A Win Is A Win


By Cheery Cherry
November 13 2013

A 40-6 win is a pleasant relief for beleaguered Glaws supporters. Admittedly Japan fielded only one of the players who featured against the Scots at the weekend but this was a chance for a bit of running rugby with no pressure attached. Just what we needed ..

 Japan team acknowledge the crowd after the International Friendly at Kingsholm

We delivered the goods with six tries after Justin Ives scored first for Japan. Charlie Sharples scored a hat trick with other scored from  James Simpson-Daniel  before the break. Despite scrum-half followed by efforts from Reynolds and Cox. Mike Tindall is tackled by Japans Justin Ives during an International Friendly at Kingsh

Japan moved the ball around at every opportunity and played their part in an an an exotic and entertaining evening.

Gloucs: Rob Cook; Charlie Sharples, Jonny May, Mike Tindall, James Simpson-Daniel; Ryan Mills, Jimmy Cowan; Yann Thomas, Darren Dawidiuk, Rupert Harden; Elliott Stooke, James Hudson; Tom Savage (capt), Andy Hazell, Matt Cox. Reps Koree Britton, James Gibbons, Shaun Knight, Lewis Ludlow, Ross Moriarty, Dan Robson, Billy Burns, Steph Reynolds

Japan: Yoshikazu Fujita (Waseda University); Akihito Yamada (Panasonic Wild Knights), Seeichi Shimomura (Panasonic Wild Knights), Yasuki Hayashi (Panasonic Wild Knights), Yuta Imamura (Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers); Yu Tamura (NEC Green Rockets), Atsushi Hiwasa (Suntory Sungoliath); Yusuke Nagae (Ricoh Black Rams), Yusuke Aoki (Suntory Sungoliath), Hiroshi Yamashita (Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers); Shinya Makabe (Suntory Sungoliath), Shoji Ito (Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers); Justin Ives (Canon Eagles), Kyusoke Horie (Yamaha Jubilo), Takashi Kikutani (Toyota Verblitz).

Reps: Shota Horie (Panasonic Wild Knights), Hisateru Hirashima (Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers), Takuma Asahara (Toshiba Brave Lupus), Hitoshi Ono (Toshiba Brave Lupus), Michael Broadhurst (Ricoh Black Rams), Kosei Ono (Suntory Sungoliath), Kotara Matsushima (Natal Sharks), Kirlyong So (Yamaha Jubilo)

A Win Is A Win
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