Teams

Japan	Argentina
Tries McCormick, Ohata, Watanabe 2	Tries Corleto, Ledesma Arocena, Martin, Pfister
Cons Murata 3	Cons Fuselli, Lobrauco 2
Pens Murata 4	Pens none
Drops Iwabuchi 2	Drops Fuselli
Team 15 FB Tsutomu Matsuda 14 W Daisuke Ohata 13 C Andrew McCormick (c) 12 C Yukio Motoki 11 W Terunori Masuho 10 FH Ken Iwabuchi 9 SH Wataru Murata 1 P Toshikazu Nakamichi 2 H Masahiro Kunda 3 P Naoto Nakamura 4 L Yoshihiko Sakuraba 5 L Hiroyuki Tanuma 6 F Yasunori Watanabe 7 F Greg Smith 8 N8 Takeomi Ito     Replacements 16 FH Keisuke Sawaki 17 C Osami Yatsuhashi 18 F Ko Izawa-Nakamura 19 P Shin Hasegawa 20 Katsuji Ohara 21 Takayuki Sugata 22 Kohei Oguchi	Team 15 FB Bernardo Stortoni 14 W Daniel Villen 13 C Eduardo Simone 12 C Pablo Garcia Hamilton 11 W Ignacio Corleto 10 FH Patricio Fuselli 9 SH Manuel Diaz 1 P Gabriel Bocca 2 H Mario Ledesma Arocena (c) 3 P Rodrigo Roncero 4 L Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe 5 L Alejandro Allub 6 F Rolando Martin 7 F Miguel Ruiz 8 N8 Rafael Silva     Replacements 16 W Martin Pfister 17 SH Leandro Lobrauco 18 H Carlos Promanzio 19 P Damian Rodriguez 20 C Francisco Garcia 21 L Arturo Mimesi 22 Brian Anthony

Notes

Result Japan won by a margin of 15 points

Ground name Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium

Attendance 20000

Referee G Morandin (Italy)

Japan Test debuts K Sawaki

Argentina Test debuts GM Bocca, I Corleto, P Fuselli, P Garcia Hamilton, A Mimesi, D Rodriguez, R Roncero, R Silva, BM Stortoni, D Villen