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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · North Harbour Stadium, North Harbour · 10 September 2011Head-to-head
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France won by 26 points.Half-time 25–11 · Tries 6–2

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5123134497177822277Attacks424Ball won116193305685732323823033722%Own 2238%Own half54%Opp half73%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
FRA1148
JPN7313
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FRA4/63/30
JPN1/23/40
← Japan attack · France 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
5′FranceTry, Julien Pierre, converted5–0
12′FranceTry, Francois Trinh-Duc, converted12–0
31′JapanTry, James Arlidge, conversion missed20–8
34′FranceTry, Vincent Clerc, conversion missed25–8
49′JapanTry, James Arlidge, converted25–16
71′FranceTry, Lionel Nallet, converted33–21
77′FranceTry, Pascal Pape, converted40–21
82′FranceTry, Morgan Parra, conversion missed47–21
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′
5′Julien Pierre12′Francois Trinh-Duc31′James Arlidge34′Vincent Clerc49′James Arlidge71′Lionel Nallet77′Pascal Pape82′Morgan Parra
FRA

Team stats

JPN
45%Possession55%
45%Territory55%
94Carries114
560Metres gained498
13Defenders beaten8
131Passes153
114Tackles made73
8Tackles missed13
56/60Rucks won89/91
12/12Lineouts won7/7
5/5Mauls won1/1
10Penalties conceded12
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 4/6, penalties 3/3 · JPN conversions 1/2, penalties 3/4. 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

France

  1. 1Fabien BarcellaProp
  2. 2William ServatHooker
  3. 3Nicolas MasProp
  4. 4Julien PierreSecond row
  5. 5Lionel NalletSecond row
  6. 6Thierry DusautoirFlanker
  7. 7Imanol HarinordoquyFlanker
  8. 8Raphael LakafiaNumber 8
  9. 9Dimitri YachviliScrum-half
  10. 10Francois Trinh-DucFly-half
  11. 11Maxime MedardWing
  12. 12Fabrice EstebanezCentre
  13. 13Aurélien RougerieCentre
  14. 14Vincent ClercWing
  15. 15Cédric HeymansFull-back
  16. 16Dimitri SzarzewskiBench
  17. 17Jean-Baptiste PouxBench
  18. 18Pascal PapeBench
  19. 19Julien BonnaireBench
  20. 20Morgan ParraBench
  21. 21David SkrelaBench
  22. 22David MartyBench

Japan

  1. 1Hisateru HirashimaProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Luke ThompsonSecond row
  5. 5Toshizumi KitagawaSecond row
  6. 6Takashi KikutaniFlanker
  7. 7Michael LeitchFlanker
  8. 8Ryu Koliniasi HolaniNumber 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. 16Yusuke AokiBench
  17. 17Nozomu FujitaBench
  18. 18Hitoshi OnoBench
  19. 19Itaru TaniguchiBench
  20. 20Atsushi HiwasaBench
  21. 21Murray WilliamsBench
  22. 22Alisi TupuailaiBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, France 14–0 Japan, 1 drawn in 15 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France 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.