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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · Northland Events Centre, Whangarei · 21 September 2011Head-to-head
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Tonga won by 13 points.Half-time 18–13 · Tries 3–3 · TGA 2 yellow cards · JPN 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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7141526546314128Attacks442Ball won5489202510112332304554211410%Own 2238%Own half45%Opp half45%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
TGA12216
JPN7417
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
TGA2/34/40
JPN0/31/10
← Japan attack · Tonga 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
7′TongaTry, Viliami Ma'afu, conversion missed5–0
14′JapanTry, Kensuke Hatakeyama, conversion missed5–5
15′TongaTry, Tukulua Lokotui, converted10–5
26′JapanTry, Michael Leitch, conversion missed12–10
54′TongaTry, Fetu'u Vainikolo, converted26–13
63′JapanTry, Alisi Tupuailai, conversion missed28–18
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′2 TGA cards · 1 JPN card
7′Viliami Ma'afu14′Kensuke Hatakeyama15′Tukulua Lokotui26′Michael Leitch54′Fetu'u Vainikolo63′Alisi Tupuailai
TGA

Team stats

JPN
41%Possession59%
41%Territory59%
68Carries119
307Metres gained463
18Defenders beaten17
70Passes154
122Tackles made74
16Tackles missed17
46/47Rucks won83/93
3/5Lineouts won14/17
3/4Mauls won6/6
15Penalties conceded12
Goal kicking
TGA conversions 2/3, penalties 4/4 · JPN conversions 0/3, penalties 1/1. 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

Tonga

  1. 1Soane Tonga'uihaProp
  2. 2Aleki LutuiHooker
  3. 3Taufa'ao FiliseProp
  4. 4Tukulua LokotuiSecond row
  5. 5Paino HeheaSecond row
  6. 6Sione KalamafoniFlanker
  7. 7Sione VaiomoungaFlanker
  8. 8Viliami Ma'afuNumber 8
  9. 9Taniela MoaScrum-half
  10. 10Kurt MorathFly-half
  11. 11Suka HufangaWing
  12. 12Alipate FatafehiCentre
  13. 13Siale PiutauCentre
  14. 14Fetu'u VainikoloWing
  15. 15Vungakoto LiloFull-back
  16. 16Ilaisia Ma'asiBench
  17. 17Sona TaumaloloBench
  18. 18Halani 'AulikaBench
  19. 19Joseph TuineauBench
  20. 20Samiu VahafolauBench
  21. 21Samisoni FisilauBench
  22. 22Andrew MaileiBench

Japan

  1. 1Hisateru HirashimaProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Luke ThompsonSecond row
  5. 5Toshizumi KitagawaSecond row
  6. 6Itaru TaniguchiFlanker
  7. 7Michael LeitchFlanker
  8. 8Takashi KikutaniNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10James ArlidgeFly-half
  11. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Ryan NicholasCentre
  13. 13Alisi TupuailaiCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Shaun WebbFull-back
  16. 16Yusuke AokiBench
  17. 17Nozomu FujitaBench
  18. 18Hitoshi OnoBench
  19. 19Sione Talikavili VatuveiBench
  20. 20Atsushi HiwasaBench
  21. 21Takehisa UsuzukiBench
  22. 22Murray WilliamsBench

Match officials

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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.