TheBreakdown
Full time3 July 2021
Ireland
39–31
Japan
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland · Men's Internationals 2021Head-to-head

Ireland won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’PJapan penalty · Yu Tamura0–3
  2. 9’TIreland try · Chris Farrell5–3
  3. 10’CIreland conversion · Joey Carbery7–3
  4. 12’TJapan try · Michael Leitch7–8
  5. 13’CJapan conversion · Yu Tamura7–10
  6. 28’TIreland try · Stuart McCloskey12–10
  7. 37’TJapan try · Timothy Lafaele12–15
  8. 38’CJapan conversion · Yu Tamura12–17
  9. 43’TIreland try · Finlay Bealham17–17
  10. 44’CIreland conversion · Joey Carbery19–17
  11. 44’TJapan try · Siosaia Fifita19–22
  12. 46’CJapan conversion · Yu Tamura19–24
  13. 50’TIreland try · Josh van der Flier24–24
  14. 51’CIreland conversion · Joey Carbery26–24
  15. 53’TIreland try · Jacob Stockdale31–24
  16. 54’CIreland conversion · Joey Carbery33–24
  17. 58’TJapan try · Naoto Saito33–29
  18. 59’CJapan conversion · Yu Tamura33–31
  19. 63’PIreland penalty · Joey Carbery36–31
  20. 70’PIreland penalty · Joey Carbery39–31

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Dave KilcoyneProp
  2. 2Ronan KelleherHooker
  3. 3Finlay BealhamProp
  4. 4Ultan DillaneSecond row
  5. 5James RyanSecond row
  6. 6Peter O'MahonyFlanker
  7. 7Josh van der FlierFlanker
  8. 8Caelan DorisNumber 8
  9. 9Jamison Gibson-ParkScrum-half
  10. 10Joey CarberyFly-half
  11. 11Jacob StockdaleWing
  12. 12Stuart McCloskeyCentre
  13. 13Chris FarrellCentre
  14. 14Jordan LarmourWing
  15. 15Hugo KeenanFull-back
  16. 16Rob HerringBench
  17. 17Ed ByrneBench
  18. 18John RyanBench
  19. 19Ryan BairdBench
  20. 20Gavin CoombesBench
  21. 21Craig CaseyBench
  22. 22Billy BurnsBench
  23. 23Shane DalyBench

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. 8Tevita TatafuNumber 8
  9. 9Naoto SaitoScrum-half
  10. 10Yu TamuraFly-half
  11. 11Siosaia FifitaWing
  12. 12Ryoto NakamuraCentre
  13. 13Timothy LafaeleCentre
  14. 14Semisi MasirewaWing
  15. 15Kotaro MatsushimaFull-back
  16. 16Kosuke HorikoshiBench
  17. 17Craig MillarBench
  18. 18Asaeli Ai ValuBench
  19. 19Jack CornelsenBench
  20. 20Amanaki MafiBench
  21. 21Kaito ShigenoBench
  22. 22Rikiya MatsudaBench
  23. 23Shane GatesBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 13–1 Japan in 14 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
Japan 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.