TheBreakdown
Full time23 October 2021
Japan
23–32
Australia
Showa Denco Dome, Oita Prefecture, Japan · Men's Internationals 2021Head-to-head

Australia won by 9 points.

Scoring

  1. 8’TAustralia try · Tom Wright0–5
  2. 10’CAustralia conversion · Quade Cooper0–7
  3. 17’PJapan penalty · Rikiya Matsuda3–7
  4. 23’TAustralia try · Jordan Petaia3–12
  5. 25’CAustralia conversion · Quade Cooper3–14
  6. 27’TJapan try · Lomano Lemeki8–14
  7. 28’CJapan conversion · Rikiya Matsuda10–14
  8. 34’PJapan penalty · Rikiya Matsuda13–14
  9. 42’PAustralia penalty · Quade Cooper13–17
  10. 44’TAustralia try · Taniela Tupou13–22
  11. 53’TAustralia try · Robert Leota13–27
  12. 57’TJapan try · Ryoto Nakamura18–27
  13. 58’CJapan conversion · Yu Tamura20–27
  14. 75’PJapan penalty · Yu Tamura23–27
  15. 80’TAustralia try · Connal McInerney23–32

Line-ups

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. 10Rikiya MatsudaFly-half
  11. 11Siosaia FifitaWing
  12. 12Ryoto NakamuraCentre
  13. 13Timothy LafaeleCentre
  14. 14Lomano LemekiWing
  15. 15Semisi MasirewaFull-back
  16. 16Yusuke NiwaiBench
  17. 17Craig MillarBench
  18. 18Asaeli Ai ValuBench
  19. 19Yoshitaka TokunagaBench
  20. 20Tevita TatafuBench
  21. 21Naoto SaitoBench
  22. 22Yu TamuraBench
  23. 23Dylan RileyBench

Australia

  1. 1James SlipperProp
  2. 2Folau Fainga'aHooker
  3. 3Taniela TupouProp
  4. 4Izack RoddaSecond row
  5. 5Matt PhilipSecond row
  6. 6Robert LeotaFlanker
  7. 7Michael HooperFlanker
  8. 8Rob ValetiniNumber 8
  9. 9Nic WhiteScrum-half
  10. 10Quade CooperFly-half
  11. 11Andrew KellawayWing
  12. 12Hunter PaisamiCentre
  13. 13Len IkitauCentre
  14. 14Tom WrightWing
  15. 15Reece HodgeFull-back
  16. 16Connal McInerneyBench
  17. 17Angus BellBench
  18. 18Allan AlaalatoaBench
  19. 19Darcy SwainBench
  20. 20Pete SamuBench
  21. 21Tate McDermottBench
  22. 22James O'ConnorBench
  23. 23Jordan PetaiaBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 0–9 Australia in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Australia 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.