TheBreakdown
Full time2 June 2007
Tonga
17–20
Japan
International Stadium, Coffs Harbour, Australia · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2007Head-to-head

Japan won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’PJapan penalty · Eiji Ando0–3
  2. 11’TTonga try · Kaiongo Tupou5–3
  3. 12’CTonga conversion · Fangatapu Apikotoa7–3
  4. 38’TJapan try · Kosuke Endo7–8
  5. 39’CJapan conversion · Eiji Ando7–10
  6. 55’PJapan penalty · Eiji Ando7–13
  7. 69’CJapan conversion · Eiji Ando7–15
  8. 69’TJapan try · Hitoshi Ono7–20
  9. 77’TTonga try · Hudson Tonga'uiha12–20
  10. 80’TTonga try · Vungakoto Lilo17–20

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1Toma TokeProp
  2. 2Aleki LutuiHooker
  3. 3Tevita TaumoepeauProp
  4. 4Sione KalamafoniSecond row
  5. 5Tevita TanginoaSecond row
  6. 6Hale T PoleFlanker
  7. 7Nili LatuFlanker
  8. 8Samiu VahafolauNumber 8
  9. 9David PaluScrum-half
  10. 10Fangatapu ApikotoaFly-half
  11. 11Aisea HaviliWing
  12. 12Kaiongo TupouCentre
  13. 13Hudson Tonga'uihaCentre
  14. 14Seti KioleWing
  15. 15Sione FonuaFull-back
  16. 16Patrick TaumouaBench
  17. 17Makoni FinauBench
  18. 18Muli KaufusiBench
  19. 19Atunaisa SikaluBench
  20. 20Tevita AhoafiBench
  21. 21Lisiate TafaBench
  22. 22Vungakoto LiloBench

Japan

  1. 1Tatsukichi NishiuraProp
  2. 2Yuji MatsubaraHooker
  3. 3Tomokazu SomaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Luke ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Yasunori WatanabeFlanker
  7. 7Hare MakiriFlanker
  8. 8Takuro MiuchiNumber 8
  9. 9Tomoki YoshidaScrum-half
  10. 10Eiji AndoFly-half
  11. 11Christian LoamanuWing
  12. 12Shotaro OnishiCentre
  13. 13Bryce RobinsCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Goshi TachikawaFull-back
  16. 16Mitsugu YamamotoBench
  17. 17Ryo YamamuraBench
  18. 18Takanori KumagaeBench
  19. 19Takamichi SasakiBench
  20. 20Yuki YatomiBench
  21. 21Yuta ImamuraBench
  22. 22Hirotoki OnozawaBench

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Context

All-time, Tonga 9–11 Japan in 20 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Tonga 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.