Teams

Japan	Russia
Tries Fuchigami, Ito, Kurihara 2, Ohata	Tries Motorin, Rachkov, Rechnev, Sarychev, Shukaylov
Cons Kurihara 3	Cons Rachkov 3
Pens Kurihara	Pens Rachkov 4
Team 15 FB Toru Kurihara 14 W Daisuke Ohata 13 C Reuben Parkinson 12 C Hideki Nanba 11 W Hirotoki Onozawa 10 FH Soushi Fuchigami 9 SH Yuji Sonoda 1 P Yuichi Hisadomi 2 H Masaaki Sakata 3 P Masahiko Toyoyoma 4 L Koichi Kubo 5 L Adam Parker 6 F Naoya Okubo 7 F Takuro Miuchi (c) 8 N8 Takeomi Ito     Replacements 16 P Masahito Yamamoto 17 H Masao Amino 18 L Lautangi Vatuvei 19 L Yasunori Watanabe 20 Shinichi Tsukita 21 George Konia 22 Tsutomu Matsuda	Team 15 FB Konstantin Rachkov 14 W Igor Klyuchnikov 13 C Vitaly Zeer 12 C Denis Akulov 11 W Yaroslav Rechnev 10 FH Alexei Korobeynikov 9 SH Viktor Motorin 1 P Oleg Shukaylov 2 H Igor Nikolaychuk 3 P Alexei Travkin 4 L Valery Fedchenko 5 L Sergey Sergeev (c) 6 F Alexei Sarychev 7 F Vyacheslav Zykov 8 N8 Vyacheslav Grachev     Replacements 16 C Vladimir Simonov 17 SH Andrei Bykanov 18 P Alexandr Khrokhin 19 P Rashid Bikbov 20 H Vladislav Korshunov 21 Sergey Vasiliev 22 Sergey Popov

Notes

Result Russia won by a margin of 9 points

Ground name Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium

Attendance 13000

Referee AW Klemp (United States of America)

Japan Test debuts RAH Parkinson

Russia Test debuts A Bykanov, Y Rechnev