TheBreakdown
Full time10 June 2012
Japan
20–24
Tonga
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2012Head-to-head

Tonga won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. 9’PTonga penalty · Kurt Morath0–3
  2. 14’TJapan try · Hendrik Tui5–3
  3. 15’CJapan conversion · Ayumu Goromaru7–3
  4. 16’TTonga try · Alaska Taufa7–8
  5. 17’CTonga conversion · Kurt Morath7–10
  6. 20’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru10–10
  7. 25’TTonga try · Taniela Moa10–15
  8. 26’CTonga conversion · Kurt Morath10–17
  9. 44’TJapan try · Ayumu Goromaru15–17
  10. 45’CJapan conversion · Ayumu Goromaru17–17
  11. 62’TTonga try · Paula Kaho17–22
  12. 64’CTonga conversion · Kurt Morath17–24
  13. 70’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru20–24

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Yusuke NagaeProp
  2. 2Takeshi KizuHooker
  3. 3Hiroshi YamashitaProp
  4. 4Shinya MakabeSecond row
  5. 5Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  6. 6Yuta MochizukiFlanker
  7. 7Takamichi SasakiFlanker
  8. 8Hendrik TuiNumber 8
  9. 9Atsushi HiwasaScrum-half
  10. 10Kosei OnoFly-half
  11. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Harumichi TatekawaCentre
  13. 13Ryan NicholasCentre
  14. 14Toshiaki HiroseWing
  15. 15Ayumu GoromaruFull-back
  16. 16Ryuhei AritaBench
  17. 17Kensuke HatakeyamaBench
  18. 18Shoji ItoBench
  19. 19Takashi KikutaniBench
  20. 20Jun FujiiBench
  21. 21Tomohiro SenbaBench
  22. 22Yasunori NagatomoBench

Tonga

  1. 1Tevita MailauProp
  2. 2Ilaisia Ma'asiHooker
  3. 3Kisi PuluProp
  4. 4Joshua AfuSecond row
  5. 5Joseph TuineauSecond row
  6. 6Sitiveni MafiFlanker
  7. 7Sione VaiomoungaFlanker
  8. 8Viliami Ma'afuNumber 8
  9. 9Taniela MoaScrum-half
  10. 10Kurt MorathFly-half
  11. 11Alaska TaufaWing
  12. 12Sefa VakaCentre
  13. 13Alipate FatafehiCentre
  14. 14Siale PiutauWing
  15. 15Viliame IongiFull-back
  16. 16Viliami PolaBench
  17. 17Sila PuafisiBench
  18. 18Paula KahoBench
  19. 19Pepa KoloamatangiBench
  20. 20Thomas PaluBench
  21. 21Mafileo KefuBench
  22. 22Edmond PaeaBench

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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.