Teams

Japan	Russia
Tries Kurihara, Miller, Murata, Ohata, Onozawa, Toyoyoma, Vatuvei	Tries Grachev, Sergeev, Zykov
Cons Kurihara 6	Cons Pieterse, Simonov
Pens Kurihara 4	Pens none
Team 15 FB Hirotoki Onozawa 14 W Daisuke Ohata 13 C Hideki Nanba 12 C Yukio Motoki 11 W Toru Kurihara 10 FH Andy Miller 9 SH Yuji Sonoda 1 P Yuichi Hisadomi 2 H Masaaki Sakata 3 P Masahiko Toyoyoma 4 L Koichi Kubo 5 L Lautangi Vatuvei 6 F Naoya Okubo 7 F Takuro Miuchi (c) 8 N8 Yuya Saito     Replacements 16 P Masahito Yamamoto 17 L Adam Parker 18 BR Takeomi Ito 19 SH Wataru Murata 20 FH Soushi Fuchigami 21 Masahiro Shichinohe 22 Ryohei Miki	Team 15 FB Alexandr Zakarlyuk 14 W Igor Dymchenko 13 C Vladimir Simonov 12 C Alexei Korobeynikov 11 W Andrei Kuzin 10 FH Werner Pieterse 9 SH Viktor Motorin 1 P Oleg Shukaylov 2 H Roman Romak (c) 3 P Johan Hendriks 4 L Rashid Sagdeev 5 L Sergey Sergeev 6 F Bloues Volschenk 7 F Vyacheslav Grachev 8 N8 Vyacheslav Zykov     Replacements 16 FH Oleg Zhukov 17 P Alexei Travkin 18 P Alexandr Khrokhin

Notes

Result Japan won by a margin of 40 points

Ground name Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Attendance 13000

Referee AW Klemp (United States of America)

Japan Test debuts Y Hisadomi, AJ Miller, T Miuchi, AG Parker, M Yamamoto

Russia Test debuts none

Other scores

2003 Rugby World Cup Qualifier
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