2001 Wales rugby union tour of Japan

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2001 Wales rugby union tour of Japan
ManagerSam Simon
Coach(es) Lynn Howells
Tour captain(s) Andy Moore
Summary
PWDL
Total
05030002
Test match
02020000
Opponent
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Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2 2 0 0

The 2001 Wales rugby union tour of Japan was a series of matches played in June 2001 in Japan by the Wales national rugby union team. With their best players involved in the 2001 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, the squad featured a blend of youth and experience. [1] Although they won just one of their non-test matches on tour, Wales won both tests against the Japan national team.

Contents

Squad

NamePositionClubNotes
Steve Jones Hooker Neath
Andrew Lewis Hooker Cardiff
Saul Nelson Hooker Bristol
Chris Anthony Prop Newport
Phil Booth Prop Llanelli
Ben Evans Prop Swansea
Ceri Jones Prop Newport
Duncan Jones Prop Neath
Iestyn Thomas Prop Ebbw Vale
Ian Gough Lock Newport Withdrew due to shoulder injury
Adam Jones Lock Cardiff
Deiniol Jones Lock Ebbw Vale Withdrew due to shoulder injury [2]
Andy Moore (captain) Lock Swansea
Craig Quinnell Lock Cardiff
Chris Stephens Lock Bridgend
Nathan Budgett Back row Ebbw Vale
Geraint Lewis Back row Swansea
Andy Lloyd Back row Bath
Michael Owen Back row Pontypridd
Alix Popham Back row Newport
Robin Sowden-Taylor Back row Cardiff
Gavin Thomas Back row Bath
Gareth Cooper Scrum-half Bath
Dwayne Peel Scrum-half Llanelli
Ryan Powell Scrum-half Cardiff
Gavin Henson Fly-half Swansea
Lee Jarvis Fly-half Pontypridd
Allan Bateman Centre Northampton Withdrew due to ankle injury
Adrian Durston Centre Bridgend
Stephen Jones Centre Llanelli
Jason Jones-Hughes Centre Newport Withdrew due to knee injury [3]
Jamie Robinson Centre Cardiff
Tom Shanklin Centre Saracens
Mark Jones Wing Llanelli
Craig Morgan Wing Cardiff Withdrew due to knee injury [4]
Gareth Thomas Wing Cardiff
Shane Williams Wing Neath
Gareth Wyatt Wing Pontypridd Injury replacement for Craig Morgan [4]
Kevin Morgan Full-back Swansea
Rhys Williams Full-back Cardiff

Results

Scores and results list Wales' points tally first.

OpponentForAgainstDateVenueStatus
Barbarians 384020 May 2001 Millennium Stadium, CardiffPre-tour match
Suntory 41453 June 2001 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, TokyoTour match
Japan Select XV 32226 June 2001 Hanazono Rugby Stadium, OsakaTour match
Japan 641010 June 2001 Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Test match
Pacific Barbarians163613 June 2001 Tokyo Stadium, TokyoTour match [5]
Japan 533017 June 2001 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Test match

Wales v Barbarians

Before embarking on their tour, Wales played an uncapped match against the Barbarians, the first match of three for the Barbarians on their own tour of Great Britain. [6] Much of the discussion regarding Wales' team selection for the match centred around fly-half Gavin Henson, who at 19 years and 108 days, would be the youngest Wales player to appear at the position since Llewellyn Lloyd in 1896. [7] Henson ultimately started the game on the bench, as coach Graham Henry preferred Neil Jenkins, one of eight Wales players in the team who were due to join the British & Irish Lions on their tour to Australia later in the summer. [8] Shortly before the game, the Welsh Rugby Union decided to downgrade it from fully-capped to uncapped. [9]

The Barbarians held a 14–7 lead at half-time, thanks to tries from Dan Luger and Joeli Vidiri, either side of one from Jenkins. Wales thought Shane Williams had levelled the scores with a try under the posts just before the break, but it was ruled out for a forward pass in the build-up. After the interval, Kevin Morgan scored a pair of tries for the home side, one converted by Jenkins and the other by Stephen Jones, to put them 21–14 up. Substitute winger Friedrich Lombard responded for the Barbarians, but Braam van Straaten missed the conversion to leave them two points behind. Williams did score a try shortly afterwards, with Jones converting to put Wales 28–19 up. The Barbarians' replacement hooker Naka Drotské cut the deficit to two points again with a converted try, but Craig Quinnell restored Wales' nine-point margin soon after. As the game entered the final minutes, Percy Montgomery scored a try for the Barbarians, again converted by Van Straaten, only for Stephen Jones to kick a penalty moments later, putting Wales five points up shortly before the 80-minute mark; however, in the third minute of injury time, Lombard scored his second try of the game to level the scores, and Van Straaten kicked the conversion to give the Barbarians a 40–38 win. [10]

Suntory v Wales

Wales' opening tour match was against Japanese league champions Suntory, the first time a Japanese club side had faced a touring international team. [11] Taking over as coach from Graham Henry, who was coaching the British & Irish Lions in Australia, Lynn Howells named nine full internationals in the Wales team, including Stephen Jones, who was playing out of position at inside centre to accommodate Henson at fly-half. Jones captained the team in the absence of tour captain Andy Moore, who was rested. Cardiff flanker Robin Sowden-Taylor was picked to start despite not having played a senior match at club level; [12] meanwhile, lock Craig Quinnell was picked to start the match, but he pulled out due to injury and was replaced by Adam Jones. [13] Despite wing Craig Morgan suffering a knee injury in the 17th minute that ultimately ruled him out of the rest of the tour, [4] Wales held a 21–10 lead at half-time; however, four second-half tries from Suntory, including a last-minute winner, saw them come from behind to claim a 45–41 victory. [14] Howells put the defeat down to fatigue brought about by the high temperatures, and a lack of control once they took a big lead. [15] Centre Jamie Robinson also suffered an injury during the match, but it was deemed minor and he remained on tour. [4]

Japan Select XV v Wales

Lynn Howells changed all 15 players in his starting line-up for the match against the Japan Select XV at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, and hailed the experience brought by the additions of centre Allan Bateman and lock Andy Moore for a match against a side including several foreign players; [16] however, Bateman suffered an early ankle injury and although he was able to continue until half-time, he was taken off during the break and ultimately ruled out of the rest of the tour. [17] The Japan Select XV scored the first try of the game, Jun Akune putting them 7–0 up after the conversion by Tanaka. Wales equalised through Adrian Durston's try, converted by Lee Jarvis, but a penalty from Tanaka put the Japan Select XV back in front. Jarvis put Wales 13–10 up as the interval approached, thanks to a pair of penalties, but a try from Tomokazu Yamauchi on the stroke of half-time put the home side 15–13 up at the change of ends. Within two minutes of the restart, Shane Williams gave Wales the lead again, his try again converted by Jarvis, who added a penalty shortly after. Williams then scored his second try of the match, just over 10 minutes into the second half, and Jarvis extended the margin to 15 points with the conversion. He scored a fourth penalty as the match entered the final 10 minutes to make the score 33–15, but the Japan Select XV scored a consolation try – a second for Yamauchi – to make the final score 33–22. [18] [19]

6 June 2001
Japan Select XV22–33Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Try: Akune
Yamauchi (2)
Con: Tanaka
Tachikawa
Pen: Tanaka		 Report Try: Durston
S. Williams (2)
Con: Jarvis (3)
Pen: Jarvis (4)
Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka

First test: Japan v Wales

Wales' first test against Japan was their 500th international match. Coach Lyn Howells selected a young team with an average age of 24, giving debuts to centre Adrian Durston and back rowers Andy Lloyd and Gavin Thomas; full-back Kevin Morgan made his first international appearance for more than three years, and Stephen Jones made his first appearance of the tour at fly-half. [20] Meanwhile, Japan had to play an under-strength team due to a dispute between the Japan Rugby Union and some of their clubs. [21] Gareth Thomas scored the opening try for Wales after just four minutes, and Mark Jones crossed soon after. Kevin Morgan added another try, followed by scores from Lloyd and Shane Williams (2) before Morgan had his second of the game, and Durston scored Wales' eighth of the game before the end of the first half. Japan scored two tries in the second half, but they proved mere consolation as Williams added to his first-half double with two more, equalling the national record for the most tries by an individual in a single game. [22] [23] Captain Andy Moore came off with a strained groin before the end of the first half, but he praised the team's performance, particularly in the first half. [24]

10 June 2001
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg10–64Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Try: Vatuvei 53' m
Ito 62' m		 Report Try: Gar. Thomas 4' c
M. Jones 7' c
Morgan (2) 13' c, 22' m
Lloyd 15' c
S. Williams (4) 17' m, 37' c, 48' c, 66' m
Durston 40' c
Con: Stephen Jones (7)
Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Rob Dickson (Scotland)
FB15 Tsutomu Matsuda Sub off.svg 15'
RW14 Toru Kurihara
OC13 Yukio Motoki
IC12 Nataniela Oto
LW11 Patiliai Tuidraki Sub off.svg 80+3'
FH10 Shotaro Onishi Sub off.svg 67'
SH9 Wataru Murata Sub off.svg 67'
N88 Yuya Saito
OF7 Hiroshi Sugawara Sub off.svg 63'
BF6 Takeomi Ito Sub off.svg 80+3'
RL5 Hiroyuki Tanuma
LL4 Luatangi Vatuvei
TP3 Masahiko Toyoyama
HK2 Masaaki Sakata
LP1 Shin Hasegawa
Replacements:
PR16 Ryō Yamamura
PR17 Akihito Kato Sub on.svg 80+3'
FL18 Koichi Kubo Sub on.svg 80+3'
FL19 Eiji Yamamoto Sub on.svg 63'
SH20 Yuji Sonoda Sub on.svg 67'
FH21 Kensuke Iwabuchi Sub on.svg 15'
CE22 Hideki Nanba Sub on.svg 67'
Coach:
Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mukai
Japan vs Wales 2001-06-10.svg
FB15 Kevin Morgan Sub off.svg 60'
RW14 Mark Jones
OC13 Gareth Thomas Sub off.svg 75'
IC12 Adrian Durston
LW11 Shane Williams
FH10 Stephen Jones
SH9 Gareth Cooper
N88 Geraint Lewis
OF7 Gavin Thomas
BF6 Andy Lloyd Sub off.svg 40'
RL5 Andy Moore Sub off.svg 39'
LL4 Craig Quinnell
TP3 Chris Anthony Sub off.svg 68'
HK2 Andrew Lewis Sub off.svg 67'
LP1 Iestyn Thomas
Replacements:
HK16 Steve Jones Sub on.svg 67'
PR17 Ben Evans Sub on.svg 68'
FL18 Nathan Budgett Sub on.svg 39'
FL19 Jamie Ringer Sub on.svg 40'
SH20 Dwayne Peel
FH21 Gavin Henson Sub on.svg 60'
CE22 Jamie Robinson Sub on.svg 75'
Coach:
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lynn Howells

Assistant referees:
Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
Andrew Cole (Australia)
Reserve officials:
Hideomi Miyahara (Japan)
Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)

Pacific Barbarians v Wales

Wales made 14 changes from the team that beat Japan three days earlier; Mark Jones was the only survivor, switching from the right wing to the left. The inexperienced side conceded two tries in the first seven minutes, but a try from Mark Jones helped them recover to trail 17–16 at half-time; however, Wales were kept scoreless in the second half. Captain Chris Stephens was sin-binned for throwing a punch, and the Pacific Barbarians scored two more tries, as well as three more penalties, giving them a 36–16 win. [25] Towards the end of the game, Mark Jones was stretchered off with knee ligament damage, putting an end to his tour. [26] Stephens was criticised after the game for picking up a yellow card for punching; his selection as captain had already come under scrutiny before the game, having been fined £2,000 for punching Cross Keys player Ioan Bebb in the first game of the previous season, causing an eye injury that ended Bebb's career. [27]

13 June 2001
Pacific Barbarians36–16Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Try: Washington
Little
Mafileo
Byers
Con: Cashmore (2)
Pen: Cashmore (4)		 Report Try: M. Jones
Con: Jarvis
Pen: Jarvis
Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Referee: Andrew Jones (Australia)

Second test: Japan v Wales

Despite his yellow card in the midweek match against the Pacific Barbarians, Chris Stephens was named on the bench for the second test against Japan. In the starting line-up, Wales made two changes from the first test; Tom Shanklin was named on the wing to make his test debut in place of the injured Mark Jones, while Nathan Budgett was named in the back row in place of Andy Lloyd. [28] Wales held a 19–3 lead after half an hour, thanks to a try from Gavin Thomas and two from Gareth Thomas, but two quick tries and a penalty for Japan put the home side 20–19 up at half-time. After the break, Wales scored four tries in the first 20 minutes; Gavin Thomas opened the scoring with his second try of the game, before Shane Williams scored his seventh try of the tour, followed by two in two minutes from debutant Shanklin. Scrum-half Dwayne Peel came on to make his test debut in the 73rd minute, shortly before Gareth Thomas completed his hat-trick. Following a consolation score from Hirotoki Onozawa, fellow substitute Jamie Robinson scored another try with the final play of the game, giving Wales a 53–30 win and a 2–0 victory in the test series. [29]

17 June 2001
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg30–53Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Try: Kubo 33' c
Masuho 36' c
Onozawa 79' c
Con: Kurihara (2/2)
Iwabuchi
Pen: Kurihara (3) 6', 40+4', 47'		 Report Try: Gav. Thomas (2) 16' m, 44' m
Gar. Thomas (3) 22' c, 26' c, 76' c
S. Williams 56' c
Shanklin (2) 57' m, 59' m
J. Robinson 80+3' m
Con: Stephen Jones (3/8)
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Kelvin Deaker (New Zealand)
FB15 Hirotoki Onozawa
RW14 Toru Kurihara
OC13 Hideki Nanba
IC12 Yukio Motoki
LW11 Terunori Masuho Sub off.svg 61'
FH10 Kensuke Iwabuchi
SH9 Wataru Murata
N88 Yuya Saito Sub off.svg 61'
OF7 Kazuya Koizumi
BF6 Koichi Kubo
RL5 Hiroyuki Tanuma Sub off.svg 79'
LL4 Luatangi Vatuvei
TP3 Masahiko Toyoyama Cruz Roja.svg 62' to 69'
HK2 Masaaki Sakata (c)
LP1 Shin Hasegawa
Replacements:
PR16 Kenichi Takayanagi
PR17 Ryō Yamamura Sub on.svg 62'Sub off.svg 69'
LK18 Jun Akune Sub on.svg 79'
FL19 Takeomi Ito Sub on.svg 61'
SH20 Sinichi Tsukida
WG21 Nataniela Oto
WG22 Patiliai Tuidraki Sub on.svg 61'
Coach:
Flag of Japan.svg Shogo Mukai
Japan vs Wales 2001-06-17.svg
FB15 Kevin Morgan
RW14 Tom Shanklin Sub off.svg 70'
OC13 Gareth Thomas
IC12 Adrian Durston
LW11 Shane Williams
FH10 Stephen Jones
SH9 Gareth Cooper Sub off.svg 73'
N88 Geraint Lewis
OF7 Gavin Thomas
BF6 Nathan Budgett Sub off.svg 64'
RL5 Andy Moore (c)
LL4 Craig Quinnell Sub off.svg 73'
TP3 Chris Anthony
HK2 Andrew Lewis
LP1 Iestyn Thomas
Replacements:
HK16 Steve Jones
PR17 Ben Evans
LK18 Chris Stephens Sub on.svg 73'
FL19 Jamie Ringer Sub on.svg 64'
SH20 Dwayne Peel Sub on.svg 73'
FH21 Gavin Henson
CE22 Jamie Robinson Sub on.svg 70'
Coach:
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lynn Howells

Assistant referees:
Rob Dickson (Scotland)
Andrew Cole (Australia)
Reserve officials:
Hideomi Miyahara (Japan)
Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)

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