TheBreakdown
Full time3 May 1998
Japan
22–30
Canada
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Pacific Rim Championship 1998Head-to-head

Canada won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Stephen Miln2–0
  2. –CJapan conversion · Stephen Miln4–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Terunori Masuho7–0
  4. –TJapan try · Yukio Motoki12–0
  5. –TJapan try · Masahiro Kunda17–0
  6. –TJapan try · Greg Smith22–0
  7. –CCanada conversion · Bobby Ross22–2
  8. –CCanada conversion · Bobby Ross22–4
  9. –CCanada conversion · Bobby Ross22–6
  10. –PCanada penalty · Bobby Ross22–9
  11. –PCanada penalty · Bobby Ross22–12
  12. –PCanada penalty · Bobby Ross22–15
  13. –TCanada try · Kyle Nichols22–20
  14. –TCanada try · Kyle Nichols22–25
  15. –TCanada try · Bobby Ross22–30

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Shin HasegawaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Naoto NakamuraProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Rob GordonSecond row
  6. 6Yasunori WatanabeFlanker
  7. 7Greg SmithFlanker
  8. 8Ross ThompsonNumber 8
  9. 9Masami HorikoshiScrum-half
  10. 10Kensuke IwabuchiFly-half
  11. 11Patiliai TuidrakiWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Terunori MasuhoWing
  15. 15Stephen MilnFull-back
  16. 16Osami YatsuhashiBench
  17. 17Katsuji OharaBench
  18. 19Takeomi ItoBench
  19. 20Hiroyuki TanumaBench
  20. 21Kazu HamabeBench
  21. 22Masaaki SakataBench

Canada

  1. 1Eddie EvansProp
  2. 2Pat DunkleyHooker
  3. 3Harry ToewsProp
  4. 4Chris WhittakerSecond row
  5. 5Glen EnnisSecond row
  6. 6John HutchinsonFlanker
  7. 7Dan BaughFlanker
  8. 8Ian GordonNumber 8
  9. 9John GrafScrum-half
  10. 10Bobby RossFly-half
  11. 11Courtney SmithWing
  12. 12Kyle NicholsCentre
  13. 13Jason HallCentre
  14. 14Barry EblWing
  15. 15Joe PaganoFull-back
  16. Brian McCarthyBench

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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.