Canada v Japan

Summary

Time	Score
6	5 - 0	Not long after being held up agonisingly short, DTH van der Merwe steps inside his man and cruises over for the game's opening try.
7	7 - 0	James Pritchard adds the extras.
9	7 - 5	Terrific riposte from the Japanese as Shota Horie wriggles his way over the whitewash. The TMO was required but there was no doubt about the grounding of the ball.
10	7 - 7	Fly-half James Arlidge levels matters with a fine conversion from wide on the left-hand side.
23	7 - 10	A spell of incessant pressure from the Cherry Blossoms yields a penalty, which is promptly converted by Arlidge.
39	7 - 15	Wonderful score from the Japanese, as Kosuke Endo breezes over under the posts after a wonderful exchange involving Arlidge and Ryan Nicholas created a gaping hole in the Canadian defence.
40	7 - 17	Arlidge converts from right in front of the posts with the last kick of the half.
43	12 - 17	Terrific start to the second half for the Canucks as Phil Mackenzie explodes on to the gain-line and leaves three would-be tacklers trailing in his wake on this way to the try-line. Great score off set-piece ball.
63	15 - 17	Monro - penalty goal
65	15 - 20	Arlidge - penalty goal
72	15 - 23	Arlidge - penalty goal
74	20 - 23	Monro - try
78	23 - 23	Monro - penalty goal
79	23 - 23	Arlidge -

Timeline

Time	Canada	Score	Japan
0	start of first half		start of first half
6	van der Merwe - try	5 - 0
7	Pritchard - conversion	7 - 0
9		7 - 5	Horie - try
10		7 - 7	Arlidge - conversion
12			Robins - sub on Tupuailei - sub off
20	Pritchard - sub off Trainor - sub on
23		7 - 10	Arlidge - penalty goal
24			Hatakeyama - sub on Fujita - sub off
27	Pritchard - sub on Trainor - sub off
39		7 - 15	Endo - try
40	end of first half	7 - 17	Arlidge - conversion end of first half
40	start of second half Pritchard - sub off Trainor - sub on		start of second half
43	MacKenzie - try	12 - 17
59	Hamilton - sub on Riordan - sub off
63	Monro - penalty goal Kyne - sub on O'Toole - sub off	15 - 17
64			Tanaka - sub off Hiwasa - sub on Taufa - sub on Vatuvei - sub off Ono - sub on Kitagawa - sub off
65		15 - 20	Arlidge - penalty goal
67	Franklin - sub on Marshall - sub off
70	White - sub on Fairhurst - sub off
72	Hotson - sub on Cudmore - sub off	15 - 23	Arlidge - penalty goal Webb - sub off Williams - sub on
74	Monro - try	20 - 23
78	Monro - penalty goal	23 - 23
80+1	end of second half end of half		end of second half end of half
0
81

Notes

Result Match drawn

Rugby World Cup points Canada 2, Japan 2

Ground name McLean Park, Napier (neutral venue)

Attendance 14335

Referee JI Kaplan (South Africa)

Canada Test debuts none

Japan Test debuts none

Teams

Canada

Japan

Tries van der Merwe (6), MacKenzie (43), Monro (74)

Tries Horie (9), Endo (39)

Cons Pritchard (7)

Cons Arlidge (10, 40)

Pens Monro (63, 78)

Pens Arlidge (23, 65, 72)

Team

Pat Riordan (c)

Replacements

Team

Replacements

Match stats

Canada		Japan
3	Tries	2
1 from 3	Conversion goals	2 from 2
2 from 3	Penalty goals	3 from 3
50.0%	Kick at goal success	100.0%
0	Dropped goals	0 (1 missed)

Kick/pass/run
24	Kicks from hand	22
131	Passes	153
116	Runs	105
312	Metres run with ball	365

Attacking
56% (47%/64%)	Possession (1H/2H)	44% (53%/36%)
55% (43%/65%)	Territory (1H/2H)	45% (57%/35%)
3	Clean breaks	8
13	Defenders beaten	13
0	Offloads	0
80 from 86 (93.0%)	Rucks won	74 from 80 (92.5%)
3 from 3 (100.0%)	Mauls won	2 from 4 (50.0%)
12	Turnovers conceded	17

Defensive
94/13	Tackles made/missed	126/14
88.0%	Tackling success rate	90.0%

Set pieces
14 won, 0 lost (100.0%)	Scrums on own feed	7 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
8 won, 3 lost (72.7%)	Lineouts on own throw	10 won, 2 lost (83.3%)

Discipline
12	Penalties conceded	9
0/0	Yellow/red cards	0/0

Can stats

Pos

T/A

Pts

K/P/R

Tack

Pen

Y/R

Pritchard

0/0

2/0/2

3/1

0/0

Evans

0/0

0/4/3

2/0

0/0

van der Merwe

1/0

0/5/15

10/4

0/0

Smith

0/0

0/9/10

11/0

0/0

MacKenzie

1/0

0/1/5

4/1

0/0

Monro

1/1

15/25/4

2/2

0/0

Fairhurst

0/0

6/51/2

3/2

0/0

Buydens

0/0

0/3/8

7/0

0/0

Riordan

0/0

0/2/4

2/0

0/0

Marshall

0/0

0/3/6

5/1

0/0

Sinclair

0/0

0/1/2

6/1

1/0

0/0

Cudmore

0/0

0/0/8

4/0

1/0

0/0

Kleeberger

0/0

0/6/6

7/0

1/0

0/0

O'Toole

0/0

0/1/8

7/0

3/0

0/0

Carpenter

0/0

0/10/18

6/0

0/0

(H)

Hamilton

0/0

0/0/4

3/0

0/0

(P)

Franklin

0/0

0/0/2

1/1

0/0

(L)

Hotson

0/0

0/0/1

2/0

0/0

(F)

Kyne

0/0

0/0/3

2/0

1/0

0/0

(SH)

White

0/1

1/8/0

2/0

0/0

(FB)

Trainor

0/0

0/2/5

5/0

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

Tack

Pen

Y/R

Webb

0/0

2/2/5

2/1

0/0

Endo

1/0

0/3/8

3/5

0/0

Tupuailei

0/0

0/3/4

0/0

Nicholas

0/0

4/11/15

16/1

0/0

Onozawa

0/0

0/1/5

2/1

0/0

Arlidge

0/0

16/33/7

6/0

1/0

0/0

Tanaka

0/0

0/57/1

5/0

0/0

Hirashima

0/0

0/1/1

9/0

0/0

Horie

1/0

0/2/7

12/1

0/0

Fujita

0/0

0/1/1

2/0

0/0

Thompson

0/0

0/4/7

13/1

3/2

0/0

Kitagawa

0/0

0/0/1

8/0

2/0

0/0

Vatuvei

0/0

0/2/7

9/0

0/0

Leitch

0/0

0/1/4

12/1

2/1

0/0

Kikutani

0/0

0/3/12

8/0

2/0

0/0

(P)

Hatakeyama

0/0

0/1/9

8/1

0/0

(L)

Ono

0/0

0/1/0

1/0

0/0

(F)

Taufa

0/0

0/0/2

1/0

0/0

(SH)

Hiwasa

0/0

0/23/0

1/0

0/0

(FB)

Williams

0/0

0/0/1

0/0

(C)

Robins

0/0

0/4/8

8/2

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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