TheBreakdown
Full time1 November 1987
Japan
4–106
New Zealand
National Kasumigaoka Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Tour 1987Head-to-head

New Zealand won by 102 points.

Scoring

  1. –TJapan try · Minoru Okidoi4–0
  2. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–2
  3. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–4
  4. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–6
  5. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–8
  6. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–10
  7. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–12
  8. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–14
  9. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–16
  10. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–18
  11. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–20
  12. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–22
  13. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–24
  14. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–26
  15. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–28
  16. –CNew Zealand conversion · John Gallagher4–30
  17. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan4–34
  18. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan4–38
  19. –TNew Zealand try · John Kirwan4–42
  20. –TNew Zealand try · Bruce Deans4–46
  21. –TNew Zealand try · Bruce Deans4–50
  22. –TNew Zealand try · Bruce Deans4–54
  23. –TNew Zealand try · Wayne Shelford4–58
  24. –TNew Zealand try · Wayne Shelford4–62
  25. –TNew Zealand try · Mike Brewer4–66
  26. –TNew Zealand try · Mike Brewer4–70
  27. –TNew Zealand try · Zinzan Brooke4–74
  28. –TNew Zealand try · Zinzan Brooke4–78
  29. –TNew Zealand try · Zinzan Brooke4–82
  30. –TNew Zealand try · Zinzan Brooke4–86
  31. –TNew Zealand try · Alan Whetton4–90
  32. –TNew Zealand try · Albert Anderson4–94
  33. –TNew Zealand try · Richard Loe4–98
  34. –TNew Zealand try · Sean Fitzpatrick4–102
  35. –TNew Zealand try · Steve McDowall4–106

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Toshitaki KimuraProp
  2. 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
  3. 3Masaharu AizawaProp
  4. 4Toshiyuki HayashiSecond row
  5. 5Atsushi OyagiSecond row
  6. 6Yoshihiko SakurabaFlanker
  7. 7Masahiko KoshiyamaFlanker
  8. 8Sinali LatuNumber 8
  9. 9Yoshimitsu KonishiScrum-half
  10. 10Seiji HiraoFly-half
  11. 11Minoru OkidoiWing
  12. 12Kojiro YoshinagaCentre
  13. 13Eiji KutsukiCentre
  14. 14Nofomuli TaumoefolauWing
  15. 15Shogo MukaiFull-back
  16. 16Koji YasumiBench
  17. 17Tsutomu HiroseBench
  18. 18Seiji KuriharaBench
  19. 19Hisataka IkutaBench
  20. 20Toshiro YoshinoBench
  21. 21Daijiro MuraiBench

New Zealand

  1. 1Steve McDowallProp
  2. 2Sean FitzpatrickHooker
  3. 3Richard LoeProp
  4. 4Albert AndersonSecond row
  5. 5Alan WhettonSecond row
  6. 6Zinzan BrookeFlanker
  7. 7Mike BrewerFlanker
  8. 8Wayne ShelfordNumber 8
  9. 9Bruce DeansScrum-half
  10. 10Grant FoxFly-half
  11. 11Terry WrightWing
  12. 12John SchusterCentre
  13. 13Bernie McCahillCentre
  14. 14John KirwanWing
  15. 15John GallagherFull-back
  16. 16Greg CooperBench
  17. 17Frano BoticaBench
  18. 18Graeme BachopBench
  19. 20Robbie McLeanBench
  20. 21John BuchanBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 0–8 New Zealand in 8 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
New Zealand 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.