2005 Japan rugby union tour of South America

2005 Japan tour in South America
Type P W D L Total: 2 0 0 2 Test match: 2 0 0 2
Opp. P W D L  Uruguay 1 0 0 1  Argentina 1 0 0 1
Statistics against Test match opponents

The 2005 Japan rugby union tour of South America was a series of matches played in April 2005 in Uruguay and Argentina by Japan national rugby union team.

Matches

In the first match, 8 Japanese player made is debut.

16 April 2005

Uruguay	24–18	Japan
Try: Dugonjic, Perez del Castillo 3 Con: Perez del Castillo 2		Try: Loamanu, Ohata Con: Morita Pen: Morita Drop: Morita

Luis Franzini, Montevideo Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Leonardo Borghi

Uruguay: 15.Agustin Perez del Castillo, 14.Carlos Baldassari, 13.Joaquin Pastore, 12.Hilario Canessa, 11.Ivo Dugonjic, 10.Diego Aguirre, 9.Juan Campomar (capt.), 8.Ignacio Conti, 7.Nicolas Grille, 6.Alfredo Giuria, 5.Juan Alzueta, 4.Rafael Alvarez, 3.Federico Capo Ortega, 2.Juan Andres Perez, 1.Diego Lamelas, – replacements: 16.Rodrigo Sanchez, 17.Diego Silveira, 18.Luis Ara, 19.Marcelo Gutierrez
Japan: 15.Goshi Tachikawa, 14.Christian Loamanu, 13.Daisuke Ohata, 12.Reuben Parkinson, 11.Hirotoki Onozawa, 10.Kyohei Morita, 9.Wataru Murata, 8.Takuro Miuchi (capt.), 7.Tomoaki Nakai, 6.Hare Makiri, 5.Jamie Washington, 4.Takanori Kumagae, 3.Ryo Yamamura, 2.Ken Tsukagoshi, 1.Hiroshi Takahashi, – replacements: 17.Shigeyasu Takagi, 19.Takeomi Ito, 20.Shota Goto, 21.Yukio Motoki, 22.Ayumu Goromaru, 23.Kenji Kasai – No entry: 16.Masakazu Nakabayashi, 18.Hitoshi Ono

In the second match, Japan meet a young Argentine player, with three debuts (Avramovic, Creevy, Leguizamon), and without the player of European clubs

23 April 2005

Argentina	68–36	Japan
Try: Albina, Ayerza Bosch, Genoud 2 Higgs 2, Leguizamon penalty try Con: J. Fernandez Miranda 2 Todeschini 5 Pen: Todeschini 3		Try: Motoki, Ohata Onozawa, Tachikawa Con: Morita 2 Pen: Morita 3 Drop: Morita

Stadium of B.A. C & R, Buenos Aires Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dave Pearson

Argentina: 15.Federico Serra Miras, 14.Fernando Higgs, 13.Miguel Avramovic, 12.Francisco Leonelli Morey, 11.Francisco Bosch, 10.Federico Todeschini, 9.Nicolas Fernandez Miranda, 8.Augusto Petrilli, 7.Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 6.Federico Andres Genoud, 5.Manuel Carizza, 4.Pablo Bouza, 3.Eusebio Guinazu, 2.Alberto Vernet Basualdo, 1.Marcos Ayerza, – replacements: 16.Francisco Lecot, 17.Pablo Henn, 18.Gerardo Lazcano Miranda, 19.Agustin Creevy, 20.Matias Albina, 21.Juan Fernandez Miranda, 22.Gonzalo Tiesi
Japan: 15.Goshi Tachikawa, 14.Daisuke Ohata, 13.Reuben Parkinson, 12.Yukio Motoki, 11.Hirotoki Onozawa, 10.Kyohei Morita, 9.Wataru Murata, 8.Takuro Miuchi, 7.Hitoshi Ono, 6.Hare Makiri, 5.Jamie Washington, 4.Takanori Kumagae, 3.Ryo Yamamura, 2.Ken Tsukagoshi, 1.Hiroshi Takahashi, – replacements: 17.Kenji Kasai, 18.Ryota Asano Inose, 19.Takeomi Ito, 20.Shota Goto – No entry: 16.Masakazu Nakabayashi, 21.Ayumu Goromaru, 22.Christian Loamanu

References

• "MEMORIA Temporada año 2005" (.pdf) (in Spanish). Union Argentina de Rugby. December 2005. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 4 July 2013. 

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