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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Lansdowne Road, Dublin · 9 October 1991Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 16 points.Half-time 19–6 · Tries 4–3

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Tacklesmademissed
IRE3922
JPN3514
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
IRE2/24/40
JPN2/20/00
← Japan attack · Ireland 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
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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
MinTeamWhatScore
14′IrelandTry, Patrick O'Hara7–0
29′IrelandTry, Noel Mannion, converted11–0
36′JapanTry, Toshiyuki Hayashi, converted13–4
41′IrelandTry, Jim Staples, converted17–6
62′JapanTry, Hiroyuki Kajihara28–10
67′IrelandTry, Noel Mannion32–10
80′JapanTry, Yoshihito Yoshida, converted32–14
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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′
14′Patrick O'Hara29′Noel Mannion36′Toshiyuki Hayashi41′Jim Staples62′Hiroyuki Kajihara67′Noel Mannion80′Yoshihito Yoshida
IRE

Team stats

JPN
57%Possession43%
46Carries70
179Metres gained461
6Clean breaks10
14Defenders beaten22
67Passes108
7Offloads14
39Tackles made35
22Tackles missed14
18/21Rucks won23/25
8/13Lineouts won15/27
18/18Scrums won10/12
8/8Mauls won0/0
12Penalties conceded9
60Kicks from hand30
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 2/2, penalties 4/4 · JPN conversions 2/2, 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

Ireland

  1. 1John FitzgeraldProp
  2. 2Terry KingstonHooker
  3. 3Gary HalpinProp
  4. 4Mick GalweySecond row
  5. 5Neil FrancisSecond row
  6. 6Patrick O'HaraFlanker
  7. 7Gordon HamiltonFlanker
  8. 8Noel MannionNumber 8
  9. 9Rob SaundersScrum-half
  10. 10Ralph KeyesFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12David CurtisCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Jack ClarkeWing
  15. 15Jim StaplesFull-back
  16. 16Vince CunninghamBench
  17. 17Kenny MurphyBench
  18. 18Fergus AherneBench
  19. 19Phil MatthewsBench
  20. 20Des FitzgeraldBench
  21. 21Steve SmithBench

Japan

  1. 1Osamu OtaProp
  2. 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
  3. 3Masanori TakuraProp
  4. 4Toshiyuki HayashiSecond row
  5. 5Atsushi OyagiSecond row
  6. 6Ekeroma LuaiufiFlanker
  7. 7Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
  8. 8Sinali LatuNumber 8
  9. 9Masami HorikoshiScrum-half
  10. 10Katsuhiro MatsuoFly-half
  11. 11Yoshihito YoshidaWing
  12. 12Seiji HiraoCentre
  13. 13Eiji KutsukiCentre
  14. 14Terunori MasuhoWing
  15. 15Takahiro HosokawaFull-back
  16. 16Masahiro KundaBench
  17. 17Katsufumi MiyamotoBench
  18. 18Kazuaki TakahashiBench
  19. 19Wataru MurataBench
  20. 20Yukio MotokiBench
  21. 21Tatsuya MadeaBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 13–1 Japan in 14 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland 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.