日本語 Photo Journal
19 November 2016; G: Cardiff; R: Marius van der Westhuizen (SA)
●Japan 30-33 Wales○
Data:
19/11/2016 Japan European tour 2016 2nd Match
Japan 30 Wales 33
Principality Stadium
Half-time 13 - 14
Refree: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Crowd: 73,969
JAPAN: 15 Kotaro Matsushima, 14 Akihito Yamada (23 Lotoahea Amanaki 73), 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Harumichi Tatekawa (capt) , 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Yu Tamura, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka (22 Keisuke Uchida 76) , 8 Amanaki Lelei Mafi, 7 Shunsuke Nunomaki (20 Shuhei Matsuhashi 59), 6 Malgene Ilaua (21 Yuhimaru Mimura 67), 5 Samuela Anise (19 Uwe Helu 51), 4 Kyosuke Kajikawa, 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama (18 Heiichiro Ito 51), 2 Shota Horie (16 Takeshi Hino 59), 1 Satoshi Nakatani (17 Koki Yamamoto 51).
Reserves:
Coach: Jamie Joseph.
Tries: Yamada, Fukuoka, Lotoahea; Conversions: Lafaele, Tamura (2); Penalty Goals: Tamura (3).
WALES: 15 Liam Williams (7, 17), 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Alex Cuthbert, 10 Gareth Anscombe (22 Sam Davies 67), 9 Lloid Williams (21 Gareth Davies 50), 8 James King, 7 Sam Warburton (capt), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun Yyn Jones, 4 Cory Hill (19 Jake Ball 61), 3 Samson lee (18 Scott Andrews 67), 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Nicky Smith (17 Rhys Gill 67).
Reserves: 16 Kristian Dacey, 20 Ross Moriarty, 23 Keelan Giles.
Coach: Warren Gatland.
Tries: Dan Lydiate, Jamie Roberts, Sam Warburton; Conversions: Leigh Halfpenny (3); Penalty Goals: Leigh Halfpenny (3); Drop Goals: Sam Davies.
Yellow Cards: Liam Williams (7, sin-bin).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 4min-Pen Japan, Yu Tamura-3-0, 8min-Pen Japan, Yu Tamura-6-0, 10min-try Wales, Dan Lydiate; conv. Leigh Halfpenny-6-7, 22min-try Wales, Jamie Roberts; conv. Leigh Halfpenny-6-14, 37min-try Japan, Akihito Yamada; conv. Yu Tamura-13-14, 42min-Pen Wales, Leigh Halfpenny-13-17, 51min-try Wales, Sam Warburton; conv. Leigh Halfpenny-13-24, 54min-try Japan, Kenki Fukuoka; conv. Yu Tamura-20-24, 59min-Pen Wales, Leigh Halfpenny-20-27, 62min-Pen Japan, Yu Tamura-23-27, 69min-Pen Wales, Leigh Halfpenny-23-30, 73min-try Japan, Lotoahea Amanaki; conv. Yu Tamura-30-30, 79min-dg Wales, Sam Davies -23-30.
For the second match in the tour against Wales, a big audience of about 74,000 people gathered at Principality Stadium. It was a play in front of the biggest audience in Japanese rugby history. Japan was sometimes overwhelmed by Wales's strong scrums, however, Japan stand-off Yu Tamura scored a penalty goal to make the gap narrower, then in the 30th minute of the second half, Amanaki Lotoahea, who subbed in, scored a try in the right middle, and scored also a conversion goal to make the score tie 30-30. At the end, Wales Sam Davies scored a drop goal and Japan lost, however, new systems in attacking and defending worked and it was a good match.
In response to the opponent's kicking back after the kick-off, Japan stand-off Tamura kicked back with a high punt, and wing Yamada chased. They got the ball, and kicked more. Although Japan was not able to score a try in this process, the Dragons lost their calm with the changing game situation. In the 4th minute, stand-off Tamura scored the opening penalty goal. In the 7th minute, the opponent's full-back Liam Williams got a yellow card for obstruction against Yamada, who chased a kick. Tamura scored the second penalty goal quickly.
Wales were not quiet. They pushed in a scrum strongly to get a penalty kick and go forward, then pressurised Japan with their power and sizes. In the 10th minute, flanker Dan Lydiate, and in the 22nd minute, centre Jamie Roberts reached the try-line. Wales 14-6 Japan. At the stadium, which was waiting for the next kick-off, the Welsh anthem “Land of My Fathers” was played loudly. But such a pleasant time for the audience of 70,000 people did not last for long.
In the 37th minute of the first half, Nunomaki tackled to make the opponent lose control of the ball, then Yamada picked the ball up and scored a try with a quick play to kick back 60 meters from their own territory to narrow the margin to 11 points. After the point gap was widened to 11 points, in the 14th minute of the second half, Japan got the ball by a press defense, flanker Uwe Helu, lock Kyosuke Kajikawa and flanker Nunomaki moved forward in turn, at the end hooker Shota Horie and flanker Malgene Ilaua also joined the forwards in a convex-concave wing and Fukuoka won the left corner to narrow the margin to 4 points.
In the 33rd minute of the second half, when Wales made the margin 7 points to win, from a turnover which was gained by Harumichi's tackle, Matsushima counter-attacked, after breaking through the right side, from Mafi with a great no-look off-load pass, the ball passed to wing Amanaki Lotoahea and went to the right corner. All of these three tries started when Japan pressed the opposing attack to panic them and mess up their ball control.
In the last 5 minutes, the score was tied at 30-30. The heartbeat of 70,000 people at Principality Stadium, which was renamed from Millennium Stadium, sounded. But Japan was not able to make it at the last moment. From a pinch in which Wales attacked into Japan's territory, starting with a turnover by flanker Shuhei Matsuhashi who subbed in, Japan recovered their territory until around the half way point, in the following phase of attacking and defending, Japan conceded the ball again. On the other hand, Wales showed the greatest concentration in this match. They built phases without making penalties, moved their territory forward little by little, and after spending time idle until 10 seconds before the end, stand-off Sam Davies, who subbed in, kicked a direct goal to win. They were almost mumbling “we are committed to this kind of close match and fight in the final minute since the Five Nations era.”
30-33. Japan did not make an away win. 74,000 people gave applause to the depressed red and white jerseys as if they suddenly remembered about them.
“It's disappointing. We had a chance to win a big game. But the players fought believing the team's game plan and teammates.”, head coach Joseph, who cornered the world rugby's oldest team in his third match, praised the players.
19 November 2016; G: Cardiff; R: Marius van der Westhuizen (SA)
●Japan 30-33 Wales○
Data:
19/11/2016 Japan European tour 2016 2nd Match
Japan 30 Wales 33
Principality Stadium
Half-time 13 - 14
Refree: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Crowd: 73,969
JAPAN: 15 Kotaro Matsushima, 14 Akihito Yamada (23 Lotoahea Amanaki 73), 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Harumichi Tatekawa (capt) , 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Yu Tamura, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka (22 Keisuke Uchida 76) , 8 Amanaki Lelei Mafi, 7 Shunsuke Nunomaki (20 Shuhei Matsuhashi 59), 6 Malgene Ilaua (21 Yuhimaru Mimura 67), 5 Samuela Anise (19 Uwe Helu 51), 4 Kyosuke Kajikawa, 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama (18 Heiichiro Ito 51), 2 Shota Horie (16 Takeshi Hino 59), 1 Satoshi Nakatani (17 Koki Yamamoto 51).
Reserves:
Coach: Jamie Joseph.
Tries: Yamada, Fukuoka, Lotoahea; Conversions: Lafaele, Tamura (2); Penalty Goals: Tamura (3).
WALES: 15 Liam Williams (7, 17), 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Alex Cuthbert, 10 Gareth Anscombe (22 Sam Davies 67), 9 Lloid Williams (21 Gareth Davies 50), 8 James King, 7 Sam Warburton (capt), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun Yyn Jones, 4 Cory Hill (19 Jake Ball 61), 3 Samson lee (18 Scott Andrews 67), 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Nicky Smith (17 Rhys Gill 67).
Reserves: 16 Kristian Dacey, 20 Ross Moriarty, 23 Keelan Giles.
Coach: Warren Gatland.
Tries: Dan Lydiate, Jamie Roberts, Sam Warburton; Conversions: Leigh Halfpenny (3); Penalty Goals: Leigh Halfpenny (3); Drop Goals: Sam Davies.
Yellow Cards: Liam Williams (7, sin-bin).
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 4min-Pen Japan, Yu Tamura-3-0, 8min-Pen Japan, Yu Tamura-6-0, 10min-try Wales, Dan Lydiate; conv. Leigh Halfpenny-6-7, 22min-try Wales, Jamie Roberts; conv. Leigh Halfpenny-6-14, 37min-try Japan, Akihito Yamada; conv. Yu Tamura-13-14, 42min-Pen Wales, Leigh Halfpenny-13-17, 51min-try Wales, Sam Warburton; conv. Leigh Halfpenny-13-24, 54min-try Japan, Kenki Fukuoka; conv. Yu Tamura-20-24, 59min-Pen Wales, Leigh Halfpenny-20-27, 62min-Pen Japan, Yu Tamura-23-27, 69min-Pen Wales, Leigh Halfpenny-23-30, 73min-try Japan, Lotoahea Amanaki; conv. Yu Tamura-30-30, 79min-dg Wales, Sam Davies -23-30.
For the second match in the tour against Wales, a big audience of about 74,000 people gathered at Principality Stadium. It was a play in front of the biggest audience in Japanese rugby history. Japan was sometimes overwhelmed by Wales's strong scrums, however, Japan stand-off Yu Tamura scored a penalty goal to make the gap narrower, then in the 30th minute of the second half, Amanaki Lotoahea, who subbed in, scored a try in the right middle, and scored also a conversion goal to make the score tie 30-30. At the end, Wales Sam Davies scored a drop goal and Japan lost, however, new systems in attacking and defending worked and it was a good match.
In response to the opponent's kicking back after the kick-off, Japan stand-off Tamura kicked back with a high punt, and wing Yamada chased. They got the ball, and kicked more. Although Japan was not able to score a try in this process, the Dragons lost their calm with the changing game situation. In the 4th minute, stand-off Tamura scored the opening penalty goal. In the 7th minute, the opponent's full-back Liam Williams got a yellow card for obstruction against Yamada, who chased a kick. Tamura scored the second penalty goal quickly.
Wales were not quiet. They pushed in a scrum strongly to get a penalty kick and go forward, then pressurised Japan with their power and sizes. In the 10th minute, flanker Dan Lydiate, and in the 22nd minute, centre Jamie Roberts reached the try-line. Wales 14-6 Japan. At the stadium, which was waiting for the next kick-off, the Welsh anthem “Land of My Fathers” was played loudly. But such a pleasant time for the audience of 70,000 people did not last for long.
In the 37th minute of the first half, Nunomaki tackled to make the opponent lose control of the ball, then Yamada picked the ball up and scored a try with a quick play to kick back 60 meters from their own territory to narrow the margin to 11 points. After the point gap was widened to 11 points, in the 14th minute of the second half, Japan got the ball by a press defense, flanker Uwe Helu, lock Kyosuke Kajikawa and flanker Nunomaki moved forward in turn, at the end hooker Shota Horie and flanker Malgene Ilaua also joined the forwards in a convex-concave wing and Fukuoka won the left corner to narrow the margin to 4 points.
In the 33rd minute of the second half, when Wales made the margin 7 points to win, from a turnover which was gained by Harumichi's tackle, Matsushima counter-attacked, after breaking through the right side, from Mafi with a great no-look off-load pass, the ball passed to wing Amanaki Lotoahea and went to the right corner. All of these three tries started when Japan pressed the opposing attack to panic them and mess up their ball control.
In the last 5 minutes, the score was tied at 30-30. The heartbeat of 70,000 people at Principality Stadium, which was renamed from Millennium Stadium, sounded. But Japan was not able to make it at the last moment. From a pinch in which Wales attacked into Japan's territory, starting with a turnover by flanker Shuhei Matsuhashi who subbed in, Japan recovered their territory until around the half way point, in the following phase of attacking and defending, Japan conceded the ball again. On the other hand, Wales showed the greatest concentration in this match. They built phases without making penalties, moved their territory forward little by little, and after spending time idle until 10 seconds before the end, stand-off Sam Davies, who subbed in, kicked a direct goal to win. They were almost mumbling “we are committed to this kind of close match and fight in the final minute since the Five Nations era.”
30-33. Japan did not make an away win. 74,000 people gave applause to the depressed red and white jerseys as if they suddenly remembered about them.
“It's disappointing. We had a chance to win a big game. But the players fought believing the team's game plan and teammates.”, head coach Joseph, who cornered the world rugby's oldest team in his third match, praised the players.