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Men's Rugby World Cup 2019 · Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa, Shizuoka Prefecture · 28 September 2019Head-to-head
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Japan won by 7 points.Half-time 9–12 · Tries 1–2

Pitch map

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6′18′34′40′55′72′14215940111Attacks839Ball won1142512670278557613652523726%Own 2231%Own half83%Opp half72%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
JPN17614
IRE17118
← Ireland 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
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
14′IrelandTry, Garry Ringrose, conversion missed0–5
21′IrelandTry, Rob Kearney, converted3–10
59′JapanTry, Kenki Fukuoka, converted14–12
6′JapanPenalty goal missed
18′JapanPenalty goal scored
34′JapanPenalty goal scored
40′JapanPenalty goal scored
55′JapanPenalty goal missed
72′JapanPenalty goal scored
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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05101520HT0′20′40′60′80′
14′Garry Ringrose21′Rob Kearney59′Kenki Fukuoka
JPN

Team stats

IRE
51%Possession49%
48%Territory52%
157Carries133
503Metres gained318
5Clean breaks10
18Defenders beaten14
201Passes166
4Offloads6
176Tackles made171
14Tackles missed18
115/116Rucks won107/109
7/8Lineouts won9/11
6/6Scrums won6/7
0/2Mauls won4/4
3Turnovers won7
6Penalties conceded9
19Kicks from hand19
585Kick metres586
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 1/1, penalties 4/6 · IRE conversions 1/2, 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.

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Jiwon GuProp
  4. 4Luke ThompsonSecond row
  5. 5James MooreSecond row
  6. 6Kazuki HimenoFlanker
  7. 7Pieter LabuschagneFlanker
  8. 8Amanaki MafiNumber 8
  9. 9Yutaka NagareScrum-half
  10. 10Yu TamuraFly-half
  11. 11Lomano LemekiWing
  12. 12Ryoto NakamuraCentre
  13. 13Timothy LafaeleCentre
  14. 14Kotaro MatsushimaWing
  15. 15Ryohei YamanakaFull-back
  16. 16Atsushi SakateBench
  17. 17Isileli NakajimaBench
  18. 18Asaeli Ai ValuBench
  19. 19Wimpie van der WaltBench
  20. 20Michael LeitchBench
  21. 21Fumiaki TanakaBench
  22. 22Rikiya MatsudaBench
  23. 23Kenki FukuokaBench

Ireland

  1. 1Cian HealyProp
  2. 2Rory BestHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4Iain HendersonSecond row
  5. 5James RyanSecond row
  6. 6Peter O'MahonyFlanker
  7. 7Josh van der FlierFlanker
  8. 8CJ StanderNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Jack CartyFly-half
  11. 11Jacob StockdaleWing
  12. 12Chris FarrellCentre
  13. 13Garry RingroseCentre
  14. 14Keith EarlsWing
  15. 15Rob KearneyFull-back
  16. 16Sean CroninBench
  17. 17Dave KilcoyneBench
  18. 18Andrew PorterBench
  19. 19Tadhg BeirneBench
  20. 20Rhys RuddockBench
  21. 21Luke McGrathBench
  22. 22Joey CarberyBench
  23. 23Jordan LarmourBench

Match officials

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Context

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

Japan going in
Ireland 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.