TheBreakdown
Full time11 November 2000
Ireland
78–9
Japan
Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland · Tour 2000Head-to-head

Ireland won by 69 points.

Scoring

  1. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara2–0
  2. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara4–0
  3. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara6–0
  4. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara8–0
  5. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara10–0
  6. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara12–0
  7. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara14–0
  8. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara16–0
  9. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara18–0
  10. –CIreland conversion · Ronan O'Gara20–0
  11. –PIreland penalty · Ronan O'Gara23–0
  12. –TIreland try · Geordan Murphy28–0
  13. –TIreland try · Denis Hickie33–0
  14. –TIreland try · Denis Hickie38–0
  15. –TIreland try · Denis Hickie43–0
  16. –TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll48–0
  17. –TIreland try · Brian O'Driscoll53–0
  18. –TIreland try · Tyrone Howe58–0
  19. –TIreland try · Tyrone Howe63–0
  20. –TIreland try · Peter Stringer68–0
  21. –TIreland try · Peter Clohessy73–0
  22. –TIreland try · Rob Henderson78–0
  23. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose78–3
  24. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose78–6
  25. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose78–9

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Peter ClohessyProp
  2. 2Keith WoodHooker
  3. 3John HayesProp
  4. 4Paddy JohnsSecond row
  5. 5Malcolm O'KellySecond row
  6. 6Andy WardFlanker
  7. 7Kieron DawsonFlanker
  8. 8Anthony FoleyNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10Ronan O'GaraFly-half
  11. 11Tyrone HoweWing
  12. 12Shane HorganCentre
  13. 13Brian O'DriscollCentre
  14. 14Denis HickieWing
  15. 15Geordan MurphyFull-back
  16. 16Frankie SheahanBench
  17. 17Justin FitzpatrickBench
  18. 18Gary LongwellBench
  19. 19Eric MillerBench
  20. 20Brian O'MearaBench
  21. 21David HumphreysBench
  22. 22Rob HendersonBench

Japan

  1. 1Toshikazu FumiharaProp
  2. 2Noboru YasudaHooker
  3. 3Naoto NakamuraProp
  4. 4Karl ToddSecond row
  5. 5Hiroyuki TanumaSecond row
  6. 6Horoshi SugarwaraFlanker
  7. 7Koichi KuboFlanker
  8. 8Takeomi ItoNumber 8
  9. 9Katsuji OharaScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Patiliai TuidrakiWing
  12. 12Hideki NambaCentre
  13. 13Reo KawaiCentre
  14. 14Michinori OdaWing
  15. 15Daisuke OhataFull-back
  16. 16Masao AminoBench
  17. 17Masahiko ToyoyamaBench
  18. 18Takashi AkatsukaBench
  19. 19Yasunori WatanabeBench
  20. 20Mamoru ItoBench
  21. 21Soshi FuchigamiBench
  22. 22Hideyuki YoshidaBench

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Context

All-time, Ireland 13–1 Japan in 14 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Ireland going in
Japan 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.