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13 October 2019: G: Yokohama International Stadium; R: Ben O'Keeffe (NZ)
○Japan 28-21 Scotland●
Data:
13/10/2019, World Cup 2019 Pool A 4th Match
Japan 28 – Scotland 21
Yokohama International Stadium, Japan
Half-time 21-7
Refree: Ben Okeeffe (NZ)
Crowd: 67,666
JAPAN: 15 William Tupou (23 Ryohei Yamanaka 50), 14 Kotaro Matsushima, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Ryoto Nakamura (22 Rikiya Matsuda 74), 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Yu Tamura, 9 Yutaka Nagare (21 Fumiaki Tanaka 50), 8 Kazuki Himeno, 7 Pieter Labuschagne, 6 Michael Leitch (capt) (20 Hendrik Tui 72), 5 James Moore (19 Uwe Helu 51), 4 Luke THOMPSON, 3 Jiwon Koo (18 Asaeli Ai Valu 21), 2 Shota Horie (16 Atsushi Sakate 72), 1 Keita Inagaki (17 Isileli Nakajima 56).
Reserves:
Coach: Jamie Joseph.
Tries: Matsushima, Inagaki, Fukuoka (2); Conversions: Yu Tamura (4).
SCOTLAND: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour (23 Blair Kinghorn 51), 13 Chris Harris, 12 Sam Johnson, 11 Darcy Graham (22 Pete Horne 60), 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw (21 George Horne 51), 8 Blade Thomson, 7 Jamie Ritchie, 6 Magnus Bradbury (20 Ryan Wilson 65), 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Grant Gilchrist (19 Scott Cummings 51), 3 Willem Nel (18 Zander Fagerson 51), 2 Fraser Brown (16 Stuart McInally 51), 1 Allan Dell (17 Gordon Reid 51).
Reserves:
Coach: Gregor Townsend.
Tries: Finn Russell, Willem Nel, Zander Fagerson; Conversions: Greig Laidlaw, Finn Russell.
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 6min-try Scotland, Finn Russell; conv. Greig Laidlaw-0-7, 16min-pen Japan, Yu Tamura (missed)-0-7, 16min-try Japan, Kotaro Matsushima; conv. Yu Tamura –7-7, 25min-try Japan, Keita Inagaki; conv. Yu Tamura -14-7, 38min-try Japan, Kenki Fukuoka; conv. Yu Tamura -21-7, 42min-try Japan, Kenki Fukuoka; conv. Yu Tamura -28-7, 49min-try Scotland, Willem Nel; conv. Greig Laidlaw-28-14, 54min-try Scotland, Zander Fagerson; conv. Finn Russell -28-21.
At long last, in the end, the Japan national team advanced to the final round. “Never thought we'd see such a day in our lifetime,” so said many older rugby fans and officials.
In the beginning, Japan's active attacks and offense were shut off, which proved the extensive analysis of Scotland against Japan. In the 6th minute of the first half, Scotland charged into Japan's territory when SO Finn Russell ran from the left toward the right and easily made a successful try. Of course, Laidlaw made a successful conversion and the score was 7-0.
In the 16th minute, long-waited chance came for Japan. CTB Lafaele caught the ball from the ruck, leaving Matsushima in position on the other side, and he passed the ball to Fukuoka. Fukuoka picked up quickly, while losing his balance when Scottish defender slapped his foot. But he amazingly offloaded to an unmarked Matsushima who made an easy try. Tamura made great conversion kick, and the score reached 7-7. These plays relaxed the Japanese players providing them with a momentum to their attacks. In the 25th minute, Horie, receiving the ball from Tamura, made a great turn to move forward and offloaded to Moore while being tackled. Facing some tacklers, Moore also offloaded to Tupou. Dodging Stuart Hogg, he was tackled again when he tried to make a try. This tackle was not enough to cause Tupou to completely lose balance. Tupou gave a nice pass to Inagaki who tried to follow-up and dived under the goal posts. With a successful conversion kick, Japan led with the score of 14-7. After Tamura failed to make a PG in the 38th minute, Japanese forwards carried the ball toward the left. The ball traveled through Himeno and Lafaele, who found a space behind and made a grubber kick. Fukuoka ran fast through the space and caught the ball with his right hand as the ball bounced high on the second bounce. Scottish FB Stuart Hogg slapped his foot, but he dodged outside and dived into the in-goal area even though losing his balance. With Tamura's successful conversion kick, Japan led by the score of 21-7 at the end of the first half.
The second half started with everybody concentrating on the first 10-minute tug-of-war. Here, Japan showed a spectacle play. Scotland could not advance to the final round unless beating Japan by eight points or more by making four or more tries. They started to spread toward the left around midfield. When Lafaele tackled and stopped a Scottish DF, Fukuoka swiftly inserted his arm into the DF's arms to take away the ball. In the moment everybody thought a knock-on was awarded, Fukuoka directly caught the ball again and ran swiftly through the open space. Outrunning opponent defenders with his characteristic speed, he dived into the in-goal area.
Tamura also made a successful conversion kick, and the score was 28-7. Up until this moment, Japan had already made four tries. They had to put all their effort to allow only three tries by Scotland. Beating Scotland within seven goals would lead Japan to the knock-out stage. As Japan tried to build up their fighting spirit, Scotland unleashed fierce attacks. Using dummy passes in midfield, the big WTB waiting outside ran into the space, while powerful big forwards repeatedly charged down the line in front of Japan's goal line. In the 9th minute, after Scotland repeated phases of charging down line around Japan's goal line, No. 3 Willem Nel aggressively charged forward and made a try. Laidlaw also made a successful conversion and the score was 28-14. While Japan tried to break this negative cycle, Scotland increased their momentum. In the 14th minute, Scotland formed and pushed rucks in a row, and then No. 18 Zander Fagerson dodged a Japanese tackler and dived into the in-goal area, to make the score 28-21. During the remaining 26 minutes from this point, Japan showed persistently determined tackles. Substituted Nakajima, Valu, and Uwe wildly charged down the line causing the opponents to wear out, while Sakate and Tui completely blocked the fierce Scottish attacks. Tanaka, Matsuda, and Yamanaka kept their cool heads in order to evaluate every game situation and were determined to control the game. Japanese players kept on countering Scottish vicious attacks with double tackles, proving themselves very reliable. During approximately the last 2 minutes, Japan continued to possess and control the ball almost putting their lives at risk. As the spectators counted down the time, Yamanaka kicked the ball into touch. At this moment, the Japan national team booked a spot in the knock-out stage by making the cut holding 1st place of Pool A of the qualifying round.
The supporters of the Japan national team showed wonderful support throughout the entire match. They must have given the players enormous power.
13 October 2019: G: Yokohama International Stadium; R: Ben O'Keeffe (NZ)
○Japan 28-21 Scotland●
Data:
13/10/2019, World Cup 2019 Pool A 4th Match
Japan 28 – Scotland 21
Yokohama International Stadium, Japan
Half-time 21-7
Refree: Ben Okeeffe (NZ)
Crowd: 67,666
JAPAN: 15 William Tupou (23 Ryohei Yamanaka 50), 14 Kotaro Matsushima, 13 Timothy Lafaele, 12 Ryoto Nakamura (22 Rikiya Matsuda 74), 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Yu Tamura, 9 Yutaka Nagare (21 Fumiaki Tanaka 50), 8 Kazuki Himeno, 7 Pieter Labuschagne, 6 Michael Leitch (capt) (20 Hendrik Tui 72), 5 James Moore (19 Uwe Helu 51), 4 Luke THOMPSON, 3 Jiwon Koo (18 Asaeli Ai Valu 21), 2 Shota Horie (16 Atsushi Sakate 72), 1 Keita Inagaki (17 Isileli Nakajima 56).
Reserves:
Coach: Jamie Joseph.
Tries: Matsushima, Inagaki, Fukuoka (2); Conversions: Yu Tamura (4).
SCOTLAND: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour (23 Blair Kinghorn 51), 13 Chris Harris, 12 Sam Johnson, 11 Darcy Graham (22 Pete Horne 60), 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw (21 George Horne 51), 8 Blade Thomson, 7 Jamie Ritchie, 6 Magnus Bradbury (20 Ryan Wilson 65), 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Grant Gilchrist (19 Scott Cummings 51), 3 Willem Nel (18 Zander Fagerson 51), 2 Fraser Brown (16 Stuart McInally 51), 1 Allan Dell (17 Gordon Reid 51).
Reserves:
Coach: Gregor Townsend.
Tries: Finn Russell, Willem Nel, Zander Fagerson; Conversions: Greig Laidlaw, Finn Russell.
Scoring sequence (Japan's score shown first): 6min-try Scotland, Finn Russell; conv. Greig Laidlaw-0-7, 16min-pen Japan, Yu Tamura (missed)-0-7, 16min-try Japan, Kotaro Matsushima; conv. Yu Tamura –7-7, 25min-try Japan, Keita Inagaki; conv. Yu Tamura -14-7, 38min-try Japan, Kenki Fukuoka; conv. Yu Tamura -21-7, 42min-try Japan, Kenki Fukuoka; conv. Yu Tamura -28-7, 49min-try Scotland, Willem Nel; conv. Greig Laidlaw-28-14, 54min-try Scotland, Zander Fagerson; conv. Finn Russell -28-21.
At long last, in the end, the Japan national team advanced to the final round. “Never thought we'd see such a day in our lifetime,” so said many older rugby fans and officials.
In the beginning, Japan's active attacks and offense were shut off, which proved the extensive analysis of Scotland against Japan. In the 6th minute of the first half, Scotland charged into Japan's territory when SO Finn Russell ran from the left toward the right and easily made a successful try. Of course, Laidlaw made a successful conversion and the score was 7-0.
In the 16th minute, long-waited chance came for Japan. CTB Lafaele caught the ball from the ruck, leaving Matsushima in position on the other side, and he passed the ball to Fukuoka. Fukuoka picked up quickly, while losing his balance when Scottish defender slapped his foot. But he amazingly offloaded to an unmarked Matsushima who made an easy try. Tamura made great conversion kick, and the score reached 7-7. These plays relaxed the Japanese players providing them with a momentum to their attacks. In the 25th minute, Horie, receiving the ball from Tamura, made a great turn to move forward and offloaded to Moore while being tackled. Facing some tacklers, Moore also offloaded to Tupou. Dodging Stuart Hogg, he was tackled again when he tried to make a try. This tackle was not enough to cause Tupou to completely lose balance. Tupou gave a nice pass to Inagaki who tried to follow-up and dived under the goal posts. With a successful conversion kick, Japan led with the score of 14-7. After Tamura failed to make a PG in the 38th minute, Japanese forwards carried the ball toward the left. The ball traveled through Himeno and Lafaele, who found a space behind and made a grubber kick. Fukuoka ran fast through the space and caught the ball with his right hand as the ball bounced high on the second bounce. Scottish FB Stuart Hogg slapped his foot, but he dodged outside and dived into the in-goal area even though losing his balance. With Tamura's successful conversion kick, Japan led by the score of 21-7 at the end of the first half.
The second half started with everybody concentrating on the first 10-minute tug-of-war. Here, Japan showed a spectacle play. Scotland could not advance to the final round unless beating Japan by eight points or more by making four or more tries. They started to spread toward the left around midfield. When Lafaele tackled and stopped a Scottish DF, Fukuoka swiftly inserted his arm into the DF's arms to take away the ball. In the moment everybody thought a knock-on was awarded, Fukuoka directly caught the ball again and ran swiftly through the open space. Outrunning opponent defenders with his characteristic speed, he dived into the in-goal area.
Tamura also made a successful conversion kick, and the score was 28-7. Up until this moment, Japan had already made four tries. They had to put all their effort to allow only three tries by Scotland. Beating Scotland within seven goals would lead Japan to the knock-out stage. As Japan tried to build up their fighting spirit, Scotland unleashed fierce attacks. Using dummy passes in midfield, the big WTB waiting outside ran into the space, while powerful big forwards repeatedly charged down the line in front of Japan's goal line. In the 9th minute, after Scotland repeated phases of charging down line around Japan's goal line, No. 3 Willem Nel aggressively charged forward and made a try. Laidlaw also made a successful conversion and the score was 28-14. While Japan tried to break this negative cycle, Scotland increased their momentum. In the 14th minute, Scotland formed and pushed rucks in a row, and then No. 18 Zander Fagerson dodged a Japanese tackler and dived into the in-goal area, to make the score 28-21. During the remaining 26 minutes from this point, Japan showed persistently determined tackles. Substituted Nakajima, Valu, and Uwe wildly charged down the line causing the opponents to wear out, while Sakate and Tui completely blocked the fierce Scottish attacks. Tanaka, Matsuda, and Yamanaka kept their cool heads in order to evaluate every game situation and were determined to control the game. Japanese players kept on countering Scottish vicious attacks with double tackles, proving themselves very reliable. During approximately the last 2 minutes, Japan continued to possess and control the ball almost putting their lives at risk. As the spectators counted down the time, Yamanaka kicked the ball into touch. At this moment, the Japan national team booked a spot in the knock-out stage by making the cut holding 1st place of Pool A of the qualifying round.
The supporters of the Japan national team showed wonderful support throughout the entire match. They must have given the players enormous power.