Tonga take control to eliminate Japan
Wednesday 21 September 2011Fetu'u Vainikolo scores at his old home ground to help Tonga break a five-year, five-match wait for a win over Japan in their Pool A clash
 | Key Match Stats |  |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Tries | 3 |
| 2 (1) | Conversions (Missed) | 0 (3) |
| 4 (0) | Penalty goals (Missed) | 1 (0) |
| 0 (0) | Drop Goals (Missed) | 0 (0) |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 44% | Possession | 56% |
| 48% | Territory | 52% |
| 11'35'' | Actual time in opponents 22 | 9'10'' |
Team Lineups
- Soane Tonga'uiha 1
- Aleki Lutui 2
- Taufa'ao Filise 3
- Tukulua Lokotui 4
- Paino Hehea 5
- Sione Kalamafoni 6
- Sione Vaiomounga 7
- Viliami Ma'afu 8
- Taniela Moa 9
- Kurt Morath 10
- Sukanaivalu Hufanga 11
- Alipate Fatafehi 12
- Siale Piutau 13
- Fetu'u Vainikolo 14
- Vungakoto Lilo 15
Replacements
Coach
Isitolo Maka
1 Hisateru Hirashima
2 Shota Horie
3 Kensuke Hatakeyama
4 Luke Thompson
5 Toshizumi Kitagawa
6 Itaru Taniguchi
7 Michael Leitch
8 Takashi Kikutani
9 Fumiaki Tanaka
10 James Arlidge
11 Hirotoki Onozawa
12 Ryan Nicholas
13 Alisi Tupuailai
14 Kosuke Endo
15 Shaun Webb
Replacements
Coach
John Kirwan
Match Officials
- Referee: Dave Pearson (ENG)
- Touch Judge: Alain Rolland (IRE)
- Touch Judge: Stuart Terheege (ENG)
- TV match official: Giulio De Santis (ITA)
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