JAPAN  32 V   GEORGIA  7
  COMPETITION: Friendly                                                                                                          Updated 14.05.2006
  VENUE: Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka DATE: 15 May 2006 SPECTATORS:
  REFEREE: Brett Bowden (Australia) HALFTIME: 15-7  
  SCORERS: SCORERS:
  TRIES: Ohata (3), Matsubara, Takei TRIES: Sujashvili
  CONVERSIONS: Ando, Onishi CONVERSIONS: Jimsheladze
  PENALTY GOALS: Ando PENALTY GOALS:
  DROPPED GOALS: DROPPED GOALS:
   
15 Keiji Takei NEC 15 Temur Sokhadze (19) Vierzon, France
14 Daisuke Ohata Kobe Steel 14 George Elizbarashvili (21) Academy
13 Yuta Imamura Waseda University 13 Makho Urjukashvili Cannes, France
12 Hideyuki Yoshida Kubota 12 David Katcharava Qochebi
11 Kosuke Endo (22) Toyota 11 George Shkinini (18) Hooligana
10 Eiji Ando (21) NEC 10 Paliko Jimsheladze Bobigny, France
9 Wataru Ikeda (20) Sanyo 9 Irakli Abusseridze (20) Orleans, France
8 Hajime Kiso (19) Yamaha 8 Besso Udessiani Chalon, France
7 Ryota Asano (Capt.) NEC 7 Zviad Maissuradze Locomotivi
6 Takashi Kikutani Toyota 6 Guia Labadze (Capt.) Toulon, France
5 Tsuyoshi Sato Sanyo 5 Levan Datunashvili Bordeaux, France
4 Hitoshi Ono (18) Toshiba 4 Zurab Mtchedlishvili Domon, France
3 Ryo Yamamura (17) Yamaha 3 Avtandil Kopaliani Montauban, France
2 Yuji Matsubara (16) Kobe Steel 2 George Kutarashvili (16) Pays d’Aix, France
1 Yuichi Hisadomi NEC 1 Michael Sujashvili (17) Perigueux, France
   
16 Taskashi Yamaoka (2) Suntory 16 Irakli Natriashvili (2) Rustavi
17 Tomokazu Soma (3) Sanyo 17 David Gasviani (1) Academy
18 Tomoaki Nakai (4) Toshiba 18 Vasil Abashidze (11) Team Manager
19 Takanori Kumagae (8) NEC 19 Revaz Guigauri (15) Locomotivi
20 Mamoru Ito (9) Toshiba 20 George Katcharava (9) Vannes, France
21 Shotoaro Onishi (10) Kobe World 21 Otar Barkalaia (14) VPC, Andorra
22 Hiroki Mizuno (11) Toyota 22  
   
  COACH: Jean-Pierre Elissalde COACHES: Malkhaz Tcheishvili, David Chavleishvili & Paata
            Narimanashvili  
MATCH NOTES
Japan won comfortably over a Georgian side missing nine top players. When Ohato scored his third try he passed David Campese's world record 64 tries in test rugby.
Called upon to fill a place on the reserve bench, Georgian team manager Vasil Abashidze came on to the firld late in the game. He last played a test match in 2001.

Sources
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