw, B.Du.Plessis, Jager,Strauss; Conversions: Lambie(2), Pollard; Penalty Goals: Lambie, Pollard.
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 8min-pen Japan, Ayumu Goromaru-3-0, 18min-try South Africa, Francois Louw; conv. Pat Lambie-3-7, 30min-try Japan, Michael Leitch; conv. Ayumu Goromaru-10-7, 33min-try South Africa, Bismarck du Plessis; conv. Pat Lambie (missed)-10-12, 43min-pen Japan, Ayumu Goromaru-13-12, 44 min-try South Africa, Lood Jager; conv. Pat Lambie-13-19, 49min-pen Japan, Ayumu Goromaru-16-19, 53min-pen Japan, Ayumu Goromaru-19-19, 57min-pen South Africa, Pat Lambie-19-22, 60min-pen Japan, Ayumu Goromaru-22-22, 62 min-try South Africa, Adriaan Strauss; conv. Handre Pollard-22-29, 69min-try Japan, Ayumu Goromaru; conv. Ayumu Goromaru-29-29, 57min-pen South Africa, Handre Pollard-29-32, 80min-try Japan, Karne Hesketh; conv. Ayumu Goromaru(missed)-34-32.
Head coach Eddie Jones, who had led Japan since 2012, had said this again and again. “Our target is to be in the best eight to go to the final tournament, and to become the most impressive team in the cup.” The Japan team carried this out exactly as he said.
The first match in the pool matches (preliminary league) was against South Africa on 19 September, in Brighton in the south west of England. In this stadium, which was used for soccer usually, Japan fought against the strong team they called the “Rugby Giant.”
At 4:45pm, the match started with a kick-off by South Africa. Even though South Africa attacked deep into Japan's territory, stand-off Kosei Ono tackled low and centre Male Sau got the ball with a “double tackle”, taking down the ball carrier by holding the upper body. On this day, Japan made these double tackles many times to get the ball from South Africa with powerful players.
Since they were under head coach Jones, Japan adopted a style of attacking rugby where they pass on the ball even from their own territory. In this match, full-back Ayumu Goromaru made a long kick from Japan's territory and got the ball back with a low tackle. South Africa's players were frustrated by Japan's movement which was different from what was expected. On the other hand, Japan's players who tackled got up quickly, and the decisions they made as to whether the second player took the ball or prepared for the next were appropriate.
In scrums, Japan moved the ball to the backs line quickly using direct hooking, the accuracy of lineouts were high, and they were able to attack while keeping the ball well. Even though Japan scored the opening points with Goromaru's penalty goal, they conceded a try from a maul to South Africa. In the 29th minute of the first half, Japan got a lineout in front of South Africa's goal and formed a maul, then the backs such as Kosei Ono, Harumichi Tatekawa and Kotaro Matsushima joined swiftly and Leitch scored a try. Japan succeeded in coming from behind 10-7.
After that, the match became a see-saw game. In the 32nd minute of the first half, South Africa's hooker Bismarck Du Plessis scored a try to come from behind 10-12. In the 2nd minute of the second half, Japan's Goromaru scored a penalty goal to take a lead again 13-12. Just after this, South Africa's lock De Jager scored a try to make it 13-19, but Japan's Goromaru scored two penalty goals to chase them. In the 16th minute, South Africa's stand-off Lambie and in the 19th minute, Goromaru scored a penalty goal each to make the score 19-19.
In the 21st minute, South Africa's hooker Strauss broke through Japan's defense vertically and scored a try. “The result was decided”, everybody thought, but just after that, Goromaru slipped in the in-goal with pre-arranged play from a lineout in the opposing territory. While the entire audience was standing, Goromaru scored a difficult goal to make the score tie 29-29.
After that, South Africa started attacking, but Japan defended hard. In the 32nd minute, South Africa got a penalty kick in front of the goal and attempted a penalty goal. This decision revived Japan. “I thought they were upset.” (captain Michael Leitch). During the remaining time, Japan ruled the ball overwhelmingly and kept attacking. After three and a half years of hard work, the Japan players were fit enough to keep running for 80 minutes.
Just before the game ended, Japan got a penalty kick in the left middle in front of South Africa's goal. The score was 29-32. Just getting a tie game against South Africa was a historic event for Japan. But Japan did not hesitate to try to win with their scrums.
The stadium got excited with this brave decision. “Come on! Japan!” shouted people. After reforming, Japan's Leitch, Michael Broadhurst and Shinya Makabe, who subbed in, frustrated the opposing defense by attacking and turned to the left from a ruck on the right edge. The ball was passed from scrum-half Atsushi Hiwasa to centre Harumichi Tatekawa, and to number 8 Amanaki Lelei Mafi by a long pass. Mafi passed the ball to wing Karne Hesketh who was on the left edge, while pulling away South Africa's centre's De Villiers with a hand-off. Hesketh held the ball carefully and slipped in the left corner tightly, while getting tackled by South Africa's wing Pietersen.
Loud roars from the audience, and knuckles were white. The running of teammates. The audience standing up. It was a moment that moved history. “We are going to change the history of Japan rugby.” The players who had kept saying this made it. This win was reported all over the world as news that changed the Japanese national team to world heroes overnight. With this unbelievable result, the newspapers the next morning in England had headings communicating their surprise such as “The Biggest Upset in Rugby History”, “The Biggest Shock in the History of Sport”, etc.