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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stadium, Toulouse · 12 September 2007Head-to-head
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Fiji won by 4 points.Half-time 9–10 · Tries 3–4 · FIJ 1 yellow card

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375052576372792724Attacks811Ball won6271273577593826612432953%Own 2247%Own half57%Opp half72%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
JPN7113
FIJ8412
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
JPN2/24/40
FIJ3/33/30
← Fiji attack · Japan attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
37′FijiTry, Akapusi Qera, converted6–8
50′FijiTry, Akapusi Qera, converted12–15
52′JapanTry, Luke Thompson, converted17–17
57′FijiTry, Seru Rabeni19–25
63′JapanTry, Tomokazu Soma24–25
72′FijiTry, Kele Leawere, converted24–30
79′JapanTry, Luke Thompson, converted29–35
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 FIJ card
37′Akapusi Qera50′Akapusi Qera52′Luke Thompson57′Seru Rabeni63′Tomokazu Soma72′Kele Leawere79′Luke Thompson
JPN

Team stats

FIJ
56%Possession44%
58%Territory42%
84Carries78
453Metres gained528
12Defenders beaten13
108Passes94
13Offloads10
71Tackles made84
13Tackles missed12
70/74Rucks won46/55
15/16Lineouts won9/13
6/6Mauls won0/0
11Turnovers won8
6Penalties conceded11
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 2/2, penalties 4/4 · FIJ conversions 3/3, penalties 3/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Tatsukichi NishiuraProp
  2. 2Yuji MatsubaraHooker
  3. 3Tomokazu SomaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Luke ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Hare MakiriFlanker
  7. 7Philip O'ReillyFlanker
  8. 8Takuro MiuchiNumber 8
  9. 9Tomoki YoshidaScrum-half
  10. 10Bryce RobinsFly-half
  11. 11Kosuke EndoWing
  12. 12Shotaro OnishiCentre
  13. 13Yuta ImamuraCentre
  14. 14Christian LoamanuWing
  15. 15Go ArugaFull-back
  16. 16Taku InokuchiBench
  17. 17Ryo YamamuraBench
  18. 18Takanori KumagaeBench
  19. 20Ryota AsanoBench
  20. 20Yuki YatomiBench
  21. 21Koji TairaBench
  22. 22Hirotoki OnozawaBench

Fiji

  1. 1Graham DewesProp
  2. 2Sunia KotoHooker
  3. 3Henry QiodravuProp
  4. 4Kele LeawereSecond row
  5. 5Wame LewaravuSecond row
  6. 6Semisi NaevoFlanker
  7. 7Akapusi QeraFlanker
  8. 8Sisa KoyamaiboleNumber 8
  9. 9Mosese RauluniScrum-half
  10. 10Nicky LittleFly-half
  11. 11Isoa NeivuaWing
  12. 12Seremaia BaikeinukuCentre
  13. 13Seru RabeniCentre
  14. 14Vilimoni DelasauWing
  15. 15Kameli RatuvouFull-back
  16. 16Vereniki SauturagaBench
  17. 17Jone RailomoBench
  18. 18Netani TaleiBench
  19. 19Aca RatuvaBench
  20. 20Jone DaunivucuBench
  21. 21Gabiriele LovobalavuBench
  22. 22Norman LigairiBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Japan 5–17 Fiji in 22 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Fiji going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.