TheBreakdown
Full time9 June 1996
Japan
18–45
Canada
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Pacific Rim Championship 1996Head-to-head

Canada won by 27 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose2–0
  2. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose5–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose8–0
  4. –TJapan try · Yukio Motoki13–0
  5. –TJapan try · Terunori Masuho18–0
  6. –CCanada conversion · Bobby Ross18–2
  7. –CCanada conversion · Bobby Ross18–4
  8. –CCanada conversion · Bobby Ross18–6
  9. –CCanada conversion · Bobby Ross18–8
  10. –PCanada penalty · Bobby Ross18–11
  11. –PCanada penalty · Bobby Ross18–14
  12. –PCanada penalty · Bobby Ross18–17
  13. –PCanada penalty · Bobby Ross18–20
  14. –TCanada try · John Graf18–25
  15. –TCanada try · John Graf18–30
  16. –TCanada try · Mark Cardinal18–35
  17. –TCanada try · Courtney Smith18–40
  18. –TCanada try · John Hutchinson18–45

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Kenichi KimuraProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Kazuaki TakahashiProp
  4. 4Yasunobu SatoSecond row
  5. 5David BickleSecond row
  6. 6Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
  7. 7Bruce FergusonFlanker
  8. 8Takeomi ItoNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Terunori MasuhoWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Akira YoshidaCentre
  14. 14Lopeti OtoWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Kiyoshi ImaizumiBench
  17. 17Osami YatsuhashiBench
  18. 18Yoji NagatomoBench
  19. 19Ko Izawa-NakamuraBench
  20. 20Kazu HamabeBench
  21. 21Masaaki SakataBench

Canada

  1. 1Eddie EvansProp
  2. 2Mark CardinalHooker
  3. 3Rod SnowProp
  4. 4Mike JamesSecond row
  5. 5Tony HealySecond row
  6. 6Ian GordonFlanker
  7. 7John HutchinsonFlanker
  8. 8Colin McKenzieNumber 8
  9. 9John GrafScrum-half
  10. 10Bobby RossFly-half
  11. 11Courtney SmithWing
  12. 12Steve GrayCentre
  13. 13Ron ToewsCentre
  14. 14Shawn LyttonWing
  15. 15Julian LovedayFull-back
  16. Chris MichalukBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 18–8 Canada, 2 drawn in 28 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Canada 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.