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Men's Rugby World Cup 2019 · City of Toyota Stadium, Aichi Prefecture, Toyota City · 5 October 2019Head-to-head
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Japan won by 19 points.Half-time 16–9 · Tries 4–1 · SAM 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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3′8′10′16′24′33′34′45′48′51′28547376854368Attacks721Ball won11710128291281153532572521939%Own 2254%Own half53%Opp half70%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
JPN12714
SAM11322
← Samoa 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
28′JapanTry, Timothy Lafaele, converted14–6
54′JapanTry, Kazuki Himeno, converted24–12
73′SamoaTry, Henry Taefu, converted26–17
76′JapanTry, Kenki Fukuoka, conversion missed31–19
85′JapanTry, Kotaro Matsushima, converted36–19
3′JapanPenalty goal scored
8′JapanPenalty goal scored
10′SamoaPenalty goal scored
16′SamoaPenalty goal scored
24′JapanPenalty goal scored
33′SamoaPenalty goal missed
34′SamoaPenalty goal scored
45′SamoaPenalty goal scored
48′JapanPenalty goal missed
51′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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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 SAM card
28′Timothy Lafaele54′Kazuki Himeno73′Henry Taefu76′Kenki Fukuoka85′Kotaro Matsushima
JPN

Team stats

SAM
50%Possession50%
51%Territory49%
100Carries105
433Metres gained333
8Clean breaks6
22Defenders beaten14
135Passes103
3Offloads5
127Tackles made113
14Tackles missed22
65/70Rucks won72/79
14/14Lineouts won7/7
4/4Scrums won5/6
2/4Mauls won4/4
9Turnovers won9
10Penalties conceded10
27Kicks from hand22
777Kick metres682
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 3/4, penalties 4/5 · SAM conversions 1/1, penalties 4/5. 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. 2Atsushi SakateHooker
  3. 3Jiwon GuProp
  4. 4Wimpie van der WaltSecond row
  5. 5James MooreSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Pieter LabuschagneFlanker
  8. 8Kazuki HimenoNumber 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. 16Shota HorieBench
  17. 17Isileli NakajimaBench
  18. 18Asaeli Ai ValuBench
  19. 19Uwe HeluBench
  20. 20Hendrik TuiBench
  21. 21Fumiaki TanakaBench
  22. 22Rikiya MatsudaBench
  23. 23Kenki FukuokaBench

Samoa

  1. 1Jordan LayProp
  2. 2Seilala LamHooker
  3. 3Michael AlaalatoaProp
  4. 4Piula Fa'asaleleSecond row
  5. 5Kane Le'aupepeSecond row
  6. 6Chris VuiFlanker
  7. 7TJ IoaneFlanker
  8. 8Jack LamNumber 8
  9. 9Dwayne PolataivaoScrum-half
  10. 10Ulupano Junior SeuteniFly-half
  11. 11Ed FidowWing
  12. 12Henry TaefuCentre
  13. 13Alapati LeiuaCentre
  14. 14Ah See TualaWing
  15. 15Tim Nanai-WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Ray NiuiaBench
  17. 17Paul Alo-EmileBench
  18. 18James LayBench
  19. 19Senio ToleafoaBench
  20. 20Josh TyrellBench
  21. 21Pele CowleyBench
  22. 22Lemalu Tusiata PisiBench
  23. 23Kieron FonotiaBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Japan 7–12 Samoa in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Samoa 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.