Rugby World Cup , Pool D - Millennium Stadium, 16 October 1999, 18:00 local, 17:00 GMT
Argentina (17) 33 - 12 (9) Japan (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Argentina  Score  Japan
9 Quesada - penalty goal 3 - 0
20 Quesada - penalty goal 6 - 0
22 6 - 3 Hirose - penalty goal
27 Pichot - try 11 - 3
33 Quesada - penalty goal 14 - 3
36 14 - 6 Hirose - penalty goal
39 Quesada - penalty goal 17 - 6
40+1 17 - 9 Hirose - penalty goal
46 Quesada - penalty goal 20 - 9 Sakata - sub on
Hasegawa - sub on
Nakamichi - sub off
Kunda - sub off
49 20 - 12 Hirose - penalty goal
52 Nakamura - sub on
Oguchi - sub off
54 Sporleder - sub off
Quesada - penalty goal
Ruiz - sub on		 23 - 12
64 Quesada - penalty goal 26 - 12
69 Okubo - sub off
Ito - sub on
70 Ostiglia - sub on
Phelan - sub off
78 Quesada - sub off
Contepomi - sub on
80+3 Contepomi - conversion
Albanese - try		 33 - 12

Notes

 
Result Argentina won by a margin of 21 points
Rugby World Cup points Argentina 2, Japan 0
 
Ground name Millennium Stadium, Cardiff (neutral venue)
Attendance 36000
 
Referee SJ Dickinson (Australia)
 
Argentina Test debuts none
Japan Test debuts none

Teams

Argentina Japan
Tries Pichot (27), Albanese (80) Tries none
Cons Contepomi (80) Cons none
Pens Quesada (9, 20, 33, 39, 46, 54, 64) Pens Hirose (22, 36, 40, 49)
    Team
15 FB
Ignacio Corleto
14 W
Gonzalo Camardon
13 C
Eduardo Simone
12 C
Lisandro Arbizu (c)
11 W
Diego Albanese
10 FH
Gonzalo Quesada
9 SH
Agustin Pichot
1 P
Mauricio Reggiardo
2 H
Mario Ledesma Arocena
3 P
Omar Hasan Jalil
4 L
Pedro Sporleder
5 L
Alejandro Allub
6 F
Santiago Phelan
7 F
Rolando Martin
8 N8
Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe
    Replacements
16 C
Felipe Contepomi
17 BR
Miguel Ruiz
18 F
Lucas Ostiglia
19
Jose Orengo
20
Nicolas Fernandez Miranda
21
Agustin Canalda
22
Martin Scelzo
    Team
15 FB
Tsutomu Matsuda
14 W
Daisuke Ohata
13 C
Andrew McCormick (c)
12 C
Yukio Motoki
11 W
Pat Tuidraki
10 FH
Keiji Hirose
9 SH
Graeme Bachop
1 P
Toshikazu Nakamichi
2 H
Masahiro Kunda
3 P
Kohei Oguchi
4 L
Robert Gordon
5 L
Hiroyuki Tanuma
6 F
Naoya Okubo
7 F
Greg Smith
8 N8
Jamie Joseph
    Replacements
16 BR
Takeomi Ito
17 P
Naoto Nakamura
18 P
Shin Hasegawa
19 H
Masaaki Sakata
20
Terunori Masuho
21
Wataru Murata
22 L
Yoshihiko Sakuraba

Match stats

Argentina   Japan
2 Tries 0
1 from 1 Conversion goals 0 from 0
7 from 7 Penalty goals 4 from 4
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
28 Kicks from hand 19
72 Passes 157
63 Runs 98
272 Metres run with ball 302
Attacking
100% (100%/100%) Possession (1H/2H) 0% (0%/0%)
9 Clean breaks 8
16 Defenders beaten 18
7 Offloads 21
27 from 33 (81.8%) Rucks won 54 from 58 (93.1%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
18 Turnovers conceded 22
Defensive
86/18 Tackles made/missed 59/16
83.0% Tackling success rate 79.0%
Set pieces
12 won, 1 lost (92.3%) Scrums on own feed 9 won, 1 lost (90.0%)
13 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Lineouts on own throw 15 won, 4 lost (78.9%)
Discipline
19 Penalties conceded 18
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Arg stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Corleto 0/0 0 2/3/8 64 2 4 1 3 2/1 1/0 0 0/0
W Camardon 0/0 0 1/3/1 0 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 2 0/0
C Simone 0/0 0 2/1/1 4 1 1 0 0 4/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Arbizu 0/0 0 1/7/4 5 0 0 1 3 9/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Albanese 1/0 5 4/2/7 45 3 2 1 1 2/2 0/0 1 0/0
FH Quesada 0/0 21 9/14/2 35 2 2 1 0 5/4 0/0 0 0/0
SH Pichot 1/1 5 5/32/8 38 1 2 1 2 5/2 1/0 2 0/0
P Reggiardo 0/0 0 0/0/4 9 0 0 0 1 5/0 0/0 4 0/0
H Ledesma Arocena 0/0 0 0/2/4 14 0 1 0 0 9/2 0/0 1 0/0
P Hasan Jalil 0/0 0 1/1/3 10 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
L Sporleder 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
L Allub 0/0 0 0/3/2 8 0 0 2 1 5/0 4/2 0 0/0
F Phelan 0/0 0 0/0/2 6 0 0 0 1 7/1 0/0 2 0/0
F Martin 0/0 0 0/0/8 15 0 3 0 3 13/1 0/0 4 0/0
N8 Fernandez Lobbe 0/0 0 2/4/7 17 0 1 0 0 6/0 4/0 1 0/0
(C) Contepomi 0/0 2 1/0/1 2 0 0 0 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(BR) Ruiz 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(F) Ostiglia 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 5/0 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

JPN stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Matsuda 0/0 0 0/6/7 17 0 1 3 5 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
W Ohata 0/0 0 4/6/12 34 3 4 3 3 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
C McCormick 0/0 0 2/7/9 9 0 0 2 0 4/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Motoki 0/0 0 2/11/7 7 0 2 2 0 2/1 0/0 1 0/0
W Tuidraki 0/0 0 1/7/15 96 5 10 2 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Hirose 0/0 12 5/31/4 19 0 0 0 1 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
SH Bachop 0/0 0 5/67/8 24 0 0 4 2 1/1 0/0 3 0/0
P Nakamichi 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Kunda 0/0 0 0/0/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 0/0 2 0/0
P Oguchi 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Gordon 0/0 0 0/3/6 13 0 0 2 2 7/0 1/0 0 0/0
L Tanuma 0/0 0 0/3/3 9 0 0 1 2 0/1 10/0 3 0/0
F Okubo 0/0 0 0/0/4 15 0 1 0 0 9/2 3/0 2 0/0
F Smith 0/0 0 0/1/10 37 0 0 0 1 8/2 0/0 1 0/0
N8 Joseph 0/0 0 0/11/7 16 0 0 2 3 5/1 0/0 1 0/0
(BR) Ito 0/0 0 0/1/2 6 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Nakamura 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 1 0/0
(P) Hasegawa 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 2/1 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Sakata 0/0 0 0/2/3 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Sakuraba 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 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

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