TheBreakdown
Full time3 May 2008
Japan
114–6
Arabian Gulf
Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Prefecture, Higashiosaka City, Japan · Asian Five Nations 2008Head-to-head

Japan won by 108 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · James Arlidge2–0
  2. –CJapan conversion · James Arlidge4–0
  3. –CJapan conversion · James Arlidge6–0
  4. –CJapan conversion · James Arlidge8–0
  5. –CJapan conversion · James Arlidge10–0
  6. –CJapan conversion · James Arlidge12–0
  7. –CJapan conversion · James Arlidge14–0
  8. –CJapan conversion · James Arlidge16–0
  9. –CJapan conversion · Hiroki Yoshida18–0
  10. –CJapan conversion · Hiroki Yoshida20–0
  11. –CJapan conversion · Hiroki Yoshida22–0
  12. –CJapan conversion · Hiroki Yoshida24–0
  13. –TJapan try · Akira Ozaki29–0
  14. –TJapan try · Taku Inokuchi34–0
  15. –TJapan try · Toshizumi Kitagawa39–0
  16. –TJapan try · Takashi Kikutani44–0
  17. –TJapan try · Yoshitaka Nakayama49–0
  18. –TJapan try · Takuro Miuchi54–0
  19. –TJapan try · Takuro Miuchi59–0
  20. –TJapan try · Hirotoki Onozawa64–0
  21. –TJapan try · Hirotoki Onozawa69–0
  22. –TJapan try · Hirotoki Onozawa74–0
  23. –TJapan try · Shotaro Onishi79–0
  24. –TJapan try · Yuta Imamura84–0
  25. –TJapan try · Hiroki Yoshida89–0
  26. –TJapan try · Bryce Robins94–0
  27. –TJapan try · Bryce Robins99–0
  28. –TJapan try · Koji Shinozuka104–0
  29. –TJapan try · Shaun Webb109–0
  30. –TJapan try · Shaun Webb114–0
  31. –PArabian Gulf penalty · Paul Beard114–3
  32. –PArabian Gulf penalty · Paul Beard114–6

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Akira OzakiProp
  2. 2Taku InokuchiHooker
  3. 3Yosuke IkegayaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Toshizumi KitagawaSecond row
  6. 6Takashi KikutaniFlanker
  7. 7Yoshitaka NakayamaFlanker
  8. 8Takuro MiuchiNumber 8
  9. 9Takashi SatoScrum-half
  10. 10James ArlidgeFly-half
  11. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Shotaro OnishiCentre
  13. 13Yuta ImamuraCentre
  14. 14Hiroki YoshidaWing
  15. 15Bryce RobinsFull-back
  16. 16Yusuke AokiBench
  17. 17Yuta InoseBench
  18. 18Taira SatoBench
  19. 19Koji ShinozukaBench
  20. 20Fumiaki TanakaBench
  21. 21Atsushi MoriyaBench
  22. 22Shaun WebbBench

Arabian Gulf

  1. 1Fain FergusonProp
  2. 2Vivian AlbertsonHooker
  3. 3Mark GathercoleProp
  4. 4Diarmud O'MalleySecond row
  5. 5Steve HuberSecond row
  6. 6Karl SutcliffeFlanker
  7. 7Edward NicholasFlanker
  8. 8David ClarkNumber 8
  9. 9Mark SimonScrum-half
  10. 10Josef CzerpakFly-half
  11. 11Stuart GibbWing
  12. 12Stephen CooperCentre
  13. 13Sean HurleyCentre
  14. 14Francois CoetzerWing
  15. 15Paul BeardFull-back
  16. 16Emmanuel BarryBench
  17. 17Jonathan BrookesBench
  18. 18Michael McKnightBench
  19. 19Rory PowerBench
  20. 20Ayman RazekBench
  21. 21Jacobus De JagerBench
  22. 22Graham BrownBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 3–0 Arabian Gulf in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Arabian Gulf going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.