Friday, September 16, 2011

World Cup 2011 (in New Zealand) LIVE 12BET New Zealand VS Japan 9/16 4:00PM(GMT+8)


New Zealand take on Japan in their second Pool A match in Hamilton, and they are shorn of their big two: captain Richie McCaw - who would have been the first All Black to reach 100 caps, had he managed to shake off a calf strain to his left leg - and fly-half, and highest points scorer in world rugby, Dan Carter, who has a bad back.
New Zealand: 15 Isaia Toeava, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Richard Kahui, 10 Colin Slade, 9 Andy Ellis, 1 Tony Woodcock, 2 Keven Mealamu (capt), 3 Owen Franks, 4 Brad Thorn, 5 Sam Whitelock, 6 Jerome Kaino, 7 Adam Thomson, 8 Victor Vito. 
Replacements: 16 Andrew Hore, 17 John Afoa, 18 Ali Williams, 19 Anthony Boric, 20 Jimmy Cowan, 21 Piri Weepu, 22 Sonny Bill Williams


Japan, who are coached by ex-All Black John Kirwan, have made 10 changes to their line-up - only Hirotoki Onozawa, Toshizumi Kitagawa, Koji Taira, Michael Leitch and Takashi Kikutani retaining their places after the 47-21 loss to France.


Japan: 15 Taihei Ueda, 14 Takahisa Usuzuki, 13 Koji Taira, 12 Yuta Imamura, 11 Hirotoki Onozawa, 10 Murray Williams, 9 Atsushi Hiwasa, 8 Takashi Kikutani (c), 7 Michael Leitch, 6 Itaru Taniguchi, 5 Toshizumi Kitagawa, 4 Hithoshi Ono, 3 Nozomu Fujita, 2 Yusuke Aoki, 1 Naoki Kawamata. 
Replacements: 16 Hiroki Yuhara, 17 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 18 Yuji Kitagawa, 19 Sione Talikavili Vatuvei, 20 Tomoki Yoshida, 21 Shaun Webb, 22 Alisi Tupuailai.



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