Ohata surpasses Campese's rugby record

Japan's Daisuke Ohata (picture) surpassed Australian David Campese's world record for test match tries on Sunday, scoring three times in a 32-7 win over Georgia in Osaka to boost his tally to 65. Ohata's record number of tries came in just 55 test...

Japan's Daisuke Ohata (picture) surpassed Australian David Campese's world record for test match tries on Sunday, scoring three times in a 32-7 win over Georgia in Osaka to boost his tally to 65.

Ohata's record number of tries came in just 55 test matches while Campese took 101 matches to set the previous mark of 64, albeit against far tougher opposition than Japan regularly face.

"I doubt (Campese) would have expected a Japanese player to break his record," Ohata told reporters. "There was a weird kind of pressure on me to do it so I'm happy to get it done."

The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) presented the 30-year-old winger with a gold-striped shirt after the match to mark his achievement.

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