TheBreakdown
Full time15 June 2008
Japan
35–13
Tonga
Yurtec Stadium, Sendai, Japan · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2008Head-to-head

Japan won by 22 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PTonga penalty · Pierre Hola0–3
  2. 5’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge3–3
  3. 7’PTonga penalty · Pierre Hola3–6
  4. 27’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge6–6
  5. 32’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge9–6
  6. 40’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge12–6
  7. 44’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge15–6
  8. 47’TJapan try · Takashi Kikutani20–6
  9. 51’TTonga try · Lotu Filipine20–11
  10. 52’CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola20–13
  11. 56’TJapan try · Hirotoki Onozawa25–13
  12. 60’TJapan try · Shaun Webb30–13
  13. 80’TJapan try · Bryce Robins35–13

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Tatsukichi NishiuraProp
  2. 2Yusuke AokiHooker
  3. 3Tomokazu SomaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Toshizumi KitagawaSecond row
  6. 6Takashi KikutaniFlanker
  7. 7Hare MakiriFlanker
  8. 8Takuro MiuchiNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10James ArlidgeFly-half
  11. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Ryan NicholasCentre
  13. 13Koji TairaCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Shaun WebbFull-back
  16. 16Noanori MizuyamaBench
  17. 17Yuta InoseBench
  18. 18Tomoaki TaniguchiBench
  19. 19Yoshitaka NakayamaBench
  20. 20Tomoki YoshidaBench
  21. 21Bryce RobinsBench
  22. 22Christian LoamanuBench

Tonga

  1. 1Semisi TelefoniProp
  2. 2Viliami Ma'asiHooker
  3. 3Tonga Lea'aetoaProp
  4. 4Joshua AfuSecond row
  5. 5Emosi KauhengaSecond row
  6. 6Tevita FifitaFlanker
  7. 7Nili LatuFlanker
  8. 8Lotu FilipineNumber 8
  9. 9Soane HaveaScrum-half
  10. 10Pierre HolaFly-half
  11. 11Sione LavakaWing
  12. 12Kaiongo TupouCentre
  13. 13Hudson Tonga'uihaCentre
  14. 14Tupou PaluWing
  15. 15Vungakoto LiloFull-back
  16. 16Makoni FinauBench
  17. 17Sateki Mata'uBench
  18. 18Sione TimaniBench
  19. 19Samiu IkaBench
  20. 20Enele TaufaBench
  21. 21Fangatapu ApikotoaBench
  22. 22Sione TuipulotuBench

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Context

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

Japan going in
Tonga 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.