TheBreakdown
Full time16 June 2007
Japan
3–13
Samoa
Yurtec Stadium, Sendai, Japan · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2007Head-to-head

Samoa won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 17’PJapan penalty · Eiji Ando3–0
  2. 48’PSamoa penalty · Loki Crichton3–3
  3. 70’CSamoa conversion · Loki Crichton3–5
  4. 70’TSamoa try · Lome Fa'atau3–10
  5. 81’PSamoa penalty · Loki Crichton3–13

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Tatsukichi NishiuraProp
  2. 2Yuji MatsubaraHooker
  3. 3Tomokazu SomaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Luke ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Hare MakiriFlanker
  7. 7Glen MarshFlanker
  8. 8Takuro MiuchiNumber 8
  9. 9Tomoki YoshidaScrum-half
  10. 10Eiji AndoFly-half
  11. 11Kosuke EndoWing
  12. 12Shotaro OnishiCentre
  13. 13Yuta ImamuraCentre
  14. 14Christian LoamanuWing
  15. 15Bryce RobinsFull-back
  16. 16Mitsugu YamamotoBench
  17. 17Ryo YamamuraBench
  18. 18Takanori KumagaeBench
  19. 19Yasunori WatanabeBench
  20. 20Yuki YatomiBench
  21. 21Koji TairaBench
  22. 22Go ArugaBench

Samoa

  1. 1Justin Va'aProp
  2. 2Muliufi SalanoaHooker
  3. 3Census JohnstonProp
  4. 4Iosefa TekoriSecond row
  5. 5Daniel LeoSecond row
  6. 6Leo Lafaiali'IFlanker
  7. 7Justin PurdieFlanker
  8. 8Alfie To'oala VaeluagaNumber 8
  9. 9Junior PoluleuligagaScrum-half
  10. 10Elvis SevealiiFly-half
  11. 11Tuilagi Alesana TuilagiWing
  12. 12Vaovasamanaia Seilala MapusuaCentre
  13. 13Anitele'a TuilagiCentre
  14. 14David LemiWing
  15. 15Loki CrichtonFull-back
  16. 16Tamato LeupoluBench
  17. 17Donald KerslakeBench
  18. 18Filipo Lavea LeviBench
  19. 19Semo SititiBench
  20. 20Steve So'oialoBench
  21. 21Josh KeilBench
  22. 22Lome Fa'atauBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 7–12 Samoa in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Samoa 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.