TheBreakdown
Full time3 June 2000
Japan
25–26
Tonga
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Pacific Rim Championship 2000Head-to-head

Tonga won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Toru Kurihara2–0
  2. –CJapan conversion · Toru Kurihara4–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Toru Kurihara7–0
  4. –PJapan penalty · Toru Kurihara10–0
  5. –TJapan try · Toru Kurihara15–0
  6. –TJapan try · Terunori Masuho20–0
  7. –TJapan try · Mamoru Ito25–0
  8. –CTonga conversion · Taunaholo Taufahema25–2
  9. –CTonga conversion · Taunaholo Taufahema25–4
  10. –CTonga conversion · Taunaholo Taufahema25–6
  11. –TTonga try · Aisea Havili25–11
  12. –TTonga try · Sioeli Nau25–16
  13. –TTonga try · Kisione Ahota'e'iloa25–21
  14. –TTonga try · Benhur Kivalu25–26

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Toshikazu NakamichiProp
  2. 2Shin HasegawaHooker
  3. 3Kohei OguchiProp
  4. 4Naoya OkuboSecond row
  5. 5Hiroyuki TanumaSecond row
  6. 6Horoshi SugarwaraFlanker
  7. 7Kazuya KoizumiFlanker
  8. 8Masahiro KurokawaNumber 8
  9. 9Mamoru ItoScrum-half
  10. 10Shotaro OnishiFly-half
  11. 11Terunori MasuhoWing
  12. 12Hideki NambaCentre
  13. 13Akira YoshidaCentre
  14. 14Michinori OdaWing
  15. 15Toru KuriharaFull-back
  16. 16Yasuhiko IwamaBench
  17. 17Masahiko ToyoyamaBench
  18. 18Takeshi NozawaBench
  19. 19Takuo KawasakiBench
  20. 20Yuji SonodaBench
  21. 21Keiji HiroseBench
  22. 22Koji FukuokaBench

Tonga

  1. 1Ta'u Fainga'anukuProp
  2. 2Latiume MakaHooker
  3. 3Tevita TaumoepeauProp
  4. 4Isileli FataniSecond row
  5. 5Benhur KivaluSecond row
  6. 6Feleti FakaongoFlanker
  7. 7Kisione Ahota'e'iloaFlanker
  8. 8Katilimoni Tu'ipulotuNumber 8
  9. 9Sioeli NauScrum-half
  10. 10'Elisi VunipolaFly-half
  11. 11Solomone MatangiWing
  12. 12Dave TiuetiCentre
  13. 13Epafasi Ta'ufo'ouCentre
  14. 14Aisea HaviliWing
  15. 15Taunaholo TaufahemaFull-back
  16. 16Viliami Ma'asiBench
  17. 17Hotili 'AsiBench
  18. 18Fakataha MolitikaBench
  19. 19Ofa TopeniBench
  20. 20Movete 'Ota'otaBench
  21. 21Epeli TaioneBench
  22. 22Timote ManakoBench

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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.