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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein · 4 June 1995Head-to-head
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New Zealand won by 128 points.Half-time 3–84 · Tries 2–21

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Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
JPN5167
NZL5913
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
JPN2/21/10
NZL20/210/00
← New Zealand 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
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • 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
3′New ZealandTry, Eric Rush, converted0–5
7′New ZealandTry, Richard Loe, converted0–12
10′New ZealandTry, Marc Ellis, converted0–19
13′New ZealandTry, Marc Ellis, converted0–26
16′New ZealandTry, Robin Brooke, converted0–33
21′New ZealandTry, Glen Osborne, converted0–40
24′New ZealandTry, Alama Ieremia, converted0–47
29′New ZealandTry, Simon Culhane, converted0–54
31′New ZealandTry, Jeff Wilson, converted0–61
34′New ZealandTry, Marc Ellis, converted0–68
38′New ZealandTry, Jeff Wilson, converted3–75
40′New ZealandTry, Eric Rush, converted3–82
42′New ZealandTry, Glen Osborne, conversion missed3–89
45′New ZealandTry, Marc Ellis, converted3–94
49′JapanTry, Hiroyuki Kajihara, converted8–96
51′New ZealandTry, Craig Dowd, converted10–101
58′New ZealandTry, Robin Brooke, converted10–108
66′JapanTry, Hiroyuki Kajihara, converted15–110
67′New ZealandTry, Marc Ellis, converted15–115
71′New ZealandTry, Marc Ellis, converted17–122
73′New ZealandTry, Eric Rush, converted17–129
77′New ZealandTry, Jeff Wilson17–136
78′New ZealandTry, Paul Henderson, converted17–141
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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03875113150HT0′20′40′60′80′
3′Eric Rush7′Richard Loe10′Marc Ellis13′Marc Ellis16′Robin Brooke21′Glen Osborne24′Alama Ieremia29′Simon Culhane31′Jeff Wilson34′Marc Ellis38′Jeff Wilson40′Eric Rush42′Glen Osborne45′Marc Ellis49′Hiroyuki Kajihara51′Craig Dowd58′Robin Brooke66′Hiroyuki Kajihara67′Marc Ellis71′Marc Ellis73′Eric Rush77′Jeff Wilson78′Paul Henderson
JPN

Team stats

NZL
9%Possession91%
71Carries120
351Metres gained1,280
6Clean breaks57
13Defenders beaten67
93Passes159
10Offloads20
51Tackles made59
67Tackles missed13
31/39Rucks won33/34
14/18Lineouts won4/5
10/10Scrums won4/4
2/3Mauls won10/11
1Penalties conceded16
23Kicks from hand41
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 2/2, penalties 1/1 · NZL conversions 20/21, penalties 0/0. 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. 1Osamu OtaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Kazuaki TakahashiProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Bruce FergusonSecond row
  6. 6Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
  7. 7Ko Izawa-NakamuraFlanker
  8. 8Sinali LatuNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Yoshihito YoshidaWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Akira YoshidaCentre
  14. 14Lopeti OtoWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Masami HorikoshiBench
  17. 17Katsuhiro MatsuoBench
  18. 18Kiyoshi ImaizumiBench
  19. 19Eiji HirotsuBench
  20. 20Kazu HamabeBench
  21. 21Takashi AkatsukaBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Craig DowdProp
  2. 2Norm HewittHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Robin BrookeSecond row
  5. 5Blair LarsenSecond row
  6. 6Kevin SchulerFlanker
  7. 7Paul HendersonFlanker
  8. 8Zinzan BrookeNumber 8
  9. 9Ant StrachanScrum-half
  10. 10Simon CulhaneFly-half
  11. 11Eric RushWing
  12. 12Alama IeremiaCentre
  13. 13Marc EllisCentre
  14. 14Jeff WilsonWing
  15. 15Glen OsborneFull-back
  16. 16Walter LittleBench
  17. 17Andrew MehrtensBench
  18. 18Graeme BachopBench
  19. 19Jamie JosephBench
  20. 20Olo BrownBench
  21. 21Sean FitzpatrickBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 0–8 New Zealand in 8 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
New Zealand 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.