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Men's Rugby World Cup 2023 · Stade de la Beaujoire, Nantes · 8 October 2023Head-to-head
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Argentina won by 12 points.Half-time 14–15 · Tries 3–5 · JPN 1 yellow card

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24′35′52′75′21628384658656823%Own 2237%Own half55%Opp half84%Opp 22
← Argentina 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
2′ArgentinaTry, Santiago Chocobares, converted0–5
16′JapanTry, Amato Fakatava, converted5–7
28′ArgentinaTry, Mateo Carreras, conversion missed7–12
38′JapanTry, Naoto Saito, converted12–15
46′ArgentinaTry, Mateo Carreras, converted14–20
58′ArgentinaTry, Emiliano Boffelli, converted20–27
65′JapanTry, Jone Naikabula, converted25–29
68′ArgentinaTry, Mateo Carreras, converted27–34
24′ArgentinaPenalty goal missed
35′ArgentinaPenalty goal scored
52′JapanPenalty goal scored
56′JapanDrop goal scored
75′ArgentinaPenalty 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 JPN card
2′Santiago Chocobares16′Amato Fakatava28′Mateo Carreras38′Naoto Saito46′Mateo Carreras58′Emiliano Boffelli65′Jone Naikabula68′Mateo Carreras
JPN

Team stats

ARG
48%Possession52%
51%Territory49%
107Carries113
449Metres gained519
6Clean breaks10
29Defenders beaten26
156Passes143
7Offloads3
159Tackles made120
26Tackles missed29
72/75Rucks won95/96
8/9Lineouts won5/6
10/10Scrums won5/8
2/2Mauls won4/4
3Turnovers won4
6Penalties conceded7
19Kicks from hand22
496Kick metres548
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 3/3, penalties 1/1 · ARG conversions 4/5, penalties 2/3. 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. 11Siosaia FifitaWing
  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. 20Amanaki SaumakiBench
  21. 21Kenta FukudaBench
  22. 22Ryohei YamanakaBench
  23. 23Jone NaikabulaBench

Argentina

  1. 1Thomas GalloProp
  2. 2Julian MontoyaHooker
  3. 3Francisco Gomez KodelaProp
  4. 4Guido Petti PagadizabalSecond row
  5. 5Tomas LavaniniSecond row
  6. 6Pablo MateraFlanker
  7. 7Marcos KremerFlanker
  8. 8Juan Martin GonzalezNumber 8
  9. 9Gonzalo BertranouScrum-half
  10. 10Santiago CarrerasFly-half
  11. 11Mateo CarrerasWing
  12. 12Santiago ChocobaresCentre
  13. 13Lucio CintiCentre
  14. 14Emiliano BoffelliWing
  15. 15Juan Cruz MalliaFull-back
  16. 16Agustín CreevyBench
  17. 17Joel SclaviBench
  18. 18Eduardo BelloBench
  19. 19Matias AlemannoBench
  20. 20Pedro RubioloBench
  21. 21Lautaro Bazan VelezBench
  22. 22Nicolas SanchezBench
  23. 23Matias MoroniBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 1–6 Argentina in 7 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Argentina 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.