TheBreakdown
Full time22 July 2023
Japan
22–24
Samoa
Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan · Men's Internationals 2023Head-to-head

Samoa won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’TJapan try · Amato Fakatava5–0
  2. 7’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee7–0
  3. 19’PJapan penalty · Seungsin Lee10–0
  4. 25’PSamoa penalty · Christian Leali'ifano10–3
  5. 37’TSamoa try · Alamanda Motuga10–8
  6. 38’CSamoa conversion · Christian Leali'ifano10–10
  7. 42’PJapan penalty · Seungsin Lee13–10
  8. 47’PJapan penalty · Seungsin Lee16–10
  9. 48’TSamoa try · Jonathan Taumateine16–15
  10. 50’CSamoa conversion · Christian Leali'ifano16–17
  11. 57’PJapan penalty · Seungsin Lee19–17
  12. 61’PJapan penalty · Seungsin Lee22–17
  13. 63’TSamoa try · Tumua Manu22–22
  14. 64’CSamoa conversion · Christian Leali'ifano22–24

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Atsushi SakateHooker
  3. 3Jiwon GuProp
  4. 4James MooreSecond row
  5. 5Amato FakatavaSecond row
  6. 6Jack CornelsenFlanker
  7. 7Kazuki HimenoFlanker
  8. 8Michael LeitchNumber 8
  9. 9Yutaka NagareScrum-half
  10. 10Seungsin LeeFly-half
  11. 11Jone NaikabulaWing
  12. 12Shogo NakanoCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Kotaro MatsushimaWing
  15. 15Ryohei YamanakaFull-back
  16. 16Shota HorieBench
  17. 17Craig MillarBench
  18. 18Shinnosuke KakinagaBench
  19. 19Uwe HeluBench
  20. 20Shota FukuiBench
  21. 21Naoto SaitoBench
  22. 22Rikiya MatsudaBench
  23. 23Tomoki OsadaBench

Samoa

  1. 1Jordan LayProp
  2. 2Luteru TolaiHooker
  3. 3Paul Alo-EmileProp
  4. 4Brian Alainu'u'eseSecond row
  5. 5Michael CurrySecond row
  6. 6Taleni SeuFlanker
  7. 7Alamanda MotugaFlanker
  8. 8Sootala Fa'aso'oNumber 8
  9. 9Jonathan TaumateineScrum-half
  10. 10Christian Leali'ifanoFly-half
  11. 11Tumua ManuWing
  12. 12Duncan Paia'auaCentre
  13. 13Ulupano Junior SeuteniCentre
  14. 14Neria FomaiWing
  15. 15Danny ToalaFull-back
  16. 16Ray NiuiaBench
  17. 17Tietie TuimaugaBench
  18. 18Charlie FaumuinaBench
  19. 19Genesis Mamea-LemaluBench
  20. 20Miracle FaiilagiBench
  21. 21Ereatara EnariBench
  22. 22Martini TalapusiBench
  23. 23Ed FidowBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 7–12 Samoa in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Samoa 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.