TheBreakdown
Full time26 May 2002
Japan
29–41
Tonga
Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Saitama Prefecture, Kumagaya City, JapanHead-to-head

Tonga won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Toru Kurihara2–0
  2. –CJapan conversion · Toru Kurihara4–0
  3. –TJapan try · Hideki Namba9–0
  4. –TJapan try · Yukio Motoki14–0
  5. –TJapan try · Toru Kurihara19–0
  6. –TJapan try · Kensuke Iwabuchi24–0
  7. –TJapan try · Kensuke Iwabuchi29–0
  8. –CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola29–2
  9. –CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola29–4
  10. –CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola29–6
  11. –CTonga conversion · Pierre Hola29–8
  12. –PTonga penalty · Pierre Hola29–11
  13. –TTonga try · Simana Mafile'o29–16
  14. –TTonga try · Andrew Mailei29–21
  15. –TTonga try · Semi Hala29–26
  16. –TTonga try · Tevita Taumoepeau29–31
  17. –TTonga try · Latiume Maka29–36
  18. –TTonga try · Benhur Kivalu29–41

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Shin HasegawaProp
  2. 2Masaaki SakataHooker
  3. 3Tsuyoshi KinashitaProp
  4. 4Kazuya KoizumiSecond row
  5. 5Luatangi Samurai VatuveiSecond row
  6. 6Naoya OkuboFlanker
  7. 7Deen AngleseyFlanker
  8. 8Takeomi ItoNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Kensuke IwabuchiFly-half
  11. 11Toru KuriharaWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Hideki NambaCentre
  14. 14Ryohei MikiWing
  15. 15Takashi YoshidaFull-back
  16. 16Masahito YamamotoBench
  17. 17Ryo YamamuraBench
  18. 18Adam ParkerBench
  19. 19Eiji YamamotoBench
  20. 20Shinichi TsukdaBench
  21. 21Soshi FuchigamiBench
  22. 22Hideyuki YoshidaBench

Tonga

  1. 1John PaleProp
  2. 2Viliami Ma'asiHooker
  3. 3Tevita TaumoepeauProp
  4. 4Inoke AfeakiSecond row
  5. 5Feleti FakaongoSecond row
  6. 6Viliami VakiFlanker
  7. 7Ipolito FenukitauFlanker
  8. 8Nisifolo NaufahuNumber 8
  9. 9Tony AlatiniScrum-half
  10. 10Pierre HolaFly-half
  11. 11Semi HalaWing
  12. 12Andrew MaileiCentre
  13. 13Gus LegerCentre
  14. 14Simana Mafile'oWing
  15. 15Mounga KafatoluFull-back
  16. 16Ma'afu PaleBench
  17. 17Latiume MakaBench
  18. 18Va'a TolokeBench
  19. 19Benhur KivaluBench
  20. 20Nick HauBench
  21. 21Vikilani AfeakiBench
  22. 22Fepikou TatafuBench

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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.