2005 Japan rugby union tour of South America

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2005 Japan rugby union tour of South America
Summary	P W D L
Total	02 00 00 02
Test match	02 00 00 02
Opponent	P W D L
Uruguay	1 0 0 1
Argentina	1 0 0 1

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 players made their 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., 14.Carlos Baldassari, 13.Joaquin Pastore, 12., 11., 10.Diego Aguirre, 9.Juan Campomar (capt.), 8.Ignacio Conti, 7., 6., 5., 4.Rafael Alvarez, 3., 2., 1.Diego Lamelas, – replacements: 16.Rodrigo Sanchez, 17., 18., 19.
Japan: 15., 14.Christian Loamanu, 13.Daisuke Ohata, 12.Reuben Parkinson, 11.Hirotoki Onozawa, 10.Kyohei Morita, 9.Wataru Murata, 8.Takuro Miuchi (capt.), 7., 6.Hare Makiri, 5., 4.Takanori Kumagae, 3.Ryo Yamamura, 2., 1.Hiroshi Takahashi, – replacements: 17., 19.Takeomi Ito, 20., 21.Yukio Motoki, 22.Ayumu Goromaru, 23.Kenji Kasai – No entry: 16., 18.Hitoshi Ono

In the second match, Japan meet a young and inexperienced Argentinian team, with three debuts (Avramovic, Creevy, Leguizamon), and without several of their players who played at European clubs. The result was a whitewash with Argentina easily winning by 32 points.

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., 13.Miguel Avramovic, 12., 11.Francisco Bosch, 10.Federico Todeschini, 9.Nicolas Fernandez Miranda, 8., 7.Juan Manuel Leguizamon, 6., 5.Manuel Carizza, 4.Pablo Bouza, 3.Eusebio Guinazu, 2.Alberto Vernet Basualdo, 1.Marcos Ayerza, – replacements: 16., 17.Pablo Henn, 18., 19.Agustin Creevy, 20., 21.Juan Fernandez Miranda, 22.Gonzalo Tiesi
Japan: 15., 14.Daisuke Ohata, 13.Reuben Parkinson, 12.Yukio Motoki, 11.Hirotoki Onozawa, 10.Kyohei Morita, 9.Wataru Murata, 8., 7.Hitoshi Ono, 6.Hare Makiri, 5., 4.Takanori Kumagae, 3.Ryo Yamamura, 2., 1.Hiroshi Takahashi, – replacements: 17.Kenji Kasai, 18., 19.Takeomi Ito, 20. – No entry: 16., 21.Ayumu Goromaru, 22.Christian Loamanu

References[]

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