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Full time29 July 2023
Japan
21–16
Tonga
Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Prefecture, Higashiosaka City, Japan · Men's Internationals 2023Head-to-head

Japan won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. 20’TJapan try · Jone Naikabula5–0
  2. 23’TTonga try · Sonatane Takulua5–5
  3. 32’PJapan penalty · Seungsin Lee8–5
  4. 40’TJapan try · Amato Fakatava13–5
  5. 42’PTonga penalty · William Havili13–8
  6. 47’PTonga penalty · William Havili13–11
  7. 53’TJapan try · Semisi Masirewa18–11
  8. 57’TTonga try · Sam Moli18–16
  9. 67’PJapan penalty · Rikiya Matsuda21–16

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Atsushi SakateHooker
  3. 3Asaeli Ai ValuProp
  4. 4Amato FakatavaSecond row
  5. 5Uwe HeluSecond row
  6. 6Jack CornelsenFlanker
  7. 7Ben GunterFlanker
  8. 8Kazuki HimenoNumber 8
  9. 9Naoto SaitoScrum-half
  10. 10Seungsin LeeFly-half
  11. 11Semisi MasirewaWing
  12. 12Tomoki OsadaCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Jone NaikabulaWing
  15. 15Ryohei YamanakaFull-back
  16. 16Shota HorieBench
  17. 17Craig MillarBench
  18. 18Jiwon GuBench
  19. 19James MooreBench
  20. 20Tevita TatafuBench
  21. 21Yutaka NagareBench
  22. 22Rikiya MatsudaBench
  23. 23Kotaro MatsushimaBench

Tonga

  1. 1Siegfried FisiihoiProp
  2. 2Sam MoliHooker
  3. 3Ben TameifunaProp
  4. 4Halaleva FifitaSecond row
  5. 5Sitiveni MafiSecond row
  6. 6Vaea FifitaFlanker
  7. 7Sione TalituiFlanker
  8. 8Lopeti TimaniNumber 8
  9. 9Sonatane TakuluaScrum-half
  10. 10William HaviliFly-half
  11. 11Kyren TaumoefolauWing
  12. 12Pita AhkiCentre
  13. 13Afusipa TaumoepeauCentre
  14. 14Solomone KataWing
  15. 15Salesi PiutauFull-back
  16. 16Paula NgauamoBench
  17. 17Feao FotuaikaBench
  18. 18David LoloheaBench
  19. 19Tanginoa HalaifonuaBench
  20. 20Solomone FunakiBench
  21. 21Manusiu PaeaBench
  22. 22Otumaka MausiaBench
  23. 23George MoalaBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 11–9 Tonga in 20 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Tonga 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.