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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Kingsholm, Gloucester · 23 September 2015Head-to-head
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Scotland won by 35 points.Half-time 12–7 · Tries 5–1 · JPN 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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3′12′18′20′25′25′30′46′53′15485664697439206Attacks871Ball won5516716451186333191031134216%Own 2225%Own half65%Opp half90%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
SCO19712
JPN11116
← Japan attack · Scotland attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
15′JapanTry, Amanaki Mafi, converted6–5
48′ScotlandTry, John Hardie, conversion missed17–10
56′ScotlandTry, Mark Bennett, converted22–10
64′ScotlandTry, Tommy Seymour, converted29–10
69′ScotlandTry, Mark Bennett, converted36–10
74′ScotlandTry, Finn Russell, converted43–10
3′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
12′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
18′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
20′ScotlandPenalty goal scored
25′ScotlandPenalty goal missed
25′ScotlandPenalty goal missed
30′JapanPenalty goal missed
46′JapanPenalty goal scored
53′JapanPenalty goal missed
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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15′Amanaki Mafi48′John Hardie56′Mark Bennett64′Tommy Seymour69′Mark Bennett74′Finn Russell
SCO

Team stats

JPN
40%Possession60%
36%Territory64%
100Carries144
347Metres gained352
6Clean breaks3
16Defenders beaten12
118Passes169
8Offloads6
197Tackles made111
12Tackles missed16
68/69Rucks won123/125
7/8Lineouts won10/10
8/9Scrums won2/2
4/4Mauls won3/5
6Turnovers won1
9Penalties conceded11
30Kicks from hand10
326Kick metres201
Goal kicking
SCO conversions 4/5, penalties 4/6 · JPN conversions 1/1, penalties 1/3. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Alasdair DickinsonProp
  2. 2Ross FordHooker
  3. 3WP NelProp
  4. 4Grant GilchristSecond row
  5. 5Jonny GraySecond row
  6. 6Ryan WilsonFlanker
  7. 7John HardieFlanker
  8. 8David DentonNumber 8
  9. 9Greig LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Finn RussellFly-half
  11. 11Sean LamontWing
  12. 12Matt ScottCentre
  13. 13Mark BennettCentre
  14. 14Tommy SeymourWing
  15. 15Stuart HoggFull-back
  16. 16Fraser BrownBench
  17. 17Ryan GrantBench
  18. 18Jon WelshBench
  19. 19Richie GrayBench
  20. 20Josh StraussBench
  21. 21Henry PyrgosBench
  22. 22Pete HorneBench
  23. 23Sean MaitlandBench

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Hiroshi YamashitaProp
  4. 4Luke ThompsonSecond row
  5. 5Justin IvesSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Michael BroadhurstFlanker
  8. 8Amanaki MafiNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10Harumichi TatekawaFly-half
  11. 11Kenki FukuokaWing
  12. 12Yu TamuraCentre
  13. 13Male SauCentre
  14. 14Kotaro MatsushimaWing
  15. 15Ayumu GoromaruFull-back
  16. 16Takeshi KizuBench
  17. 17Masataka MikamiBench
  18. 18Kensuke HatakeyamaBench
  19. 19Shinya MakabeBench
  20. 20Shoji ItoBench
  21. 21Hendrik TuiBench
  22. 22Atsushi HiwasaBench
  23. 23Karne HeskethBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Scotland 11–2 Japan in 13 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland 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.