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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Stade Chaban Delmas, Bordeaux · 25 September 2007Head-to-head
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A draw.Half-time 0–5 · Tries 2–2 · CAN 1 yellow card

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134966812758Attacks830Ball won58722937905346258628471032%Own 2245%Own half63%Opp half75%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
CAN858
JPN1228
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
CAN1/10/00
JPN1/10/00
← Japan attack · Canada 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
13′JapanTry, Kosuke Endo0–5
49′CanadaTry, Pat Riordan5–5
66′CanadaTry, DTH Van Der Merwe, converted10–5
81′JapanTry, Koji Taira, converted12–10
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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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′1 CAN card
13′Kosuke Endo49′Pat Riordan66′DTH Van Der Merwe81′Koji Taira
CAN

Team stats

JPN
56%Possession44%
58%Territory42%
115Carries83
306Metres gained257
8Defenders beaten8
98Passes94
11Offloads6
85Tackles made122
8Tackles missed8
104/109Rucks won74/75
16/21Lineouts won19/23
7/7Mauls won7/7
4Turnovers won6
8Penalties conceded8
Goal kicking
CAN conversions 1/1, penalties 0/0 · JPN conversions 1/1, penalties 0/0. 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

Canada

  1. 1Rod SnowProp
  2. 2Pat RiordanHooker
  3. 3Jon ThielProp
  4. 4Mike BurakSecond row
  5. 5Mike JamesSecond row
  6. 6Colin YukesFlanker
  7. 7Adam KleebergerFlanker
  8. 8Aaron CarpenterNumber 8
  9. 9Morgan WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Ryan SmithFly-half
  11. 11James PritchardWing
  12. 12Dave SpicerCentre
  13. 13Craig CulpanCentre
  14. 14DTH Van Der MerweWing
  15. 15Mike PykeFull-back
  16. 16Mike PletchBench
  17. 17Dan PletchBench
  18. 18Scott FranklinBench
  19. 19Josh JacksonBench
  20. 20Mike WebbBench
  21. 21Ed FairhurstBench
  22. 22Justin Mensah-CokerBench

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. 11Christian LoamanuWing
  12. 12Shotaro OnishiCentre
  13. 13Yuta ImamuraCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Go ArugaFull-back
  16. 16Taku InokuchiBench
  17. 17Ryo YamamuraBench
  18. 18Luatangi Samurai VatuveiBench
  19. 19Hajime KisoBench
  20. 20Chulwon KimBench
  21. 21Koji TairaBench
  22. 22Hirotoki OnozawaBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Canada 8–18 Japan, 2 drawn in 28 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Canada going in
Japan 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.