TheBreakdown
Full time9 July 2011
Tonga
27–28
Japan
National Stadium, Suva, Fiji · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2011Head-to-head

Japan won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. 6’TJapan try · Ryu Koliniasi Holani0–5
  2. 7’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge0–7
  3. 8’PTonga penalty · Kurt Morath3–7
  4. 25’TTonga try · Viliami Ma'afu8–7
  5. 26’CTonga conversion · Kurt Morath10–7
  6. 30’TTonga try · Kurt Morath15–7
  7. 31’CTonga conversion · Kurt Morath17–7
  8. 35’TJapan try · Kosuke Endo17–12
  9. 36’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge17–14
  10. 48’TJapan try · Takashi Kikutani17–19
  11. 49’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge17–21
  12. 52’TJapan try · Koji Taira17–26
  13. 53’CJapan conversion · James Arlidge17–28
  14. 63’PTonga penalty · Kurt Morath20–28
  15. 74’TTonga try · Hudson Tonga'uiha25–28
  16. 75’CTonga conversion · Kurt Morath27–28

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1Sona TaumaloloProp
  2. 2Ephraim TaukafaHooker
  3. 3Sila PuafisiProp
  4. 4Paino HeheaSecond row
  5. 5Joseph TuineauSecond row
  6. 6Lisiate Fa'aosoFlanker
  7. 7Viliami Ma'afuFlanker
  8. 8Sione KalamafoniNumber 8
  9. 9Samisoni FisilauScrum-half
  10. 10Kurt MorathFly-half
  11. 11Viliame IongiWing
  12. 12Andrew MaileiCentre
  13. 13Alaska TaufaCentre
  14. 14Will HeluWing
  15. 15Vungakoto LiloFull-back
  16. 16Ilaisia Ma'asiBench
  17. 17Maleko LatuBench
  18. 18Tukulua LokotuiBench
  19. 19Sione VaiomoungaBench
  20. 20Soane HaveaBench
  21. 21Hudson Tonga'uihaBench
  22. 22Mateo MalupoBench

Japan

  1. 1Hisateru HirashimaProp
  2. 2Yusuke AokiHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Justin IvesSecond row
  5. 5Luke ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Takashi KikutaniFlanker
  7. 7Michael LeitchFlanker
  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. 15Shaun WebbFull-back
  16. 16Shota HorieBench
  17. 17Naoki KawamataBench
  18. 18Hitoshi OnoBench
  19. 19Itaru TaniguchiBench
  20. 20Atsushi HiwasaBench
  21. 21Go ArugaBench
  22. 22Takehisa UsuzukiBench

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Context

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

Tonga 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.