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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Waikato Stadium, Hamilton · 16 September 2011Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 76 points.Half-time 38–0 · Tries 13–1

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4162230343645515658606277793743Attacks814Ball won1511573750113593115782130446%Own 2249%Own half66%Opp half79%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
NZL817
JPN8431
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
NZL9/130/10
JPN1/10/00
← Japan attack · New Zealand 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
4′New ZealandTry, Conrad Smith, converted5–0
16′New ZealandTry, Richard Kahui, conversion missed12–0
22′New ZealandTry, Jerome Kaino, conversion missed17–0
30′New ZealandTry, Keven Mealamu, converted22–0
34′New ZealandTry, Andy Ellis, converted29–0
36′New ZealandTry, Colin Slade, converted36–0
45′New ZealandTry, Richard Kahui, converted43–0
51′New ZealandTry, Sonny Bill Williams, converted50–0
56′New ZealandTry, Isaia Toeava, converted57–0
58′JapanTry, Hirotoki Onozawa, converted59–5
60′New ZealandTry, Andrew Hore, conversion missed64–7
62′New ZealandTry, Ma'a Nonu, conversion missed69–7
77′New ZealandTry, Adam Thomson, converted74–7
79′New ZealandTry, Sonny Bill Williams, converted81–7
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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023456890HT0′20′40′60′80′
4′Conrad Smith16′Richard Kahui22′Jerome Kaino30′Keven Mealamu34′Andy Ellis36′Colin Slade45′Richard Kahui51′Sonny Bill Williams56′Isaia Toeava58′Hirotoki Onozawa60′Andrew Hore62′Ma'a Nonu77′Adam Thomson79′Sonny Bill Williams
NZL

Team stats

JPN
56%Possession44%
56%Territory44%
113Carries83
787Metres gained272
33Defenders beaten7
156Passes111
81Tackles made84
7Tackles missed31
62/63Rucks won58/61
10/12Lineouts won7/9
1/2Mauls won0/1
11Penalties conceded11
Goal kicking
NZL conversions 9/13, penalties 0/1 · 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

New Zealand

  1. 1Tony WoodcockProp
  2. 2Keven MealamuHooker
  3. 3Owen FranksProp
  4. 4Brad ThornSecond row
  5. 5Samuel WhitelockSecond row
  6. 6Jerome KainoFlanker
  7. 7Adam ThomsonFlanker
  8. 8Victor VitoNumber 8
  9. 9Andy EllisScrum-half
  10. 10Colin SladeFly-half
  11. 11Richard KahuiWing
  12. 12Ma'a NonuCentre
  13. 13Conrad SmithCentre
  14. 14Cory JaneWing
  15. 15Isaia ToeavaFull-back
  16. 16Andrew HoreBench
  17. 17John AfoaBench
  18. 18Ali WilliamsBench
  19. 19Anthony BoricBench
  20. 20Jimmy CowanBench
  21. 21Piri WeepuBench
  22. 22Sonny Bill WilliamsBench

Japan

  1. 1Naoki KawamataProp
  2. 2Yusuke AokiHooker
  3. 3Nozomu FujitaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Toshizumi KitagawaSecond row
  6. 6Itaru TaniguchiFlanker
  7. 7Michael LeitchFlanker
  8. 8Takashi KikutaniNumber 8
  9. 9Atsushi HiwasaScrum-half
  10. 10Murray WilliamsFly-half
  11. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Yuta ImamuraCentre
  13. 13Koji TairaCentre
  14. 14Takehisa UsuzukiWing
  15. 15Taihei UedaFull-back
  16. 16Hiroki YuharaBench
  17. 17Kensuke HatakeyamaBench
  18. 18Yuji KitagawaBench
  19. 19Sione Talikavili VatuveiBench
  20. 20Tomoki YoshidaBench
  21. 21Shaun WebbBench
  22. 22Alisi TupuailaiBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, New Zealand 8–0 Japan in 8 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

New Zealand 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.