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Full time30 October 2010
Japan
10–13
Samoa
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Tour 2010Head-to-head

Samoa won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 3’PJapan penalty · James Arlidge3–0
  2. 8’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge5–0
  3. 8’TJapan try · Ryu Koliniasi Holani10–0
  4. 46’PSamoa penalty · Lolo Lui10–3
  5. 55’PSamoa penalty · Lolo Lui10–6
  6. 70’TSamoa try · Kahn Fotuali'i10–11
  7. 71’CSamoa conversion · Lolo Lui10–13

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Naoki KawamataProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Luke ThompsonSecond 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. 13Koji TairaCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Ayumu GoromaruFull-back
  16. 16Hiroki YuharaBench
  17. 17Hisateru HirashimaBench
  18. 18Hitoshi OnoBench
  19. 19Michael LeitchBench
  20. 20Koji WadaBench
  21. 21Bryce RobinsBench
  22. 22Alisi TupuailaiBench

Samoa

  1. 1Logovii MulipolaProp
  2. 2Andrew WilliamsHooker
  3. 3Anthony PereniseProp
  4. 4Simaika MikaeleSecond row
  5. 5Maselino PaulinoSecond row
  6. 6Ofisa TreviranusFlanker
  7. 7Afa AionoFlanker
  8. 8Richard MuagututiaNumber 8
  9. 9Kahn Fotuali'iScrum-half
  10. 10Josh KeilFly-half
  11. 11Sinoti SinotiWing
  12. 12Jamie HelleurCentre
  13. 13Josh TatupuCentre
  14. 14Mikaele PesaminoWing
  15. 15Lolo LuiFull-back
  16. 16Viliamu AfatiaBench
  17. 17Simon LemaluBench
  18. 18Levi AsiBench
  19. 19Faalemiga SeleseleBench
  20. 20Faatalatala FagasoaiaBench
  21. 21Iafeta LaauBench
  22. 22Rota SetuBench

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Context

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

Japan going in
Samoa 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.