TheBreakdown
Full time8 April 1990
Japan
28–16
Tonga
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Men's Rugby World Cup Qualifying 1991Head-to-head

Japan won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Takahiro Hosokawa2–0
  2. –PJapan penalty · Takahiro Hosokawa5–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Takahiro Hosokawa8–0
  4. –PJapan penalty · Takahiro Hosokawa11–0
  5. –PJapan penalty · Takahiro Hosokawa14–0
  6. –PJapan penalty · Takahiro Hosokawa17–0
  7. –PJapan penalty · Takahiro Hosokawa20–0
  8. –TJapan try24–0
  9. –TJapan try · Yoshihito Yoshida28–0
  10. –PTonga penalty · Kite Tuivailala28–3
  11. –PTonga penalty · Nafe Tufui28–6
  12. –PTonga penalty · Nafe Tufui28–9
  13. –PTonga penalty · Nafe Tufui28–12
  14. –TTonga try · Quddus Fielea28–16

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Osamu OtaProp
  2. 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
  3. 3Masanori TakuraProp
  4. 4Toshiyuki HayashiSecond row
  5. 5Atsushi OyagiSecond row
  6. 6Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
  7. 7Shuji NakashimaFlanker
  8. 8Sinali LatuNumber 8
  9. 9Masami HorikoshiScrum-half
  10. 10Katsuhiro MatsuoFly-half
  11. 11Yoshihito YoshidaWing
  12. 12Seiji HiraoCentre
  13. 13Eiji KutsukiCentre
  14. 14Tadashi GodaWing
  15. 15Takahiro HosokawaFull-back
  16. 16Masahiro KundaBench
  17. 17Kazuaki TakahashiBench
  18. 18Ekeroma LuaiufiBench
  19. 19Haruhiro WatanabeBench
  20. 20Kojiro YoshinagaBench
  21. 21Susumu FukuokaBench

Tonga

  1. 1Tevita LavakiProp
  2. 2Soane FinauHooker
  3. 3Inoke FinauProp
  4. 4Tevita Lolo'aheaSecond row
  5. 5Sione PalenapaSecond row
  6. 6Fetaiaki LangiFlanker
  7. 7Seni VeehalaFlanker
  8. 8Siaosi AtiolaNumber 8
  9. 9Nafe TufuiScrum-half
  10. 10Kite TuivailalaFly-half
  11. 11Quddus FieleaWing
  12. 12Amanaki Vaha'akoloCentre
  13. 13'Isi TapuelueluCentre
  14. 14Liueli FusimalohiWing
  15. 15Tali Ete'akiFull-back
  16. 16Samiu MafiBench
  17. 17'Elisi VunipolaBench
  18. 18Manu VunipolaBench
  19. 19Kinisiliti FotuBench
  20. 20Takau LutuaBench
  21. 21Fololisi MasilaBench

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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.