Canada (7) 23 / Japan (17) 23 (Final Score)
Canada and Japan did battle in Napier at 06:00 SA Time (17:00 NZ Time).
This was the live match discussion Article.
The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1, SHD & CSN on TV in SA.
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A draw, in this very good battle! In 2007 at the World Cup these two sides also drew (12 / 12).
Scorers:
Canada:
- Penalties – Ander Monro (2)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – DTH van der Merwe (1), Phil Mackenzie (1), Ander Monro (1)
- Conversions – James Prichard (1)
Japan:
- Penalties – James Arlidge (3)
- Drop Goals – 0
- Tries – Shota Horie (1), Kosuke Endo (1)
- Conversions – James Arlidge (2)
Teams:
Canada: 15 James Pritchard, 14 Matt Evans, 13 DTH van der Merwe, 12 Ryan Smith, 11 Phil Mackenzie, 10 Ander Monro, 9 Ed Fairhurst, 8 Aaron Carpenter, 7 Chauncey O’Toole, 6 Adam Kleeberger, 5 Jamie Cudmore, 4 Jebb Sinclair, 3 Jason Marshall, 2 Pat Riordan (captain), 1 Hubert Buydens
Replacements: 16 Ryan Hamilton, 17 Scott Franklin, 18 Tyler Hotson, 19 Jeremy Kyne, 20 Sean White, 21 Nathan Hirayama, 22 Conor Trainor
Japan: 15 Shaun Webb, 14 Kosuke Endo, 13 Alisi Tupuailai, 12 Ryan Nicholas, 11 Hirotoki Onozawa, 10 James Arlidge, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Takashi Kikutani (captain), 7 Michael Leitch, 6 Sione Talikavili Vatuvei, 5 Toshizumi Kitagawa, 4 Luke Thompson, 3 Nozomu Fujita, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Hisateru Hirashima.
Replacements: 16 Yusuke Aoki, 17 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 18 Hitoshi Ono, 19 Toetuu Taufa, 20 Atsushi Hiwasa, 21 Murray Williams, 22 Bryce Robins.
Date: Tuesday 27 September
Kick-off: 06:00 SA Time (17:00 NZ Time)
Venue: McLean Park, Napier
Expected weather: Clear with a high of 18°C, dropping to 5°C.
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand), Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)
30 @ superBul:
Japan het nog altyd van hardloop rugby gehou… noodwendig as gevolg van die feit dat hulle nie so groot en fisiek gebou is nie.
So hulle speel Japanese rugby, hardlooprugby… mooi rugby.
As Kanada hier wil wen sal hulle meer besit moet kry en meer met hulle voospelers moet speel
2nd Half ON!
Tryyyyyyyyy Phil McKenzie for Canada
Japan 17 / 12
Neither of the 2 teams standing back, very good clash
Kleeberger… “Stem innie bos” has been bloody good for Canada
Canada with quite a bit more quality possession in this half, but Japan defence good
20 minutes to go
This was a difficult pick on Superbru, all who picked in our pool , picked Canada.
9 players did not pick but defaults will go to Canada wins, Canada is the home team according to Superbru rules.
Japan 17 / 15
Japan 20 / 15
Japan looks more hungry
Mistakes by Canada
Jeeez, my Bru pick was Canada by 19… how wrong can one be!
10 minutes to go…. 5-points deficit
Penalty Japan, Arlidge will go for goal
Over
Japan 23 / 15
Mountain to climb now for Canada
Tryyyy Canada!
TMO
I think it is a great try by Canada , TMO to decide on a reason not to award the try.
Try AWARDED
Awarded to Munro
Japan 23 / 20
This vd Merwe bloke looks good
Less than 4 minutes to go
Penalty Canada… kickable
They are going for goal
Vital penalty to Canada
23 / 23
All locked up!
Missed drop attempt by Arlidge
Maybe this is a good result
Japan now throwing EVERYTHING at Canada
Time is already well up
Game Over!
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