TheBreakdown
Full time15 September 1998
Japan
44–29
Argentina
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, JapanHead-to-head

Japan won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Wataru Murata2–0
  2. –CJapan conversion · Wataru Murata4–0
  3. –CJapan conversion · Wataru Murata6–0
  4. –PJapan penalty · Wataru Murata9–0
  5. –PJapan penalty · Wataru Murata12–0
  6. –PJapan penalty · Wataru Murata15–0
  7. –PJapan penalty · Wataru Murata18–0
  8. –TJapan try · Daisuke Ohata23–0
  9. –TJapan try · Andrew McCormick28–0
  10. –TJapan try · Yasunori Watanabe33–0
  11. –TJapan try · Yasunori Watanabe38–0
  12. –DJapan drop goal · Kensuke Iwabuchi41–0
  13. –DJapan drop goal · Kensuke Iwabuchi44–0
  14. –CArgentina conversion · Patricio Fuselli44–2
  15. –CArgentina conversion · Leandro Lobrauco44–4
  16. –CArgentina conversion · Leandro Lobrauco44–6
  17. –TArgentina try · Ignacio Corleto44–11
  18. –TArgentina try · Rolando Martin44–16
  19. –TArgentina try · Mario Ledesma44–21
  20. –TArgentina try · Martin Pfister44–26
  21. –DArgentina drop goal · Patricio Fuselli44–29

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Toshikazu NakamichiProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Naoto NakamuraProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Hiroyuki TamuraSecond row
  6. 6Yasunori WatanabeFlanker
  7. 7Greg SmithFlanker
  8. 8Takeomi ItoNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Kensuke IwabuchiFly-half
  11. 11Terunori MasuhoWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Daisuke OhataWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Keisuke SawakiBench
  17. 17Osami YatsuhashiBench
  18. 18Katsuji OharaBench
  19. 19Takayuki SugataBench
  20. 20Ko Izawa-NakamuraBench
  21. 21Kohei OguchiBench
  22. 22Shin HasegawaBench

Argentina

  1. 1Gabriel BoccaProp
  2. 2Mario LedesmaHooker
  3. 3Rodrigo RonceroProp
  4. 4Carlos Ignacio Fernandez LobbeSecond row
  5. 5Alejandro AllubSecond row
  6. 6Rolando MartinFlanker
  7. 7Miguel RuizFlanker
  8. 8Rafael SilvaNumber 8
  9. 9Manuel DiazScrum-half
  10. 10Patricio FuselliFly-half
  11. 11Ignacio CorletoWing
  12. 12Francisco GarciaCentre
  13. 13Eduardo SimoneCentre
  14. 14Daniel VillenWing
  15. 15Bernardo StortoniFull-back
  16. Leandro LobraucoBench
  17. Carlos PromanzioBench
  18. Martin PfisterBench
  19. Arturo MimesiBench
  20. Damian RodriguezBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 1–6 Argentina in 7 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Argentina 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.