TheBreakdown
Full time22 May 1999
Japan
37–34
Samoa
Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Prefecture, Higashiosaka City, Japan · Pacific Rim Championship 1999Head-to-head

Japan won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose2–0
  2. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose4–0
  3. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose6–0
  4. –CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose8–0
  5. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose11–0
  6. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose14–0
  7. –PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose17–0
  8. –TJapan try · Daisuke Ohata22–0
  9. –TJapan try · Patiliai Tuidraki27–0
  10. –TJapan try · Jamie Joseph32–0
  11. –TJapan try · Takeomi Ito37–0
  12. –CSamoa conversion · Silao Leaega37–2
  13. –CSamoa conversion · Silao Leaega37–4
  14. –PSamoa penalty · Silao Leaega37–7
  15. –PSamoa penalty · Silao Leaega37–10
  16. –PSamoa penalty · Silao Leaega37–13
  17. –PSamoa penalty · Silao Leaega37–16
  18. –PSamoa penalty · Silao Leaega37–19
  19. –TSamoa try · Ali Koko37–24
  20. –TSamoa try · Ali Koko37–29
  21. –TSamoa try · Filipo Toala37–34

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Shin HasegawaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Naoto NakamuraProp
  4. 4Rob GordonSecond row
  5. 5Naoya OkuboSecond row
  6. 6Takeomi ItoFlanker
  7. 7Greg SmithFlanker
  8. 8Jamie JosephNumber 8
  9. 9Graeme BachopScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Patiliai TuidrakiWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Andrew McCormickCentre
  14. 14Daisuke OhataWing
  15. 15Takafumi HiraoFull-back
  16. 16Keisuke SawakiBench
  17. 17Jun KogaBench
  18. 18Wataru MurataBench
  19. 19Hiroyuki TanumaBench
  20. 20Yoshihiko SakurabaBench
  21. 21Kenji KasaiBench
  22. 22Toshikazu NakamichiBench

Samoa

  1. 1Fosi PalaamoProp
  2. 2Trevor LeotaHooker
  3. 3Kepi Faiva'aiProp
  4. 4Sene Ta'alaSecond row
  5. 5Lama ToneSecond row
  6. 6Malua TipiFlanker
  7. 7Craig GlendinningFlanker
  8. 8Pat LamNumber 8
  9. 9Joe FilemuScrum-half
  10. 10Steve BachopFly-half
  11. 11Filipo ToalaWing
  12. 12George LeaupepeCentre
  13. 13To'o VaegaCentre
  14. 14Ali KokoWing
  15. 15Silao LeaegaFull-back
  16. 16Mepi FaoagaliBench
  17. 17Tanner ViliBench
  18. 18Steve So'oialoBench
  19. 19Semo SititiBench
  20. 20Opeta PalepoiBench
  21. 21Mark LuafalealoBench
  22. 22Tanielu FugaBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 7–12 Samoa in 19 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Samoa 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.