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Men's Rugby World Cup 2019 · Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo · 20 October 2019Head-to-head
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South Africa won by 23 points.Half-time 3–5 · Tries 0–3 · RSA 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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20′44′49′58′64′466705547Attacks1313Ball won1921634650161873926391410354%Own 2254%Own half65%Opp half74%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
JPN10315
RSA14820
← South Africa 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
4′South AfricaTry, Makazole Mapimpi, conversion missed0–5
66′South AfricaTry, Faf de Klerk, converted3–19
70′South AfricaTry, Makazole Mapimpi, conversion missed3–26
20′JapanPenalty goal scored
44′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
49′South AfricaPenalty goal scored
58′South AfricaPenalty goal missed
64′South AfricaPenalty 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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 RSA card
4′Makazole Mapimpi66′Faf de Klerk70′Makazole Mapimpi
JPN

Team stats

RSA
54%Possession46%
50%Territory50%
129Carries90
274Metres gained295
7Clean breaks10
20Defenders beaten15
204Passes104
12Offloads2
103Tackles made148
15Tackles missed20
87/93Rucks won68/68
8/13Lineouts won10/10
8/9Scrums won6/7
0/1Mauls won10/10
3Turnovers won10
8Penalties conceded8
20Kicks from hand30
408Kick metres625
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 0/0, penalties 1/1 · RSA conversions 1/3, penalties 3/4. 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. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Pieter LabuschagneFlanker
  8. 8Kazuki HimenoNumber 8
  9. 9Yutaka NagareScrum-half
  10. 10Yu TamuraFly-half
  11. 11Kenki FukuokaWing
  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. 20Amanaki MafiBench
  21. 21Fumiaki TanakaBench
  22. 22Rikiya MatsudaBench
  23. 23Lomano LemekiBench

South Africa

  1. 1Tendai MtawariraProp
  2. 2Mbongeni MbonambiHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Lodewyk De JagerSecond row
  6. 6Siya KolisiFlanker
  7. 7Pieter-Steph Du ToitFlanker
  8. 8Duane VermeulenNumber 8
  9. 9Faf de KlerkScrum-half
  10. 10Handre PollardFly-half
  11. 11Makazole MapimpiWing
  12. 12Damian de AllendeCentre
  13. 13Lukhanyo AmCentre
  14. 14Cheslin KolbeWing
  15. 15Willie Le RouxFull-back
  16. 16Malcolm MarxBench
  17. 17Steven KitshoffBench
  18. 18Vincent KochBench
  19. 19RG SnymanBench
  20. 20Franco MostertBench
  21. 21Francois LouwBench
  22. 22Herschel JantjiesBench
  23. 23Frans SteynBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Japan 1–3 South Africa in 4 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
South Africa 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.