TheBreakdown
Full time3 August 2015
Tonga
31–20
Japan
Swanguard Stadium, Burnaby, Canada · World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup 2015Head-to-head

Tonga won by 11 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru0–3
  2. 11’PTonga penalty · Kurt Morath3–3
  3. 17’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru3–6
  4. 31’TTonga try · Halani 'Aulika8–6
  5. 32’CTonga conversion · Kurt Morath10–6
  6. 33’TJapan try · Hendrik Tui10–11
  7. 35’PTonga penalty · Kurt Morath13–11
  8. 41’PTonga penalty · Kurt Morath16–11
  9. 43’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru16–14
  10. 49’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru16–17
  11. 55’TTonga try · Fetu'u Vainikolo21–17
  12. 61’PTonga penalty · Kurt Morath24–17
  13. 65’PJapan penalty · Ayumu Goromaru24–20
  14. 80’TTonga try · Sonatane Takulua29–20
  15. 81’CTonga conversion · Kurt Morath31–20

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1Tevita MailauProp
  2. 2Elvis TaioneHooker
  3. 3Halani 'AulikaProp
  4. 4Tukulua LokotuiSecond row
  5. 5Uili Kolo'ofa'iSecond row
  6. 6Jack RamFlanker
  7. 7Nili LatuFlanker
  8. 8Hale T PoleNumber 8
  9. 9Sonatane TakuluaScrum-half
  10. 10Kurt MorathFly-half
  11. 11Fetu'u VainikoloWing
  12. 12Viliami TahituaCentre
  13. 13Sione PiukalaCentre
  14. 14Otulea KatoaWing
  15. 15Vungakoto LiloFull-back
  16. 16Kalafi PongiBench
  17. 17Soane Tonga'uihaBench
  18. 18Sila PuafisiBench
  19. 19Sefo SakaliaBench
  20. 20Viliami FihakiBench
  21. 21Wayne NgaluafeBench
  22. 22Martin NaufahuBench
  23. 23Latiume FositaBench

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Hiroshi YamashitaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Shoji ItoSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Michael BroadhurstFlanker
  8. 8Ryu Koliniasi HolaniNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10Kosei OnoFly-half
  11. 11Yoshikazu FujitaWing
  12. 12Harumichi TatekawaCentre
  13. 13Kotaro MatsushimaCentre
  14. 14Karne HeskethWing
  15. 15Ayumu GoromaruFull-back
  16. 16Hisateru HirashimaBench
  17. 17Hiroki YuharaBench
  18. 18Kensuke HatakeyamaBench
  19. 19Hayden HopgoodBench
  20. 20Hendrik TuiBench
  21. 21Atsushi HiwasaBench
  22. 22Craig WingBench
  23. 23Tim BennettsBench

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Context

All-time, Tonga 9–11 Japan in 20 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Tonga 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.