TheBreakdown
Full time6 November 2021
Ireland
60–5
Japan
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland · Autumn Nations Series 2021Head-to-head

Ireland won by 55 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’TIreland try · James Lowe5–0
  2. 6’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton7–0
  3. 11’TIreland try · Andrew Conway12–0
  4. 13’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton14–0
  5. 20’TIreland try · Andrew Conway19–0
  6. 24’PIreland penalty · Johnny Sexton22–0
  7. 34’TIreland try · Jamison Gibson-Park27–0
  8. 36’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton29–0
  9. 49’TIreland try · Johnny Sexton34–0
  10. 51’CIreland conversion · Johnny Sexton36–0
  11. 56’TIreland try · Bundee Aki41–0
  12. 57’TJapan try · Siosaia Fifita41–5
  13. 70’TIreland try · Garry Ringrose46–5
  14. 71’CIreland conversion · Joey Carbery48–5
  15. 75’TIreland try · Andrew Conway53–5
  16. 82’TIreland try · Cian Healy58–5
  17. 82’CIreland conversion · Joey Carbery60–5

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Andrew PorterProp
  2. 2Ronan KelleherHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4Tadhg BeirneSecond row
  5. 5James RyanSecond row
  6. 6Caelan DorisFlanker
  7. 7Josh van der FlierFlanker
  8. 8Jack ConanNumber 8
  9. 9Jamison Gibson-ParkScrum-half
  10. 10Johnny SextonFly-half
  11. 11James LoweWing
  12. 12Bundee AkiCentre
  13. 13Garry RingroseCentre
  14. 14Andrew ConwayWing
  15. 15Hugo KeenanFull-back
  16. 16Dan SheehanBench
  17. 17Cian HealyBench
  18. 18Finlay BealhamBench
  19. 19Iain HendersonBench
  20. 20Peter O'MahonyBench
  21. 21Conor MurrayBench
  22. 22Joey CarberyBench
  23. 23Keith EarlsBench

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Atsushi SakateHooker
  3. 3Jiwon GuProp
  4. 4Jack CornelsenSecond row
  5. 5James MooreSecond row
  6. 6Ben GunterFlanker
  7. 7Pieter LabuschagneFlanker
  8. 8Kazuki HimenoNumber 8
  9. 9Yutaka NagareScrum-half
  10. 10Yu TamuraFly-half
  11. 11Siosaia FifitaWing
  12. 12Ryoto NakamuraCentre
  13. 13Timothy LafaeleCentre
  14. 14Dylan RileyWing
  15. 15Kotaro MatsushimaFull-back
  16. 16Yusuke NiwaiBench
  17. 17Craig MillarBench
  18. 18Asaeli Ai ValuBench
  19. 19Yoshitaka TokunagaBench
  20. 20Tevita TatafuBench
  21. 21Naoto SaitoBench
  22. 22Rikiya MatsudaBench
  23. 23Ryohei YamanakaBench

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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.