Canada’s rugby squad routed by Japan
Written By: admin on November 15, 2009
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Hosts score six tries en route to lopsided 46-8 victory over Kieran Crowley’s team
SENDAI, Japan — The Associated Press Published on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 11:16AM EST
Japan scored six tries Sunday en route to a 46-8 thrashing of Canada in the first game of a two-match series.
Nathan Hirayama scored the lone Canadian try while James Pritchard provided a penalty goal in the first half.
“We turned over too much ball and did not dominate the contact/breakdown as we had discussed through the week,” said Canadian coach Kieran Crowley. “The Japanese on this day deserved their win with a better, smarter, performance through 80 minutes.”












What a result! a true trouncing by Japan over Canada. I thought the score would have been closer