TheBreakdown
Full time19 June 2010
Samoa
23–31
Japan
Apia Park, Apia, Samoa · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2010Head-to-head

Japan won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge0–3
  2. 12’PSamoa penalty · Lolo Lui3–3
  3. 15’PSamoa penalty · Lolo Lui6–3
  4. 25’TJapan try · Ryan Nicholas6–8
  5. 26’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge6–10
  6. 29’TJapan try · Hirotoki Onozawa6–15
  7. 34’TJapan try · Ryan Nicholas6–20
  8. 35’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge6–22
  9. 41’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge6–25
  10. 47’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge6–28
  11. 54’TSamoa try · George Stowers11–28
  12. 72’TSamoa try · Mikaele Pesamino16–28
  13. 78’DJapan drop goal · James Arlidge16–31
  14. 79’TSamoa try · Iosefa Tekori21–31
  15. 80’CSamoa conversion · Lolo Lui23–31

Line-ups

Samoa

  1. 1James AfoaProp
  2. 2Mase Mahonori SchwalgerHooker
  3. 3Anthony PereniseProp
  4. 4Filipo Lavea LeviSecond row
  5. 5Pelu TaeleSecond row
  6. 6Iosefa TekoriFlanker
  7. 7Faalemiga SeleseleFlanker
  8. 8George StowersNumber 8
  9. 9Junior PoluleuligagaScrum-half
  10. 10Lolo LuiFly-half
  11. 11David LemiWing
  12. 12Jamie HelleurCentre
  13. 13Gavin WilliamsCentre
  14. 14Mikaele PesaminoWing
  15. 15Paul WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Andrew WilliamsBench
  17. 17Census JohnstonBench
  18. 18Ofisa TreviranusBench
  19. 19Alafoti FaosilivaBench
  20. 20Uale MaiBench
  21. 21Josh KeilBench
  22. 22Rupeni LevasaBench

Japan

  1. 1Naoki KawamataProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Toshizumi KitagawaSecond row
  6. 6Takashi KikutaniFlanker
  7. 7Toetuu TaufaFlanker
  8. 8Ryu Koliniasi HolaniNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10James ArlidgeFly-half
  11. 11Alisi TupuailaiWing
  12. 12Ryan NicholasCentre
  13. 13Hirotoki OnozawaCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Kaoru MatsushitaFull-back
  16. 16Hiroki YuharaBench
  17. 17Hisateru HirashimaBench
  18. 18Luke ThompsonBench
  19. 19Sione Talikavili VatuveiBench
  20. 20Tomoki YoshidaBench
  21. 21Shaun WebbBench
  22. 22Ryo KanazawaBench

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Context

All-time, Samoa 12–7 Japan in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Samoa 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.