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Nations Championship 2026 · Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo · 4 July 2026Head-to-head
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Japan won by 17 points.Half-time 17–10 · Tries 3–1

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51117473592Attacks1130Ball won79191185113976372118142601028%Own 2229%Own half65%Opp half81%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
JPN15517
ITA17013
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
JPN3/32/20
ITA1/11/10
← Italy attack · Japan 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.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
5′ItalyTry, Juan Ignacio Brex, converted0–5
11′JapanTry, Warner Dearns, converted5–7
17′JapanTry, Takuro Matsunaga, converted12–7
47′JapanTry, Ben Gunter, converted22–10
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′
5′Juan Ignacio Brex11′Warner Dearns17′Takuro Matsunaga47′Ben Gunter
JPN

Team stats

ITA
51%Possession49%
52%Territory48%
127Carries115
282Metres gained308
3Clean breaks3
13Defenders beaten17
153Passes162
4Offloads5
155Tackles made170
17Tackles missed13
108/109Rucks won90/90
10/10Lineouts won18/20
8/11Scrums won4/4
3/3Mauls won7/7
4Turnovers won1
9Penalties conceded6
35Kicks from hand26
961Kick metres695
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 3/3, penalties 2/2 · ITA conversions 1/1, penalties 1/1. 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Takato OkabeProp
  2. 2Mamoru HaradaHooker
  3. 3Shuhei TakeuchiProp
  4. 4Harry HockingsSecond row
  5. 5Warner DearnsSecond row
  6. 6Ben GunterFlanker
  7. 7Kanji ShimokawaFlanker
  8. 8Jack CornelsenNumber 8
  9. 9Naoto SaitoScrum-half
  10. 10Ryunosuke ItoFly-half
  11. 11Kippei IshidaWing
  12. 12Yuya HiroseCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Kazuma UedaWing
  15. 15Takuro MatsunagaFull-back
  16. 16Hayate EraBench
  17. 17Sojiro OtsukaBench
  18. 18Keijiro TamefusaBench
  19. 19Michael StolbergBench
  20. 20Michael LeitchBench
  21. 21Tiennan CostleyBench
  22. 22Itsuki KamimuraBench
  23. 23Sam GreeneBench

Italy

  1. 1Danilo FischettiProp
  2. 2Tommaso Di BartolomeoHooker
  3. 3Marco RiccioniProp
  4. 4Niccolo CannoneSecond row
  5. 5Andrea ZamboninSecond row
  6. 6Alessandro OrtombinaFlanker
  7. 7Michele LamaroFlanker
  8. 8Lorenzo CannoneNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen VarneyScrum-half
  10. 10Paolo GarbisiFly-half
  11. 11Montanna IoaneWing
  12. 12Tommaso MenoncelloCentre
  13. 13Juan Ignacio BrexCentre
  14. 14Malik FaissalWing
  15. 15Lorenzo PaniFull-back
  16. 16Gianmarco LucchesiBench
  17. 17Mirco SpagnoloBench
  18. 18Muhamed HasaBench
  19. 19Riccardo FavrettoBench
  20. 20Ross VintcentBench
  21. 21Alessandro FuscoBench
  22. 22Leonardo MarinBench
  23. 23Tommaso AllanBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 3–8 Italy in 11 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Italy 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.