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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stadium de Toulouse, Toulouse · 28 September 2023Head-to-head
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Japan won by 6 points.Half-time 17–8 · Tries 3–3 · JPN 1 yellow card · SAM 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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2′25′28′56′75′13323849657821%Own 2237%Own half57%Opp half49%Opp 22
← 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
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
13′JapanTry, Pieter Labuschagne, converted5–0
32′JapanTry, Michael Leitch, converted15–3
38′SamoaTry, Seilala Lam, conversion missed17–8
49′JapanTry, Kazuki Himeno, conversion missed22–8
65′SamoaTry, Duncan Paia'aua, converted25–13
78′SamoaTry, Christian Leali'ifano, converted28–20
2′SamoaPenalty goal missed
25′SamoaPenalty goal scored
28′JapanPenalty goal scored
56′JapanPenalty goal scored
75′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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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 JPN card · 2 SAM cards
13′Pieter Labuschagne32′Michael Leitch38′Seilala Lam49′Kazuki Himeno65′Duncan Paia'aua78′Christian Leali'ifano
JPN

Team stats

SAM
43%Possession57%
48%Territory52%
87Carries145
426Metres gained441
6Clean breaks2
21Defenders beaten31
112Passes140
4Offloads17
181Tackles made83
31Tackles missed21
58/61Rucks won110/112
14/16Lineouts won9/11
9/12Scrums won5/5
2/3Mauls won3/3
3Turnovers won6
10Penalties conceded12
24Kicks from hand17
569Kick metres591
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 2/3, penalties 3/3 · SAM conversions 2/3, penalties 1/2. 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. 4Jack CornelsenSecond row
  5. 5Amato FakatavaSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Pieter LabuschagneFlanker
  8. 8Kazuki HimenoNumber 8
  9. 9Naoto SaitoScrum-half
  10. 10Rikiya MatsudaFly-half
  11. 11Jone NaikabulaWing
  12. 12Ryoto NakamuraCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Kotaro MatsushimaWing
  15. 15Lomano LemekiFull-back
  16. 16Atsushi SakateBench
  17. 17Craig MillarBench
  18. 18Asaeli Ai ValuBench
  19. 19Warner DearnsBench
  20. 20Kanji ShimokawaBench
  21. 21Kenta FukudaBench
  22. 22Seungsin LeeBench
  23. 23Tomoki OsadaBench

Samoa

  1. 1James LayProp
  2. 2Seilala LamHooker
  3. 3Paul Alo-EmileProp
  4. 4Steven LuatuaSecond row
  5. 5Theo McFarlandSecond row
  6. 6Taleni SeuFlanker
  7. 7Fritz LeeFlanker
  8. 8Sa Jordan TaufuaNumber 8
  9. 9Jonathan TaumateineScrum-half
  10. 10Christian Leali'ifanoFly-half
  11. 11Ben LamWing
  12. 12Alai D'Angelo LeuilaCentre
  13. 13Tumua ManuCentre
  14. 14Ed FidowWing
  15. 15Duncan Paia'auaFull-back
  16. 16Sama MaloloBench
  17. 17Jordan LayBench
  18. 18Michael AlaalatoaBench
  19. 19Brian Alainu'u'eseBench
  20. 20Alamanda MotugaBench
  21. 21Melani MatavaoBench
  22. 22Neria FomaiBench
  23. 23Danny ToalaBench

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.