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Full time25 May 2013
Japan
17–27
Tonga
Nippatsu Mitsuzawa Stadium, Yokohama, Japan · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2013Head-to-head

Tonga won by 10 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’TTonga try · Fetu'u Vainikolo0–5
  2. 14’TTonga try · Fetu'u Vainikolo0–10
  3. 15’CTonga conversion · Fangatapu Apikotoa0–12
  4. 22’TJapan try · Takeshi Kizu5–12
  5. 25’PTonga penalty · Fangatapu Apikotoa5–15
  6. 38’TTonga try · Will Helu5–20
  7. 40’CTonga conversion · Fangatapu Apikotoa5–22
  8. 43’TJapan try · Male Sau10–22
  9. 46’TTonga try · Eddie Aholelei10–27
  10. 63’TJapan try · Hendrik Tui15–27
  11. 64’CJapan conversion · Ayumu Goromaru17–27

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Masataka MikamiProp
  2. 2Takeshi KizuHooker
  3. 3Hiroshi YamashitaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Shinya MakabeSecond row
  6. 6Hendrik TuiFlanker
  7. 7Michael BroadhurstFlanker
  8. 8Takashi KikutaniNumber 8
  9. 9Atsushi HiwasaScrum-half
  10. 10Kosei OnoFly-half
  11. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Harumichi TatekawaCentre
  13. 13Male SauCentre
  14. 14Yoshikazu FujitaWing
  15. 15Ayumu GoromaruFull-back
  16. 16Yusuke AokiBench
  17. 17Takuma AsaharaBench
  18. 18Kensuke HatakeyamaBench
  19. 19Shoji ItoBench
  20. 20Ryuta YasuiBench
  21. 21Keisuke UchidaBench
  22. 22Yu TamuraBench
  23. 23Kenki FukuokaBench

Tonga

  1. 1Eddie AholeleiProp
  2. 2Elvis TaioneHooker
  3. 3Taione VeaProp
  4. 4Joshua AfuSecond row
  5. 5Emosi KauhengaSecond row
  6. 6Hale T PoleFlanker
  7. 7Nili LatuFlanker
  8. 8Paula KahoNumber 8
  9. 9Thomas PaluScrum-half
  10. 10Fangatapu ApikotoaFly-half
  11. 11Will HeluWing
  12. 12Sione PiukalaCentre
  13. 13Siale PiutauCentre
  14. 14Fetu'u VainikoloWing
  15. 15David HalaifonuaFull-back
  16. 16Ilaisia Ma'asiBench
  17. 17Kama SakaliaBench
  18. 18Peni FakaleluBench
  19. 19Soni MasimaBench
  20. 20Viliami FihakiBench
  21. 21Taniela MoaBench
  22. 22Kurt MorathBench
  23. 23Viliame IongiBench

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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.