TheBreakdown
Full time15 November 2009
Japan
46–8
Canada
Yurtec Stadium, Sendai, Japan · Tour 2009Head-to-head

Japan won by 38 points.

Scoring

  1. 10’TJapan try · Michael Leitch5–0
  2. 17’PCanada penalty · James Pritchard5–3
  3. 21’PJapan penalty · Shaun Webb8–3
  4. 24’PJapan penalty · Shaun Webb11–3
  5. 39’CJapan conversion · Shaun Webb13–3
  6. 39’TJapan try · Takashi Kikutani18–3
  7. 41’CJapan conversion · Shaun Webb20–3
  8. 41’TJapan try · Go Aruga25–3
  9. 49’CJapan conversion · Shaun Webb27–3
  10. 49’TJapan try · Alisi Tupuailai32–3
  11. 52’CJapan conversion · Shaun Webb34–3
  12. 52’TJapan try · Hirotoki Onozawa39–3
  13. 76’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge41–3
  14. 76’TJapan try · Shota Horie46–3
  15. 80’TCanada try · Nathan Hirayama46–8

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Naoki KawamataProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Toshizumi KitagawaSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Philip O'ReillyFlanker
  8. 8Takashi KikutaniNumber 8
  9. 9Tomoki YoshidaScrum-half
  10. 10Shaun WebbFly-half
  11. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Ryan NicholasCentre
  13. 13Koji TairaCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Go ArugaFull-back
  16. 16Yoshimitsu YasueBench
  17. 17Hisateru HirashimaBench
  18. 18Daniel QuateBench
  19. 19Toetuu TaufaBench
  20. 20Yuki YatomiBench
  21. 21Alisi TupuailaiBench
  22. 22James ArlidgeBench

Canada

  1. 1Kevin TkachukProp
  2. 2Pat RiordanHooker
  3. 3Dan PletchProp
  4. 4Josh JacksonSecond row
  5. 5Tyler HotsonSecond row
  6. 6Chauncey O'TooleFlanker
  7. 7Adam KleebergerFlanker
  8. 8Aaron CarpenterNumber 8
  9. 9Phil MackScrum-half
  10. 10Ander MonroFly-half
  11. 11Justin Mensah-CokerWing
  12. 12Bryn KeysCentre
  13. 13Ciaran HearnCentre
  14. 14Sean DukeWing
  15. 15James PritchardFull-back
  16. 16Mike PletchBench
  17. 17Doug WooldridgeBench
  18. 18Jebb SinclairBench
  19. 19Nanyak DalaBench
  20. 20Sean WhiteBench
  21. 21Nick BlevinsBench
  22. 22Nathan HirayamaBench

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Context

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

Japan going in
Canada 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.