Teams

Japan	Arabian Gulf
Tries Imamura, Kasai, Kikutani, Kitagawa, Makiri 2, Mizuno, Ohata 3, Onishi, Takei 2	Tries none
Cons Ando 3, Onishi 4	Cons none
Pens Ando	Pens Tometzki 2
Drops none	Drops Mouchet
Team 15 FB Hiroki Mizuno 14 W Daisuke Ohata (c) 13 C Yuta Imamura 12 C Shotaro Onishi 11 W Kosuke Endo 10 FH Eiji Ando 9 SH Wataru Ikeda 1 P Tomokazu Soma 2 H Takashi Yamaoka 3 P Kenji Kasai 4 L Toshizumi Kitagawa 5 L Tsuyoshi Sato 6 F Takashi Kikutani 7 F Hare Makiri 8 N8 Hajime Kiso     Replacements 16 H Yuji Matsubara 17 P Yuichi Hisadomi 18 L Takanori Kumagae 19 L Tomoaki Nakai 20 SH Mamoru Ito 21 R Hideyuki Yoshida 22 UB Keiji Takei	Team 15 FB James Tometzki 14 W Dushan Raveendrakumar 13 C Jamie Turner 12 C Sean Hurley 11 W Wayne Esselmont 10 FH Sebastien Mouchet 9 SH Eduard Hoffman 1 P Ronan Murray 2 H Vivian Albertyn 3 P Mark Gathercole 4 L Chris Pardon 5 L Michael Zaicek 6 F Eben Rollitt 7 F Andrew McFarlane 8 N8 David Clark (c)     Replacements 16 FB Francois Coetzer 17 F Will Wood 18 H Rory Power 19 SH Shaun Macpherson 20 F Edward Nicholas 21 P Michael Leroy 22 P Jim King

Notes

Result Japan won by a margin of 73 points

Asian Rugby Championship points Japan 2, Arabian Gulf 0

Ground name Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium

Attendance 3891

Referee B Collier (Hong Kong)

Japan Test debuts E Ando, Y Imamura

Arabian Gulf Test debuts V Albertyn, DG Clark, F Coetzer, W Esselmont, M Gathercole, E Hoffman, S Hurley, JN King, M Leroy, A McFarlane, S Macpherson, SJBP Mouchet, R Murray, E Nicholas, C Pardon, R Power, D Raveendrakumar, ED Rollitt, J Tometzki, J Turner, W Wood, M Zaicek

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