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Full time6 September 2019
Japan
7–41
South Africa
Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Saitama Prefecture, Kumagaya City, Japan · Men's Internationals 2019Head-to-head

South Africa won by 34 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’TSouth Africa try · Cheslin Kolbe0–5
  2. 9’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard0–7
  3. 22’TSouth Africa try · Makazole Mapimpi0–12
  4. 24’CSouth Africa conversion · Handre Pollard0–14
  5. 31’TSouth Africa try · Makazole Mapimpi0–19
  6. 39’PSouth Africa penalty · Handre Pollard0–22
  7. 53’TSouth Africa try · Makazole Mapimpi0–27
  8. 60’TJapan try · Kotaro Matsushima5–27
  9. 61’CJapan conversion · Yu Tamura7–27
  10. 73’TSouth Africa try · Cheslin Kolbe7–32
  11. 74’CSouth Africa conversion · Frans Steyn7–34
  12. 79’TSouth Africa try · Herschel Jantjies7–39
  13. 81’CSouth Africa conversion · Frans Steyn7–41

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Atsushi SakateHooker
  3. 3Jiwon GuProp
  4. 4Luke ThompsonSecond row
  5. 5Uwe HeluSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Pieter LabuschagneFlanker
  8. 8Amanaki MafiNumber 8
  9. 9Kaito ShigenoScrum-half
  10. 10Yu TamuraFly-half
  11. 11Kenki FukuokaWing
  12. 12Ryoto NakamuraCentre
  13. 13Timothy LafaeleCentre
  14. 14Kotaro MatsushimaWing
  15. 15William TupouFull-back
  16. 16Takuya KitadeBench
  17. 17Isileli NakajimaBench
  18. 18Asaeli Ai ValuBench
  19. 19James MooreBench
  20. 20Yoshitaka TokunagaBench
  21. 21Yutaka NagareBench
  22. 22Rikiya MatsudaBench
  23. 23Ataata MoeakiolaBench

South Africa

  1. 1Steven KitshoffProp
  2. 2Malcolm MarxHooker
  3. 3Frans MalherbeProp
  4. 4Eben EtzebethSecond row
  5. 5Franco MostertSecond 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. 16Mbongeni MbonambiBench
  17. 17Tendai MtawariraBench
  18. 18Trevor NyakaneBench
  19. 19RG SnymanBench
  20. 20Francois LouwBench
  21. 21Herschel JantjiesBench
  22. 22Frans SteynBench
  23. 23Jesse KrielBench

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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.