New Zealand vs Japan

Match Detail

Competition: 1995 Rugby World Cup – Pool Match
Date: Monday 5th June 1995 (NZT)
Venue: Free State Stadium – Bloemfontein, South Africa
Crowd Attendance: 25,000
All Black Test Number: 287
All Black Game Number: 990

New Zealand: 15 Glen Osborne, 14 Jeff Wilson, 13 Marc Ellis, 12 Alama Ieremia, 11 Eric Rush, 10 Simon Culhane, 9 Ant Strachan, 8 Zinzan Brooke, 7 Paul Henderson (c), 6 Kevin Schuler, 5 Robin Brooke, 4 Blair Larsen, 3 Richard Loe, 2 Norm Hewitt, 1 Craig Dowd.
Replacements: 16 Walter Little, 17 Andrew Mehrtens, 18 Graeme Bachop, 19 Jamie Joseph, 20 Olo Brown, 21 Sean Fitzpatrick.

Japan: 15 Tsutomu Matsuda, 14 Lopeti Oto, 13 Akira Yoshida, 12 Yukio Motoki, 11 Yoshihito Yoshida, 10 Keiji Hirose, 9 Wataru Murata, 8 Sinali Latu, 7 Ko Izawa, 6 Hiroyuki Kajihara, 5 Bruce Ferguson, 4 Yoshihiko Sakuraba, 3 Kazuaki Takahashi, 2 Masahiro Kunda (c), 1 Osamu Ota.
Replacements: 16 Masami Horikoshi, 17 Katsuhiro Matsuo, 18 Kiyoshi Imazumi, 19 Eiji Hirotsu, 20 Kazu Hamabe, 21 Takashi Akatsuka.