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Men's Rugby World Cup 2011 · McLean Park, Napier · 27 September 2011Head-to-head
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A draw.Half-time 7–15 · Tries 3–2

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7104044752955Attacks1019Ball won1372004259120804121971836435%Own 2241%Own half60%Opp half84%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
CAN9413
JPN12614
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
CAN1/32/30
JPN2/23/30
← Japan attack · Canada 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′CanadaTry, DTH Van Der Merwe, converted5–0
10′JapanTry, Shota Horie, converted7–5
40′JapanTry, Kosuke Endo, converted7–15
44′CanadaTry, Phil Mackenzie, conversion missed12–17
75′CanadaTry, Ander Monro, conversion missed20–23
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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′
7′DTH Van Der Merwe10′Shota Horie40′Kosuke Endo44′Phil Mackenzie75′Ander Monro
CAN

Team stats

JPN
56%Possession44%
55%Territory45%
116Carries105
312Metres gained365
13Defenders beaten13
131Passes153
94Tackles made126
13Tackles missed14
80/82Rucks won74/78
7/10Lineouts won10/11
3/3Mauls won2/4
12Penalties conceded9
Goal kicking
CAN conversions 1/3, penalties 2/3 · JPN conversions 2/2, penalties 3/3. 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

Canada

  1. 1Hubert BuydensProp
  2. 2Pat RiordanHooker
  3. 3Jason MarshallProp
  4. 4Jebb SinclairSecond row
  5. 5Jamie CudmoreSecond row
  6. 6Adam KleebergerFlanker
  7. 7Chauncey O'TooleFlanker
  8. 8Aaron CarpenterNumber 8
  9. 9Ed FairhurstScrum-half
  10. 10Ander MonroFly-half
  11. 11Phil MackenzieWing
  12. 12Ryan SmithCentre
  13. 13DTH Van Der MerweCentre
  14. 14Matt EvansWing
  15. 15James PritchardFull-back
  16. 16Ryan HamiltonBench
  17. 17Scott FranklinBench
  18. 18Tyler HotsonBench
  19. 19Jeremy KyneBench
  20. 20Sean WhiteBench
  21. 21Nathan HirayamaBench
  22. 22Conor TrainorBench

Japan

  1. 1Hisateru HirashimaProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Nozomu FujitaProp
  4. 4Luke ThompsonSecond row
  5. 5Toshizumi KitagawaSecond row
  6. 6Sione Talikavili VatuveiFlanker
  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. 17Kensuke HatakeyamaBench
  18. 18Hitoshi OnoBench
  19. 19Toetuu TaufaBench
  20. 20Atsushi HiwasaBench
  21. 21Murray WilliamsBench
  22. 22Bryce RobinsBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Canada 8–18 Japan, 2 drawn in 28 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Canada 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.