TheBreakdown
Full time8 May 2010
Japan
60–5
Arabian Gulf
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 2011Head-to-head

Japan won by 55 points.

Scoring

  1. 16’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge2–0
  2. 16’TJapan try · Alisi Tupuailai7–0
  3. 23’TJapan try · Takashi Kikutani12–0
  4. 27’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge14–0
  5. 27’TJapan try · James Arlidge19–0
  6. 40’TJapan try · Kosuke Endo24–0
  7. 41’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge26–0
  8. 43’TJapan try · Kaoru Matsushita31–0
  9. 51’TJapan try · Ryo Kanazawa36–0
  10. 53’TJapan try · Koji Wada41–0
  11. 54’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge43–0
  12. 59’TJapan try · Kaoru Matsushita48–0
  13. 61’TJapan try · Takashi Kikutani53–0
  14. 68’TJapan try · Alisi Tupuailai58–0
  15. 69’CJapan conversion · Kaoru Matsushita60–0
  16. 77’TArabian Gulf try · Sean Hurley60–5

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Hisateru HirashimaProp
  2. 2Hiroki YuharaHooker
  3. 3Shinsuke NakamuraProp
  4. 4Luke ThompsonSecond row
  5. 5Toshizumi KitagawaSecond row
  6. 6Masakazu ToyotaFlanker
  7. 7Sione Talikavili VatuveiFlanker
  8. 8Takashi KikutaniNumber 8
  9. 9Tomoki YoshidaScrum-half
  10. 10James ArlidgeFly-half
  11. 11Yasunori NagatomoWing
  12. 12Ryo KanazawaCentre
  13. 13Alisi TupuailaiCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Kaoru MatsushitaFull-back
  16. 16Takeshi KizuBench
  17. 17Nozomu FujitaBench
  18. 18Hitoshi OnoBench
  19. 19Toetuu TaufaBench
  20. 20Koji WadaBench
  21. 21Ryohei YamanakaBench
  22. 22Ryan NicholasBench

Arabian Gulf

  1. 1Michael RileyProp
  2. 2Rory PowerHooker
  3. 3Nicholas CrokerProp
  4. 4Jason VoyceSecond row
  5. 5Michael Cox-HillSecond row
  6. 6Karl SutcliffeFlanker
  7. 7Byron KraemerFlanker
  8. 8David ClarkNumber 8
  9. 9Jonathon MacdonaldScrum-half
  10. 10Duncan MurrayFly-half
  11. 11Steve SmithWing
  12. 12Taif Al DelamieCentre
  13. 13Trent EastgateCentre
  14. 14Joshua SherrinWing
  15. 15James LoweFull-back
  16. 16Dan HealBench
  17. 17Mark GathercoleBench
  18. 18Steven LittleBench
  19. 19Edward Le Pine-WilliamsBench
  20. 20Sean HurleyBench
  21. 21Paul BeardBench
  22. 22Ross StapletonBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 3–0 Arabian Gulf in 3 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Arabian Gulf 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.