TheBreakdown
Full time26 June 2010
Japan
26–23
Tonga
Apia Park, Apia, Samoa · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2010Head-to-head

Japan won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’TTonga try · Will Helu0–5
  2. 6’CTonga conversion · Kurt Morath0–7
  3. 12’PTonga penalty · Kurt Morath0–10
  4. 19’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge3–10
  5. 41’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge6–10
  6. 43’PTonga penalty · Kurt Morath6–13
  7. 46’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge9–13
  8. 52’TJapan try · Kensuke Hatakeyama14–13
  9. 53’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge16–13
  10. 68’TTonga try · Alipate Fatafehi16–18
  11. 69’CTonga conversion · Kurt Morath16–20
  12. 74’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge19–20
  13. 77’PTonga penalty · Kurt Morath19–23
  14. 85’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge21–23
  15. 85’TJapan try26–23

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Hisateru HirashimaProp
  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. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Ryan NicholasCentre
  13. 13Alisi TupuailaiCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Kaoru MatsushitaFull-back
  16. 16Hiroki YuharaBench
  17. 17Naoki KawamataBench
  18. 18Luke ThompsonBench
  19. 19Michael LeitchBench
  20. 20Koji WadaBench
  21. 21Shaun WebbBench
  22. 22Ryo KanazawaBench

Tonga

  1. 1Toma TokeProp
  2. 2Sione VaiomoungaHooker
  3. 3Makoni FinauProp
  4. 4Alepini OlosoniSecond row
  5. 5Sitiveni MafiSecond row
  6. 6Kelepi HalafihiFlanker
  7. 7Haani HalaeuaFlanker
  8. 8Sione KalamafoniNumber 8
  9. 9Mahe FangupoScrum-half
  10. 10Kurt MorathFly-half
  11. 11Alaska TaufaWing
  12. 12Andrew MaileiCentre
  13. 13Alipate FatafehiCentre
  14. 14Will HeluWing
  15. 15Vungakoto LiloFull-back
  16. 16Aleki LutuiBench
  17. 17Po'alo'i TaulaBench
  18. 18Aloisio MailangiBench
  19. 19Paula KataBench
  20. 20Samisoni FisilauBench
  21. 21Manu Ahota'e'iloaBench
  22. 22Saia FekitoaBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 11–9 Tonga in 20 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Tonga 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.