2005 Japan rugby union tour of South America

March 2014 March 2014 January 2014 Japan 2005 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 URU 1 0 0 1 ARG 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, eight Japanese players made their debut. 16 April 2005 URU 24–18 JPN Luis Franzini, Montevideo Leonardo Borghi (Argentina) 5,000 Dugonjic, Perez del Castillo 3 Loamanu, Ohata Perez del Castillo 2 Morita Morita Morita Uruguay: 15. Agustin Perez del Castillo, 14. Carlos Baldassari, 13. Joaquin Pastore, 12. Hilario Canessa, 11. Ivo Dugonjic, 10. Diego Aguirre, 9. Juan Campomar (c), 8. Ignacio Conti, 7. Nicolas Grille, 6. Alfredo Giuria, 5. Juan Alzueta, 4.Rafael Alvarez, 3. Federico Capo Ortega, 2. Juan Andres Perez, 1. Diego Lamelas – Replacements: 16. Rodrigo Sanchez, 17. Diego Silveira, 18. Luis Ara, 19. Marcelo Gutierrez Japan: 15. Goshi Tachikawa, 14. Christian Loamanu, 13. Daisuke Ohata, 12. Reuben Parkinson, 11. Hirotoki Onozawa, 10. Kyohei Morita, 9. Wataru Murata, 8. Takuro Miuchi (c), 7. Tomoaki Nakai, 6. Hare Makiri, 5. Jamie Washington, 4. Takanori Kumagae, 3. Ryo Yamamura, 2. Ken Tsukagoshi, 1.Hiroshi Takahashi – Replacements: 17. Shigeyasu Takagi, 19. Takeomi Ito, 20. Shota Goto, 21. Yukio Motoki, 22. Ayumu Goromaru, 23. Kenji Kasai – Unused: 16. Masakazu Nakabayashi, 18. Hitoshi Ono In the second match, Japan meet a young and inexperienced Argentinian team, with three debuts (Avramovic, Creevy and Leguizamón), 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 ARG 68–36 JPN Stadium of B.A. C & R, Buenos Aires Dave Pearson (England) 5,000 Albina, AyerzaBosch, Genoud 2 Higgs 2, Leguizamónpenalty try Motoki, OhataOnozawa, Tachikawa J. Fernández Miranda 2Todeschini 5 Morita 2 Todeschini 3 Morita 3 Morita Argentina: 15. Federico Serra Miras, 14. Fernando Higgs, 13. Miguel Avramovic, 12. Francisco Leonelli Morey, 11. Francisco Bosch, 10. Federico Todeschini, 9. Nicolás Fernández Miranda, 8. Augusto Petrilli, 7. Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 6. Federico Andres Genoud, 5. Manuel Carizza, 4. Pablo Bouza, 3. Eusebio Guiñazú, 2. Alberto Vernet Basualdo, 1. Marcos Ayerza – Replacements: 16. Francisco Lecot, 17. Pablo Henn, 18. Gerardo Lazcano Miranda, 19. Agustin Creevy, 20. Matías Albina, 21. Juan Fernández Miranda, 22. Gonzalo Tiesi Japan: 15. Goshi Tachikawa, 14. Daisuke Ohata, 13. Reuben Parkinson, 12. Yukio Motoki, 11. Hirotoki Onozawa, 10. Kyohei Morita, 9. Wataru Murata, 8. Takuro Miuchi (c), 7. Hitoshi Ono, 6. Hare Makiri, 5. Jamie Washington, 4. Takanori Kumagae, 3. Ryo Yamamura, 2. Ken Tsukagoshi, 1.Hiroshi Takahashi – Replacements: 17. Kenji Kasai, 18. Ryota Asano Inose, 19. Takeomi Ito, 20. Shota Goto – Unused: 16. Masakazu Nakabayashi, 21. Ayumu Goromaru, 22. Christian Loamanu References http://www.uar.com.ar/pdf/memorias/2005.pdf MEMORIA Temporada año 2005 December 2005 Union Argentina de Rugby Spanish PDF 4 July 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20121101074247/http://uar.com.ar/pdf/memorias/2005.pdf 1 November 2012 dead dmy-all collapsed Japan tour Category:Japan national rugby union team tours rugby Category:Rugby union tours of Argentina Category:Rugby union tours of Uruguay Category:2005 in Uruguayan sport