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Men's Rugby World Cup 2015 · Stadiummk, Milton Keynes · 3 October 2015Head-to-head
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Japan won by 21 points.Half-time 0–13 · Tries 1–2 · SAM 3 yellow cards

Pitch map

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8′12′34′48′59′70′24416442147Attacks653Ball won11522935671621085027371912422%Own 2233%Own half60%Opp half66%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
SAM16025
JPN11531
← Japan attack · Samoa 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
24′JapanTry, converted0–8
41′JapanTry, Akihito Yamada, converted0–18
64′SamoaTry, Paul Perez, conversion missed5–26
8′JapanPenalty goal scored
12′JapanPenalty goal missed
34′JapanPenalty goal scored
48′JapanPenalty goal scored
59′JapanPenalty goal scored
70′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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′3 SAM cards
24′JPN41′Akihito Yamada64′Paul Perez
SAM

Team stats

JPN
41%Possession59%
36%Territory64%
120Carries141
502Metres gained343
6Clean breaks6
31Defenders beaten25
147Passes182
13Offloads3
160Tackles made115
25Tackles missed31
79/83Rucks won119/123
5/5Lineouts won12/13
4/5Scrums won11/11
2/2Mauls won5/5
7Turnovers won9
19Penalties conceded4
16Kicks from hand31
301Kick metres414
Goal kicking
SAM conversions 0/1, penalties 0/0 · JPN conversions 2/2, penalties 4/6. 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

Samoa

  1. 1Sakaria TaulafoProp
  2. 2Wayne Ole AveiHooker
  3. 3Census JohnstonProp
  4. 4Filo PauloSecond row
  5. 5Kane ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Ofisa TreviranusFlanker
  7. 7TJ IoaneFlanker
  8. 8Faifili LevaveNumber 8
  9. 9Kahn Fotuali'iScrum-half
  10. 10Lemalu Tusiata PisiFly-half
  11. 11Tuilagi Alesana TuilagiWing
  12. 12Johnny LeotaCentre
  13. 13Paul PerezCentre
  14. 14Ken PisiWing
  15. 15Tim Nanai-WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Motu Matu'uBench
  17. 17Viliamu AfatiaBench
  18. 18Anthony PereniseBench
  19. 19Jack LamBench
  20. 20Sanele Vavae TuilagiBench
  21. 21Vavao AfemaiBench
  22. 22Mike StanleyBench
  23. 23Rey Lee-LoBench

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Luke ThompsonSecond row
  5. 5Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Michael BroadhurstFlanker
  8. 8Ryu Koliniasi HolaniNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10Kosei OnoFly-half
  11. 11Kotaro MatsushimaWing
  12. 12Harumichi TatekawaCentre
  13. 13Male SauCentre
  14. 14Akihito YamadaWing
  15. 15Ayumu GoromaruFull-back
  16. 16Takeshi KizuBench
  17. 17Masataka MikamiBench
  18. 18Hiroshi YamashitaBench
  19. 19Justin IvesBench
  20. 20Amanaki MafiBench
  21. 21Hendrik TuiBench
  22. 22Atsushi HiwasaBench
  23. 23Karne HeskethBench

Match officials

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Context

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

Samoa 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.