Rugby World Cup , Pool C - Bloemfontein, 4 June 1995, 15:00 local, 13:00 GMT
Japan (3) 17 - 145 (84) New Zealand (FT)

Timeline

Time Japan  Score  New Zealand
2 0 - 7 Culhane - conversion
Rush - try
6 0 - 14 Loe - try
Culhane - conversion
8 0 - 21 Culhane - conversion
Ellis - try
12 0 - 28 Culhane - conversion
Ellis - try
14 0 - 35 RM Brooke - try
Culhane - conversion
15 Larsen - sub off
Joseph - sub on
18 0 - 42 Culhane - conversion
Osborne - try
21 0 - 49 Culhane - conversion
Ieremia - try
25 0 - 56 Culhane - try
Culhane - conversion
27 0 - 63 Wilson - try
Culhane - conversion
30 0 - 70 Ellis - try
Culhane - conversion
33 Hirose - penalty goal 3 - 70
34 3 - 77 Wilson - try
Culhane - conversion
36 3 - 84 Rush - try
Culhane - conversion
42 3 - 89 Osborne - try
43 3 - 96 Culhane - conversion
Ellis - try
47 Hirose - conversion
Kajihara - try		 10 - 96
50 10 - 103 Culhane - conversion
Dowd - try
54 Latu - sub off
Akatsuka - sub on
58 10 - 110 RM Brooke - try
Culhane - conversion
65 Kajihara - try
Hirose - conversion		 17 - 110
68 17 - 117 Culhane - conversion
Ellis - try
71 17 - 124 Ellis - try
Culhane - conversion
74 17 - 131 Rush - try
Culhane - conversion
76 17 - 138 Wilson - try
Culhane - conversion
79 17 - 145 Henderson - try
Culhane - conversion

Notes

 
Result New Zealand won by a margin of 128 points
Rugby World Cup points New Zealand 3, Japan 1
 
Ground name Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein (neutral venue)
Attendance 25000
 
Referee G Gadjovich (Canada)
 
Japan Test debuts none
New Zealand Test debuts SD Culhane

Teams

Japan New Zealand
Tries Kajihara (47, 65) Tries Rush (2, 36, 74), Loe (6), Ellis (8, 12, 30, 43, 68, 71), RM Brooke (14, 58), Osborne (18, 42), Ieremia (21), Culhane (25), Wilson (27, 34, 76), Dowd (50), Henderson (79)
Cons Hirose (47, 65) Cons Culhane (2, 6, 8, 12, 14, 18, 21, 25, 27, 30, 34, 36, 43, 50, 58, 68, 71, 74, 76, 79)
Pens Hirose (33) Pens none
    Team
15 FB
Tsutomu Matsuda
14 W
Lopeti Oto
13 C
Akira Yoshida
12 C
Yukio Motoki
11 W
Yoshihito Yoshida
10 FH
Keiji Hirose
9 SH
Wataru Murata
1 P
Osamu Ota
2 H
Masahiro Kunda (c)
3 P
Kazuaki Takahashi
4 L
Yoshihiko Sakuraba
5 L
Bruce Ferguson
6 F
Hiroyuki Kajihara
7 F
Ko Izawa-Nakamura
8 N8
Sinali-Tui Latu
    Replacements
16
Masami Horikoshi
17
Katsuhiro Matsuo
18
Kiyoshi Imaizumi
19
Eiji Hirotsu
20
Kazu Hamabe
21 L
Takashi Akatsuka
    Team
15 FB
Glen Osborne
14 W
Jeff Wilson
13 C
Marc Ellis
12 C
Alama Ieremia
11 W
Eric Rush
10 FH
Simon Culhane
9 SH
Ant Strachan
1 P
Craig Dowd
2 H
Norm Hewitt
3 P
Richard Loe
4 L
Robin Brooke
5 L
Blair Larsen
6 F
Kevin Schuler
7 F
Paul Henderson (c)
8 N8
Zinzan Brooke
    Replacements
16
Walter Little
17
Andrew Mehrtens
18
Graeme Bachop
19 F
Jamie Joseph
20
Olo Brown
21
Sean Fitzpatrick

Match stats

Japan   New Zealand
2 Tries 21
2 from 2 Conversion goals 20 from 20
1 from 1 Penalty goals 0 from 0
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
18 Kicks from hand 26
93 Passes 159
71 Runs 120
351 Metres run with ball 1280
Attacking
9% (0%/18%) Possession (1H/2H) 91% (100%/82%)
6 Clean breaks 57
13 Defenders beaten 67
14 Offloads 28
31 from 39 (79.5%) Rucks won 33 from 35 (94.3%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
22 Turnovers conceded 16
Defensive
56/67 Tackles made/missed 61/13
46.0% Tackling success rate 82.0%
Set pieces
10 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 4 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
14 won, 4 lost (77.8%) Lineouts on own throw 4 won, 1 lost (80.0%)
Discipline
1 Penalties conceded 16
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

JPN stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Matsuda 0/1 0 4/5/7 52 1 4 2 1 5/8 0/0 0 0/0
W Oto 0/0 0 5/1/4 29 2 1 0 1 3/4 0/0 0 0/0
C A Yoshida 0/1 0 0/7/4 29 1 2 3 1 1/9 0/0 0 0/0
C Motoki 0/0 0 1/10/6 16 0 1 1 4 2/9 0/0 0 0/0
W Y Yoshida 0/0 0 1/3/4 54 0 1 2 0 2/5 0/0 0 0/0
FH Hirose 0/0 7 4/15/2 3 0 1 2 0 3/8 1/0 0 0/0
SH Murata 0/0 0 1/34/8 22 0 1 0 4 2/5 0/0 1 0/0
P Ota 0/0 0 0/2/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/2 0/0 0 0/0
H Kunda 0/0 0 0/3/2 3 0 0 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
P Takahashi 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Sakuraba 0/0 0 0/2/4 11 0 0 0 1 2/0 3/0 0 0/0
L Ferguson 0/0 0 1/5/7 24 0 0 4 5 15/1 5/0 0 0/0
F Kajihara 2/0 10 0/1/3 35 2 1 0 1 5/4 0/0 0 0/0
F Izawa-Nakamura 0/0 0 1/2/12 37 0 0 0 3 3/4 1/0 0 0/0
N8 Latu 0/0 0 0/3/3 23 0 0 0 0 4/5 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Akatsuka 0/0 0 0/0/4 12 0 1 0 0 0/1 1/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

NZ stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Osborne 2/3 10 1/17/14 252 10 14 3 0 1/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Wilson 3/1 15 4/5/8 142 4 8 2 1 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Ellis 6/3 30 2/11/13 227 9 8 2 2 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Ieremia 1/1 5 2/15/11 92 6 8 5 1 1/4 0/0 0 0/0
W Rush 3/4 15 0/7/12 218 9 13 2 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Culhane 1/2 45 11/23/7 61 3 3 1 2 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
SH Strachan 0/1 0 1/48/7 40 2 0 2 1 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Dowd 1/0 5 1/2/3 4 0 0 2 0 9/0 0/0 3 0/0
H Hewitt 0/0 0 0/0/9 20 1 2 1 0 6/0 0/0 2 0/0
P Loe 1/0 5 0/1/4 10 1 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
L RM Brooke 2/1 10 1/6/7 45 4 5 1 1 1/0 2/1 3 0/0
L Larsen 0/0 0 0/1/1 15 1 0 1 0 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
F Schuler 0/0 0 1/6/7 62 2 3 1 2 5/3 1/1 2 0/0
F Henderson 1/0 5 0/5/9 72 4 2 3 2 9/1 0/0 1 0/0
N8 MZV Brooke 0/0 0 2/8/4 14 1 1 1 3 8/1 0/0 2 0/0
(F) Joseph 0/1 0 0/3/3 6 0 0 0 0 1/1 1/1 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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