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Full time30 May 2014
Japan
33–14
Samoa
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Tour 2014Head-to-head

Japan won by 19 points.

Scoring

  1. 7’TSamoa try · Fautua Otto0–5
  2. 8’CSamoa conversion · Patrick Faapale0–7
  3. 12’TJapan try · Yoshikazu Fujita5–7
  4. 13’CJapan conversion · Ayumu Goromaru7–7
  5. 16’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru10–7
  6. 26’TJapan try · Yoshikazu Fujita15–7
  7. 27’CJapan conversion · Ayumu Goromaru17–7
  8. 42’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru20–7
  9. 43’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru23–7
  10. 43’TSamoa try · Brando Vaaulu23–12
  11. 44’CSamoa conversion · Patrick Faapale23–14
  12. 68’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru26–14
  13. 71’TJapan try · Kotaro Matsushima31–14
  14. 72’CJapan conversion · Ayumu Goromaru33–14

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Masataka MikamiProp
  2. 2Takeshi KizuHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Shinya MakabeSecond row
  6. 6Hendrik TuiFlanker
  7. 7Michael LeitchFlanker
  8. 8Ryu Koliniasi HolaniNumber 8
  9. 9Atsushi HiwasaScrum-half
  10. 10Harumichi TatekawaFly-half
  11. 11Akihito YamadaWing
  12. 12Yu TamuraCentre
  13. 13Kotaro MatsushimaCentre
  14. 14Yoshikazu FujitaWing
  15. 15Ayumu GoromaruFull-back
  16. 16Hisateru HirashimaBench
  17. 17Hiroki YuharaBench
  18. 18Hiroshi YamashitaBench
  19. 19Shoji ItoBench
  20. 20Luke ThompsonBench
  21. 21Justin IvesBench
  22. 22Keisuke UchidaBench
  23. 23Ryoto NakamuraBench

Samoa

  1. 1Aniseto SioProp
  2. 2Andrew WilliamsHooker
  3. 3Jake GreyProp
  4. 4Faatiga LemaluSecond row
  5. 5Maselino PaulinoSecond row
  6. 6Faalemiga SeleseleFlanker
  7. 7Oneone FaafouFlanker
  8. 8Misioka TimoteoNumber 8
  9. 9Vavao AfemaiScrum-half
  10. 10Patrick FaapaleFly-half
  11. 11Rupeni LevasaWing
  12. 12Anitele'a TuilagiCentre
  13. 13Brando VaauluCentre
  14. 14Fautua OttoWing
  15. 15Tulolo TuloloFull-back
  16. 16Ropeti LafoBench
  17. 17Manu LeiatauaBench
  18. 18Sam AionoBench
  19. 19Levi AsiBench
  20. 20Lio LoloBench
  21. 21Vaiofaga SimanuBench
  22. 22Meki MageleBench
  23. 23Kaino ThomsenBench

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Context

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

Japan going in
Samoa going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.