TheBreakdown
Full time14 June 1997
Canada
42–18
Japan
Thunderbird Stadium, Vancouver, Canada · Pacific Rim Championship 1997Head-to-head

Canada won by 24 points.

Scoring

  1. –CCanada conversion · Gareth Rees2–0
  2. –CCanada conversion · Gareth Rees4–0
  3. –CCanada conversion · Gareth Rees6–0
  4. –PCanada penalty · Gareth Rees9–0
  5. –PCanada penalty · Gareth Rees12–0
  6. –TCanada try · Mike James17–0
  7. –TCanada try · Scott Stewart22–0
  8. –TCanada try · Scott Bryan27–0
  9. –TCanada try · Dave Lougheed32–0
  10. –TCanada try · Gareth Rees37–0
  11. –TCanada try · Gareth Rees42–0
  12. –PJapan penalty · Kensuke Iwabuchi42–3
  13. –TJapan try · Lopeti Oto42–8
  14. –TJapan try · Kensuke Iwabuchi42–13
  15. –TJapan try · Ko Izawa-Nakamura42–18

Line-ups

Canada

  1. 1Eddie EvansProp
  2. 2Kevin MorganHooker
  3. 3Rod SnowProp
  4. 4John TaitSecond row
  5. 5Mike JamesSecond row
  6. 6Al CharronFlanker
  7. 7John HutchinsonFlanker
  8. 8Mike SchmidNumber 8
  9. 9Chris TynanScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth ReesFly-half
  11. 11Dave LougheedWing
  12. 12Scott BryanCentre
  13. 13Steve GrayCentre
  14. 14Scott StewartWing
  15. 15Bobby RossFull-back
  16. Chris WhittakerBench
  17. Al TynanBench

Japan

  1. 1Kazuaki TakahashiProp
  2. 2Masaaki SakataHooker
  3. 3Kohei OguchiProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Ishikeli BasiyaloSecond row
  6. 6Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
  7. 7Kazuya KoizumiFlanker
  8. 8Ko Izawa-NakamuraNumber 8
  9. 9Masami HorikoshiScrum-half
  10. 10Kensuke IwabuchiFly-half
  11. 11Terunori MasuhoWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Lopeti OtoWing
  15. 15Kenichi WadaFull-back
  16. 16Kiyoshi ImaizumiBench
  17. 17Akira YoshidaBench
  18. 18Yoji NagatomoBench
  19. 19Kenji SatoBench
  20. 20Kazu HamabeBench
  21. 21Keiji MizoguchiBench

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Context

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

Canada 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.