MATCH SUMMARY
TEAMS Australia vs Japan
VENUE Lyon
DATE 08 September 2007 15:45
COMPETITION IRB Rugby World Cup
FINAL SCORE 91 - 3
TRIES 13 - 0
HALFTIME SCORE 23 - 3
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee Alan Lewis
Assistant Referee/Reserve Referee David Pearson
Assistant Referee Hugh Watkins
TMO Malcolm Changleng
SCORING SUMMARY
Australia
Conversion Matt Giteau 3
Conversion Stirling Mortlock 7
Penalty Stirling Mortlock 2
Try Adam Ashley-Cooper 1
Try Adam Freier 1
Try Berrick Barnes 2
Try Chris Latham 2
Try Drew Mitchell 2
Try George Smith 1
Try Nathan Sharpe 1
Try Rocky Elsom 3
 
Japan
Penalty Kousei Ono 1
LINE-UP
Australia
1 Matt Dunning
2 Stephen Moore
3 Al Baxter
4 Nathan Sharpe
5 Dan Vickerman
6 Rocky Elsom
7 George Smith
8 Wycliff Palu
9 George Gregan
10 Stephen Larkham
11 Adam Ashley-Cooper
12 Matt Giteau
13 Stirling Mortlock (Captain)
14 Lote Tuqiri
15 Chris Latham
 
Japan
1 Masahito Yamamoto
2 Taku Inokuchi
3 Ryo Yamamura
4 Takanori Kumagae
5 Luatangi Samurai Vatuvei
6 Yasunori Watanabe
7 Takamichi Sasaki (Captain)
8 Hajime Kiso
9 Yuki Yatomi
10 Kousei Ono
11 Hirotoki Onozawa
12 Nataniela Oto
13 Koji Taira
14 Tomoki Kitagawa
15 Tatsuya Kusumi
RESERVES
Australia
16 Adam Freier
17 Guy Sheperdson
18 Hugh McMeniman
19 Stephen Hoiles
20 Berrick Barnes
21 Drew Mitchell
22 Mark Gerrard
 
Japan
16 Yuji Matsubara
17 Tomokazu Soma
18 Hitoshi Ono
19 Hare Makiri
20 Tomoki Yoshida
21 Yuta Imamura
22 Kosuke Endo
REPLACEMENTS
Australia
50 Hugh McMeniman for Nathan Sharpe
50 Guy Sheperdson for Al Baxter
54 Berrick Barnes for Stephen Larkham
58 Drew Mitchell for Adam Ashley-Cooper
67 Mark Gerrard for Stirling Mortlock
67 Adam Freier for Stephen Moore
70 Stephen Hoiles for Mark Gerrard
 
Japan
9 Hare Makiri for Yasunori Watanabe
12 Yasunori Watanabe for Hare Makiri
70 Hare Makiri for Yasunori Watanabe
RUN OF PLAY
9 Substitution (Blood) Yasunori Watanabe Japan
10 Penalty Stirling Mortlock Australia
12 Substitution (Blood bin returning) Hare Makiri Japan
15 Penalty Stirling Mortlock Australia
18 Try Nathan Sharpe Australia
19 Missed Conversion Stirling Mortlock Australia
24 Try Rocky Elsom Australia
25 Conversion Stirling Mortlock Australia
31 Try Rocky Elsom Australia
32 Missed Conversion Stirling Mortlock Australia
37 Penalty Kousei Ono Japan
40 First Half End
41 Second Half Start
41 Try Rocky Elsom Australia
42 Conversion Stirling Mortlock Australia
47 Try Adam Ashley-Cooper Australia
48 Conversion Stirling Mortlock Australia
50 Substitution (Tactical) Guy Sheperdson for Al Baxter Australia
50 Substitution (Tactical) Hugh McMeniman for Nathan Sharpe Australia
53 Try Chris Latham Australia
54 Conversion Stirling Mortlock Australia
54 Substitution (Tactical) Berrick Barnes for Stephen Larkham Australia
57 Try Berrick Barnes Australia
58 Conversion Stirling Mortlock Australia
58 Substitution (Injury) Adam Ashley-Cooper Australia
59 Try Drew Mitchell Australia
60 Conversion Stirling Mortlock Australia
62 Try George Smith Australia
63 Missed Conversion Stirling Mortlock Australia
66 Try Drew Mitchell Australia
67 Conversion Stirling Mortlock Australia
67 Substitution (Tactical) Adam Freier for Stephen Moore Australia
67 Substitution (Tactical) Mark Gerrard for Stirling Mortlock Australia
70 Substitution (Injury) Mark Gerrard Australia
70 Substitution (Tactical) Hare Makiri for Yasunori Watanabe Japan
72 Try Chris Latham Australia
73 Conversion Matt Giteau Australia
75 Try Berrick Barnes Australia
76 Conversion Matt Giteau Australia
80 Try Adam Freier Australia
80 Conversion Matt Giteau Australia