Scotland 47–9 Japan, 5 October 1991

Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Murrayfield, Edinburgh · 5 October 1991Head-to-head

Full-time report

SCOScotland47

JPNJapan9

Scotland won by 38 points.Half-time 17–9 · Tries 7–1

Pitch map

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Tacklesmademissed

SCO286

JPN5231

Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops

SCO5/53/30

JPN1/10/01

← 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

Territory is not in the feed for this match.
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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

Min	Team	What	Score
13′	Scotland	Try, Scott Hastings	4–0
31′	Scotland	Try, Tony Stanger	11–3
36′	Scotland	Try, Craig Chalmers, converted	15–3
40′	Japan	Try, Takahiro Hosokawa, converted	17–7
44′	Scotland	Try, converted	21–9
65′	Scotland	Try, Derek White, converted	33–9
68′	Scotland	Try, Iwan Tukalo, converted	39–9
70′	Scotland	Try, Gavin Hastings, converted	45–9

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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13′Scott Hastings31′Tony Stanger36′Craig Chalmers40′Takahiro Hosokawa44′SCO65′Derek White68′Iwan Tukalo70′Gavin Hastings

SCO

Team stats

JPN

88%Possession12%

99Carries57

547Metres gained248

19Clean breaks8

31Defenders beaten6

125Passes80

16Offloads5

28Tackles made52

6Tackles missed31

37/41Rucks won16/26

16/19Lineouts won19/26

18/19Scrums won14/16

12/12Mauls won1/1

9Penalties conceded11

55Kicks from hand41

Goal kicking
SCO conversions 5/5, penalties 3/3 · JPN conversions 1/1, 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

Scotland

1David SoleProp
2John AllanHooker
3Paul BurnellProp
4Chris GraySecond row
5Doddie WeirSecond row
6John JeffreyFlanker
7Finlay CalderFlanker
8Derek WhiteNumber 8
9Gary ArmstrongScrum-half
10Craig ChalmersFly-half
11Iwan TukaloWing
12Sean LineenCentre
13Scott HastingsCentre
14Tony StangerWing
15Gavin HastingsFull-back
16Doug WyllieBench
17David MilneBench
18Peter DodsBench
19Greig OliverBench
20Graham MarshallBench
21Kenny MilneBench

Japan

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

Previous meeting: 28 May 1989, Scotland 24–28 Japan
Next meeting on record: 12 October 2003

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.