TheBreakdown
Full time18 May 1997
Japan
32–31
Canada
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Pacific Rim Championship 1997Head-to-head

Japan won by 1 point.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Wataru Murata2–0
  2. –CJapan conversion · Wataru Murata4–0
  3. –CJapan conversion · Wataru Murata6–0
  4. –PJapan penalty · Wataru Murata9–0
  5. –PJapan penalty · Wataru Murata12–0
  6. –TJapan try · Terunori Masuho17–0
  7. –TJapan try · Takeomi Ito22–0
  8. –TJapan try · Terunori Masuho27–0
  9. –TJapan try · Wataru Murata32–0
  10. –CCanada conversion · Gareth Rees32–2
  11. –CCanada conversion · Gareth Rees32–4
  12. –PCanada penalty · Gareth Rees32–7
  13. –PCanada penalty · Gareth Rees32–10
  14. –PCanada penalty · Gareth Rees32–13
  15. –TCanada try · John Graf32–18
  16. –TCanada try32–23
  17. –TCanada try · Winston Stanley32–28
  18. –DCanada drop goal · Bobby Ross32–31

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Kieji MizobeProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Kazu HamabeProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Hiroyuki TanumaSecond row
  6. 6Ko Izawa-NakamuraFlanker
  7. 7Takeomi ItoFlanker
  8. 8Rob GordonNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Kensuke IwabuchiFly-half
  11. 11Patiliai TuidrakiWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Terunori MasuhoWing
  15. 15Kiyoshi ImaizumiFull-back
  16. 16Daisuke OhataBench
  17. 17Akira YoshidaBench
  18. 18Masami HorikoshiBench
  19. 19Hiroyuki KajiharaBench
  20. 20Masaaki SakataBench
  21. 21Kazuaki TakahashiBench

Canada

  1. 1Eddie EvansProp
  2. 2Adam MarshallHooker
  3. 3Richard BiceProp
  4. 4John TaitSecond row
  5. 5Ian GordonSecond row
  6. 6Al CharronFlanker
  7. 7John HutchinsonFlanker
  8. 8Colin McKenzieNumber 8
  9. 9John GrafScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth ReesFly-half
  11. 11C SmytheWing
  12. 12Tom WoodsCentre
  13. 13Steve GrayCentre
  14. 14Winston StanleyWing
  15. 15Scott StewartFull-back
  16. Bobby RossBench
  17. Rob CardBench
  18. Brian MosychukBench

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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.