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Full time25 November 2017
France
23–23
Japan
U Arena, Nanterre, France · Tour 2017Head-to-head

A draw.

Scoring

  1. 6’PJapan penalty · Yu Tamura0–3
  2. 15’PFrance penalty · Francois Trinh-Duc3–3
  3. 24’TJapan try · Shota Horie3–8
  4. 31’PFrance penalty · Francois Trinh-Duc6–8
  5. 41’TFrance try · Rabah Slimani11–8
  6. 42’CFrance conversion · Francois Trinh-Duc13–8
  7. 43’TJapan try · Timothy Lafaele13–13
  8. 45’CJapan conversion · Yu Tamura13–15
  9. 50’TFrance try · Gabriel Lacroix18–15
  10. 52’CFrance conversion · Francois Trinh-Duc20–15
  11. 64’PJapan penalty · Yu Tamura20–18
  12. 69’PFrance penalty · Francois Trinh-Duc23–18
  13. 74’TJapan try · Asaeli Ai Valu23–23

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Guilhem GuiradoHooker
  3. 3Rabah SlimaniProp
  4. 4Romain TaofifenuaSecond row
  5. 5Sebastien VahaamahinaSecond row
  6. 6Judicael CancorietFlanker
  7. 7Sekou MacalouFlanker
  8. 8Louis PicamolesNumber 8
  9. 9Baptiste SerinScrum-half
  10. 10Francois Trinh-DucFly-half
  11. 11Gabriel LacroixWing
  12. 12Henry ChavancyCentre
  13. 13Damian PenaudCentre
  14. 14Teddy ThomasWing
  15. 15Scott SpeddingFull-back
  16. 16Camille ChatBench
  17. 17Sebastien TaofifenuaBench
  18. 18Daniel KotzeBench
  19. 19Paul JedrasiakBench
  20. 20Fabien SanconnieBench
  21. 21Antoine DupontBench
  22. 22Mathieu BastareaudBench
  23. 23Hugo BonnevalBench

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Jiwon GuProp
  4. 4Wimpie van der WaltSecond row
  5. 5Shinya MakabeSecond row
  6. 6Kazuki HimenoFlanker
  7. 7Michael LeitchFlanker
  8. 8Amanaki MafiNumber 8
  9. 9Yutaka NagareScrum-half
  10. 10Yu TamuraFly-half
  11. 11Kenki FukuokaWing
  12. 12Harumichi TatekawaCentre
  13. 13Timothy LafaeleCentre
  14. 14Lomano LemekiWing
  15. 15Kotaro MatsushimaFull-back
  16. 16Atsushi SakateBench
  17. 17Asaeli Ai ValuBench
  18. 18Shintaro IshiharaBench
  19. 19Yoshitaka TokunagaBench
  20. 20Fetuani LautaimiBench
  21. 21Fumiaki TanakaBench
  22. 22Pouli TeaupaBench
  23. 23Yoshikazu FujitaBench

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Context

All-time, France 14–0 Japan, 1 drawn in 15 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France 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.