TheBreakdown
Full time8 May 1999
Japan
44–17
Tonga
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Pacific Rim Championship 1999Head-to-head

Japan won by 27 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose2–0
  2. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose5–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose8–0
  4. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose11–0
  5. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose14–0
  6. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose17–0
  7. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose20–0
  8. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose23–0
  9. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose26–0
  10. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose29–0
  11. –TJapan try · Daisuke Ohata34–0
  12. –TJapan try · Patiliai Tuidraki39–0
  13. –TJapan try · Keiji Hirose44–0
  14. –CTonga conversion · Sengili Tu'ihalamaka44–2
  15. –TTonga try44–7
  16. –TTonga try · 'Isi Tapueluelu44–12
  17. –TTonga try · 'Elisi Vunipola44–17

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Shin HasegawaProp
  2. 2Masaaki SakataHooker
  3. 3Naoto NakamuraProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Naoya OkuboSecond row
  6. 6Yasunori WatanabeFlanker
  7. 7Greg SmithFlanker
  8. 8Jamie JosephNumber 8
  9. 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Patiliai TuidrakiWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Daisuke OhataWing
  15. 15Goshi TachikawaFull-back
  16. 16Takafumi HiraoBench
  17. 17Kensuke IwabuchiBench
  18. 18Wataru MurataBench
  19. 19Takeomi ItoBench
  20. 20Hiroyuki TanumaBench
  21. 21Kenji KasaiBench
  22. 22Toshikazu NakamichiBench

Tonga

  1. 1Puku FaletauProp
  2. 2Maikolo KaiheaHooker
  3. 3Tevita TaumoepeauProp
  4. 4Isileli FataniSecond row
  5. 5Falamani MafiSecond row
  6. 6Matt Te PouFlanker
  7. 7Jonny KoloiFlanker
  8. 8Katilimoni Tu'ipulotuNumber 8
  9. 9Sililo MartensScrum-half
  10. 10'Elisi VunipolaFly-half
  11. 11'Isi TapuelueluWing
  12. 12Semi TaupeaafeCentre
  13. 13Etuate ManuCentre
  14. 14Fepikou TatafuWing
  15. 15Sengili Tu'ihalamakaFull-back
  16. 16Aleki LutuiBench
  17. 17Latiume MakaBench
  18. 18Feleti MahoniBench
  19. 19David EdwardsBench
  20. 20Brian WoolleyBench
  21. 21Keni FisilauBench
  22. 22Holani PohivaBench

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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.