Japon 18 Irlande 47

L'Irlande a battu le Japon 47 à 18 (14-10 à la mi-temps) lors du deuxième test-match de sa tournée, dimanche à Tokyo. Le "15 irlandais" a inscrit pas moins de sept essais, alors que le Japon n'en a inscrit que deux.

Marqueurs :

Irlande : 7 essais David Wallace, Frankie Sheahan (2), David Humphreys, Gavin Duffy (2), Girvan Dempsey. Transformations: David Humphreys (6).

Japon : 2 essais Daisuke Ohata (2). Pénalités: Keiji Hirose (2). Transformation: Keiji Hirose.

A savoir que lors du premier test samedi dernier l'Irlande avait déjà battu le japon sur le score de 44 à 12.

JAPAN: Goshi Tachikawa; Daisuke Ohata, Reuben Parkinson, Yukio Motoki, Hiroki Onozawa; Keiji Hirose, Wataru Murata; Shigeyasu Takagi, Masakazu Nakabayashi, Ryo Yamamura, Hajime Kiso, Takanori Kumagae, Hare Makiri, Ryota Asano, Takuro Miuchi (Capt).

Replacements used: Ken Tsukagoshi for Nakabayashi (51 mins), Takeomi Ito for Kiso (58), Kenji Kasai for Takagi, Shota Goto for Murata (both 61), Tomoaki Nakai for Makiri, Teppei Tomioka for Motoki (both 69), Ayumu Goromaru for Onozawa (71).

IRELAND:

(15) Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster)
(14) Tommy Bowe (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
(13) Gavin Duffy (NEC Harlequins)
(12) David Quinlan (Blackrock College/Leinster)
(11) Anthony Horgan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
(10) David Humphreys (Dungannon/Ulster) (Capt)
(9) Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster)
(1) Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster)
(2) Frankie Sheahan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
(3) Simon Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster)
(4) Leo Cullen (Blackrock College/Leinster)
(5) Matt McCullough (Ballymena/Ulster)
(6) Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
(7) David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster)
( Eric Miller (Terenure College/Leinster)

Replacements used: Alan Quinlan (Shannon/Munster) for Miller (4-11 mins, 22-ft), Trevor Hogan (Shannon/Munster) for Cullen (51), Reggie Corrigan (Greystones/Leinster) for Horan (65), Kieran Lewis (St Mary's College/Leinster) for Horgan, Kieran Campbell (Dungannon/Ulster) for Stringer (both 69), Bernard Jackman (Clontarf/Connacht) for Sheahan, Jeremy Staunton (London Wasps) for Humphreys (both 76).

Sin-bin: Shigeyasu Takagi (42 mins)
Referee: Nigel Whitehouse (Wales)