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Men's Rugby World Cup 1991 · Ravenhill, Belfast · 14 October 1991Head-to-head
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Japan won by 44 points.Half-time 16–4 · Tries 9–2

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Tacklesmademissed
JPN3521
ZIM4735
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
JPN5/52/20
ZIM0/20/00
← Zimbabwe 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
23′JapanTry, Masami Horikoshi7–0
25′ZimbabweTry, Richard Tsimba, conversion missed7–4
31′JapanTry, Yoshihito Yoshida, converted11–4
53′JapanTry, Terunori Masuho, converted20–4
58′ZimbabweTry, Honeywell Nguruve, conversion missed22–8
59′JapanTry, Yoshihito Yoshida, converted26–8
65′JapanTry, Terunori Masuho32–8
71′JapanTry, Eiji Kutsuki, converted36–8
73′JapanTry, Ekeroma Luaiufi42–8
79′JapanTry, Eiji Kutsuki46–8
81′JapanTry, Katsuhiro Matsuo, converted50–8
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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23′Masami Horikoshi25′Richard Tsimba31′Yoshihito Yoshida53′Terunori Masuho58′Honeywell Nguruve59′Yoshihito Yoshida65′Terunori Masuho71′Eiji Kutsuki73′Ekeroma Luaiufi79′Eiji Kutsuki81′Katsuhiro Matsuo
JPN

Team stats

ZIM
82%Possession18%
112Carries64
843Metres gained349
32Clean breaks13
35Defenders beaten21
156Passes47
11Offloads8
35Tackles made47
21Tackles missed35
33/36Rucks won21/21
9/12Lineouts won18/22
16/16Scrums won8/8
4/4Mauls won2/4
14Penalties conceded4
49Kicks from hand26
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 5/5, penalties 2/2 · ZIM conversions 0/2, 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

Japan

  1. 1Osamu OtaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  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. 16Tsuyoshi FujitaBench
  17. 17Kazuaki TakahashiBench
  18. 18Katsufumi MiyamotoBench
  19. 19Wataru MurataBench
  20. 20Yukio MotokiBench
  21. 21Tatsuya MadeaBench

Zimbabwe

  1. 1Alex NichollsProp
  2. 2Brian BeattieHooker
  3. 3Adrian GarveyProp
  4. 4Michael MartinSecond row
  5. 5Chris BothaSecond row
  6. 6Honeywell NguruveFlanker
  7. 7Brendon DawsonFlanker
  8. 8Brenton CatterallNumber 8
  9. 9Ewan MacMillanScrum-half
  10. 10Craig BrownFly-half
  11. 11David WaltersWing
  12. 12Mark LetcherCentre
  13. 13Richard TsimbaCentre
  14. 14William SchultzWing
  15. 15Brian CurrinFull-back
  16. 16Gary SnyderBench
  17. 17Ian NobleBench
  18. 18Elimon ChimbimaBench
  19. 19Andrew FerreiraBench
  20. 20Darren MuirheadBench
  21. 21Chris RobertsBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 1–0 Zimbabwe in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Zimbabwe going in

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