| Japan (15) 22 |
| Tries: Attempt scorer, Imakugi, Lavemai Cons: Otsuka 2 Pens: Otsuka |
| Eire (19) 57 |
| Tries: Jones 3, Doyle, Dalton, Deely, Pearse, Scuffil-McCabe, Hooban Cons: O’Brien 6 |
Eire recovered from an early 15-point deficit to attain 9 tries and defeat Japan 57-22 within the first of two Exams between the perimeters in Shizuoka.
Japan scored two tries within the first 5 minutes and added a penalty however the vacationers dominated thereafter.
Neve Jones grabbed three tries, with Aoife Doyle, Aoife Dalton, Meabh Deely, Chloe Pearse, Molly Scuffil-McCabe and Emma Hooban all crossing for Eire.
Fly-half Dannah O’Brien marked her debut by kicking six conversions.
The Eire senior ladies’s facet are collaborating of their first ever summer season tour, with the second assembly between the perimeters happening in Chichibunomiya subsequent Saturday.
Greg McWilliams’ squad launched into the tour after a troublesome Girls’s Six Nations marketing campaign, which noticed them win two of their 5 matches.
The Irish panel have since participated in summer season camps forward of their encounters with the Japanese, who had been in good kind, profitable 4 of their final 5 matches as they ready for the World Cup in October.
Disadvantaged of a number of gamers due to accidents and the upcoming Sevens World Cup, Eire fielded an experimental line-up for the opener within the Ecopa Stadium, together with 4 uncapped gamers within the beginning XV – O’Brien, Dalton, Natasja Behan and Deely.
Japan barged over below the posts within the third minute for a transformed attempt to two minutes later wing Komachi Imakugi accomplished a flowing transfer to attain their second.
Ayasa Otsuka prolonged the lead with a penalty, earlier than Eire got here to life, hooker Jones touching down within the fifteenth minute after her facet gained a lineout and executed a rolling maul.
Wing Doyle dived over within the nook after good work from Enya Breen and Deely despatched her racing clear, then in added time on the finish of the primary half centre Dalton darted over the road to the touch down on her debut.
That gave Eire a four-point lead – 19-15 – on the interval, they usually solely had two minutes to attend for his or her subsequent attempt, Jones lunging over after Japan have been once more unable to deal with their opponents’ rolling maul.
An identical state of affairs led to Eire’s fifth attempt to Jones’ third, with O’Brien’s third profitable conversion extending her facet’s benefit to 16 factors.
Full-back Deely then confirmed an ideal flip of tempo to energy by the house facet’s defence and run in one other rating as Japan have been fully over-run.
Makoto Lavemai compelled her method over for a attempt after a quick-tap penalty to scale back the deficit however then substitute Pearse reacted quickest to latch onto the free ball and rating after Sam Monaghan had blocked down a clearing kick.
Substitute scrum-half Scuffil-McCabe discovered a niche along with a ruck and sprinted by for Eire’s eighth attempt to Hooban accomplished the rout when she rumbled over from shut vary.
Japan: Ria Anoku; Riho Kurogi, Rinka Matsuda, Shione Nakayama, Komachi Imakugi; Ayasa Otsuka, Moe Tsukui; Saki Minami (capt), Nijiho Nagata, Yuka Sadaka; Kie Tamai, Maki Takano; Misaki Suzuki, Kyoko Hosokawa, Ayano Nagai
Replacements: Hinata Komaki, Kotomi Taniguchi, Makoto Lavemai, Masami Kawamura, Seina Saito, Megumi Abe, Minori Yamamoto, Sakurako Korai
Eire: Méabh Deely; Natasja Behan, Aoife Dalton, Enya Breen, Aoife Doyle; Dannah O’Brien, Ailsa Hughes; Linda Djougang, Neve Jones, Katie O’Dwyer; Nichola Fryday (capt0, Sam Monaghan; Dorothy Wall, Edel McMahon, Hannah O’Connor.
Replacements: Emma Hooban, Chloe Pearse, Christy Haney, Taryn Schultzer, Grace Moore, Nicole Cronin, Leah Tarpey, Molly Scuffil-McCabe
