Verso i Mondiali: il Giappone batte gli USA 20-14

Gli USA, prossimi avversari dell’Italia ai Mondiali in Nuova Zelanda, sono stati battuti 20-14 dal Giappone allenato da John Kirwan al Prince Chichbu Memorial Rugby Ground di Tokyo. Il tabellino

USA EAGLES

15 Blaine Scully (Unattached)

14 Kevin Swiryn (Agen)

13 Tai Enosa (Belmont Shore)

12 Paul Emerick (Life University)

11 James Paterson (Otago)

10 Nese Malifa (Glendale)

9 Mike Petri (New York Athletic Club) *Captain

1 Mike MacDonald (Leeds Carnegie)

2 Phillip Thiel (Life University)

3 Eric Fry (Las Vegas Blackjacks)

4 Scott LaValla (Stade Francais)

5 Hayden Smith (Saracens)

6 Patrick Danahy (Life University)

7 Louis Stanfill (Unattached)

8 Jonathan ‘JJ’ Gagiano (Univ. of Cape Town)

Reserves:

16 Chris Biller (San Francisco Golden Gate)

17 Shawn Pittman (London Welsh)

18 Nic Johnson (Unattached)

19 Ryan Chapman (Utah Warriors)

20 Tim Usasz (Nottingham RFC)

21 Roland Suniula (Boston Rugby)

22 Andrew Suniula (Chicago Griffins)

USA Tries: Swiryn (8’, 39’)

USA Conversions: Malifa (10’, 40’)

Substitutions:

Johnson on for Smith (40’), Pittman on for Fry (43’), Chapman on for Johnson (55’), R.Suniula on for Malifa (62’), A.Suniula on for Emerick (64’), Usasz on for Petri (75’), Biller on for Thiel (75’)

JAPAN

15 Taihei Ueda (Honda Heat)

14 Takehisa Usuzuki (Toshiba Brave Lupus)

13 Alisi Tupuailai (Canon Eagles)

12 Ryan Nicholas (Suntory Sungoliath)

11 Hirotoki Onozawa (Suntory Sungoliath)

10 Murray Williams (Toyota Industries Shuttles)

9 Tomoki Yoshida (Toshiba Brave Lupus)

1 Naoki Kawamata (Panasonic Wild Knights)

2 Yusuke Aoki (Suntory Sungoliath)

3 Nozomu Fujita (Honda Heat)

4 Hitoshi Ono (Toshiba Brave Lupus)

5 Luke Thompson (Kintetsu Liners)

6 Sione Vatuvei (Panasonic Wild Knights)

7 Tadasuke Nishihara (Panasonic Wild Knights)

8 Takashi Kikutani (Toyota Verblitz)

Reserves:

16 Shota Horie (Panasonic Wild Knights)

17 Kensuke Hatakeyama (Suntory Sungoliath)

18 Toshizumi Kitagawa (Toyota Verblitz)

19 Itaru Taniguchi (Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers)

20 Atsushi Hiwasa (Suntory Sungoliath)

21 Koji Taira (Suntory Sungoliath)

22 Shaun Webb (Coca-Cola West Red Sparks)

Japan Tries: Ueda (6’), Kikutani (54’), Usuzuki (66’)

Japan Conversions: Webb (55’)

Japan Penalties: Nicholas (11’)

Substitutions:

Webb on for Ueda (46’), Hiwasa on for Yoshida (46’), Taniguchi on for Nishihara (49’), Horie on for Aoki (62’), Taira on for Nicholas (64)