JAPAN v ROMANIA

10.11.2012

Venue: Arch of Triumph Stadium, Bucharest

Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

Preview
Japan may be missing a few players for this tour but Romania are starting a very inexperienced side.

‘Reflecting the number of absents for the Oaks, there will be six players earning their first cap tomorrow, three of which are props (the other prop, Badalicescu, only has 2 caps also): Horatiu Pungea (RCM Timisoara), Andrei Filip (CSM Bucuresti), Ionut Florea (Sporting Club Tulliste), Grigoras Diaconescu (CSA Steaua), Romulus Boar (U Cluj) and Petru Tamba (Cardiff Blues)

Lock Valentin Ursache will reach 50 caps for the Oaks tomorrow.’

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GWC Rugby Rankings
World Table: Japan 14th, Romania 22nd

IRB Ranking Points
Japan 67.93, Romania 64.54

Prediction: Japan by 15 points

TEAMS

Japan

1-Yusuke Nagae (Ricoh) 7 caps

2-Shota Horie (Panasonic) 17 caps

3-Hiroshi Yamashita (Kobelco) 13 caps

4-Hitoshi Ono (Toshiba) 61 caps

5-Luke Thompson (Kintetsu) 37 caps

6-Hendrik Tui (Panasonic) 2 caps

7-Michael Leitch (Toshiba) 26 caps

8-Takashi Kikutani (Toyota) 51 caps

9-Fumiaki Tanaka (Panasonic) 31 caps

10-Kosei Ono (Suntory)12 caps

11-Hirotoki Onozawa (Suntory) 74 caps

12-Harumichi Tatekawa (Kubota) 7 caps

13-Tomohiro Senba (Toshiba) 7 caps)

14-Toshiaki Hirose, Capt. (Toshiba) 8 caps

15-Ayumu Goromaru (Yamaha) 18 caps)

Replacements

16-Haruki Ota (Kintetsu) New cap

17-Takuma Asahara (Toshiba) New cap

18-Kensuke Hatakeyama (Suntory) 34 caps

19-Ryu Koliniasi Holani (Panasonic) 20 caps

20-Michael Broadhurst (Ricoh) New cap

21-Atsushi Hiwasa (Suntory) 15 caps

22-Yu Tamura (NEC) 3 caps

23-Go Aruga (Suntory) 16 caps
Head Coach: Eddie Jones

Adapted from http://www.japonrugby.net/le-xv-japonais-face-a-la-roumanie.php

Romania

1. Tamba Petru, 2. Turashvili Otar, 3. Pungea Horatiu, 4. Ursache Valentin, 5. Sirbe Marius, 6. Rus Vasile, 7. Lucaci Viorel, 8. Macovei Mihai (C), 9. Surugiu Florin, 10. Filip Andrei, 11. Botezatu Ionut, 12. Gal Minya Csaba, 13. Cazan Ionel, 14. Lemnaru Madalin, 15. Fercu Catalin.

Reserves: 16. Radoi Andrei, 17. Badalicescu Vlad, 18. Coste Alin, 19. Manta Alexandru, 20. Diaconescu Grigoras, 21. Florea Ionut, 22. Gheara Constantin, 23. Boar Romulus.

 

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