UPDATE 1-Rugby-World-Australia 91 Japan 3 - result
(adds teams)
Sept 8 (Reuters) - Australia beat Japan 91 - 3 (halftime 23-3) in the World Cup Pool B match in Lyon on Saturday.
Scorers:
Australia - Tries: Nathan Sharpe, Rocky Elsom (3), Adam Ashley-Cooper, Chris Latham (2), Berrick Barnes (2), Drew Mitchell (2), George Smith, Adam Freier. Conversions: Stirling Mortlock (7), Matt Giteau (2) . Penalties: Mortlock (2).
Japan - Penalty: Kosei Ono
Teams:
Australia - 15-Chris Latham, 14-Adam Ashley-Cooper (21-Drew Mitchell 59), 13-Stirling Mortlock (captain) (22-Mark Gerrard 68), 12-Matt Giteau, 11-Lote Tuqiri, 10-Stephen Larkham (20-Berrick Barnes 54), 9-George Gregan, 8-Wycliff Palu (19-Steven Hoiles 67), 7-George Smith, 6-Rocky Elsom, 5-Dan Vickerman, 4-Nathan Sharpe (18-Hugh McMeniman 51), 3-Al Baxter (17-Guy Shepherdson 51), 2-Stephen Moore (16-Adam Freier 67), 1-Matt Dunning (3-Al Baxter 68).
Japan: 15-Tatsuya Kusumi, 14-Tomoki Kitagawa, 13-Koji Taira, 12-Nataniela Oto, 11-Hirotoki Onozawa, 10-Kosei Ono, 9-Yuki Yatomi, 8-Hajime Kiso, 7-Takamichi Sasaki (captain) (19-Hare Makiri 48), 6-Yasunori Watanabe, 5-Luatangi Samurai Vatuvei, 4-Takanori Kumagae, 3-Ryo Yamamura, 2-Taku Inokuchi, 1-Masahito Yamamoto.
Replacements not used: 16-Yuji Matsubara, 17-Tomokazu Soma, 18-Hitoshi Ono, 20-Tomoki Yoshida, 21-Bryce Robins, 22-Kosuke Endo.
Referee: Alan Lewis (Ireland)
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