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Full time26 August 2023
Italy
42–21
Japan
Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso, Italy · Summer Nations Series 2023Head-to-head

Italy won by 21 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’TItaly try · Stephen Varney5–0
  2. 7’CItaly conversion · Tommaso Allan7–0
  3. 16’TJapan try · Jone Naikabula7–5
  4. 22’TItaly try · Montanna Ioane12–5
  5. 23’CItaly conversion · Tommaso Allan14–5
  6. 34’PJapan penalty · Seungsin Lee14–8
  7. 37’PItaly penalty · Tommaso Allan17–8
  8. 42’PJapan penalty · Seungsin Lee17–11
  9. 46’PItaly penalty · Tommaso Allan20–11
  10. 52’TJapan try · Kotaro Matsushima20–16
  11. 56’TItaly try · Montanna Ioane25–16
  12. 65’PItaly penalty · Tommaso Allan28–16
  13. 71’TJapan try · Dylan Riley28–21
  14. 78’TItaly try · Montanna Ioane33–21
  15. 79’CItaly conversion · Tommaso Allan35–21
  16. 80’TItaly try · Martin Page-Relo40–21
  17. 81’CItaly conversion · Tommaso Allan42–21

Line-ups

Italy

  1. 1Ivan NemerProp
  2. 2Giacomo NicoteraHooker
  3. 3Simone FerrariProp
  4. 4Niccolo CannoneSecond row
  5. 5Federico RuzzaSecond row
  6. 6Sebastian NegriFlanker
  7. 7Michele LamaroFlanker
  8. 8Lorenzo CannoneNumber 8
  9. 9Stephen VarneyScrum-half
  10. 10Paolo GarbisiFly-half
  11. 11Montanna IoaneWing
  12. 12Luca MorisiCentre
  13. 13Juan Ignacio BrexCentre
  14. 14Ange CapuozzoWing
  15. 15Tommaso AllanFull-back
  16. 16Luca BigiBench
  17. 17Danilo FischettiBench
  18. 18Pietro CeccarelliBench
  19. 19Dino LambBench
  20. 20Giovanni PettinelliBench
  21. 21Manuel ZulianiBench
  22. 22Martin Page-ReloBench
  23. 23Paolo OdogwuBench

Japan

  1. 1Craig MillarProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Jiwon GuProp
  4. 4Jack CornelsenSecond row
  5. 5Uwe HeluSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Shota FukuiFlanker
  8. 8Kazuki HimenoNumber 8
  9. 9Yutaka NagareScrum-half
  10. 10Seungsin LeeFly-half
  11. 11Jone NaikabulaWing
  12. 12Tomoki OsadaCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Semisi MasirewaWing
  15. 15Kotaro MatsushimaFull-back
  16. 16Atsushi SakateBench
  17. 17Keita InagakiBench
  18. 18Asaeli Ai ValuBench
  19. 19Amanaki SaumakiBench
  20. 20Ben GunterBench
  21. 21Naoto SaitoBench
  22. 22Rikiya MatsudaBench
  23. 23Ryoto NakamuraBench

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Context

All-time, Italy 8–3 Japan in 11 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Italy 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.