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Koji TAIRA

Koji Taira - Japan - 2007 World Cup

Photo/Foto: George Herringshaw

Date: 20 September 2007

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    • POSITION
      Centre
    • DATE OF BIRTH
      Wednesday, 12 January 1983
    • PLACE OF BIRTH
      Nagasaki, Japan
  • INTERNATIONAL
  • Japan
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Koji TAIRA - Japan - 2007 World Cup

Japan 3 Australia 91 (Group B)
Stade Gerland, Lyon (08.09)

Japan: 15 Tatsuya Kusumi; 14 Tomoki
Kitagawa, 13 Koji Taira, 12 Nataniela Oto,
11 Hirotoki Onozawa; 10 Kosei Ono, 9 Yuki
Yatomi; 8 Hajime Kiso, 7 Takamichi Sasaki (c),
6 Yasunori Watanabe, 5 Luatangi Samurai
Vatuvei, 4 Takanori Kumagae, 3 Ryo Yamamura,
2 Taku Inokuchi, 1 Masahito Yamamoto

Replacements: 19 Hare Makiri for Watanabe
(9-12) & for Sasaki (49)

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Penalty Goals: Ono

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Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)

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Japan 31 Fiji 35 (Group B)
Stadium Municipal, Toulouse (12.09)

Japan: 15 Go Aruga; 14 Christian Loamanu,
13 Yuta Imamura, 12 Shotaro Onishi, 11 Kosuke
Endo; 10 Bryce Robins, 9 Tomoki Yoshida; 8
Takuro Miuchi (c), 7 Philip O'Reilly, 6 Hare Makiri,
5 Luke Thompson, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Tomokazu
Soma, 2 Yuji Matsubara, 1 Tatsukichi Nishiura

Replacements: 20 Yuki Yatomi for Yoshida
(58), 22 Hirotoki Onozawa for Aruga (59),
21 Koji Taira for Yatomi (66)

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Tries: Thompson (2), Nishiura
Conversions: Onishi (2)
Penalty Goals: Onishi (4)

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Referee: Marius Jonker (South Africa)

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Japan 18 Wales 72 (Group B)
Millenium Stadium, Cardiff (20.09)

Japan: 15 Christian Loamanu; 14 Kosuke Endo,
13 Yuta Imamura, 12 Shotaro Onishi, 11 Hirotoki
Onozawa; 10 Bryce Robins, 9 Tomoki Yoshida;
8 Takuro Miuchi (c), 7 Hare Makiri, 6 Yasunori
Watanabe, 5 Luke Thompson, 4 Hitoshi Ono,
3 Tomokazu Soma, 2 Yuji Matsubara, 1 Tatsukishi
Nishiura

Replacements: 21 Koji Taira for Imamura (51),
22 Tatsuya Kusumi for Onishi (52), 19 Ryota
Asano for Makiri (52), 17 Ryo Yamamura for
Nishiura (54), 18 Hajme Kiso for Thompson (66),
1 Tatsukishi Nishiura for Soma (71)

Tries: Endo, Onozawa
Conversions: Robins
Penalty Goals: Onishi (2)

Referee: Joel Jutge (France)

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Japan 12 Canada 12 (Group B)
Chaban Delmas Stadium, Bordeaux (25.09)

Japan: 15 Go Aruga; 14 Kosuke Endo, 13 Yuta
Imamura, 12 Shotaro Onishi, 11 Christian L'manu;
10 Bryce Robins, 9 Tomoki Yoshida; 8 Takuro
Miuchi (c), 7 Philip O'Reilly, 6 Hare Makiri, 5 Luke
Thompson, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Tomokazu Soma,
2 Yuji Matsubara, 1 Tatsukichi Nishiura

Replacements: 17 Ryo Yamamura for Nishiura,
18 Luatangi Samurai Vatuvei for Ono, 19 Hajime
Kiso for Miuchi, 20 Chulwon Kim for Yoshida,
21 Koji Taira for Imamura, 22 Hirotoki Onozawa
for Endo

Tries: Endo, Taira
Conversions: Onishi

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)