TheBreakdown
Full time26 May 1985
Japan
13–48
Ireland
Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan · Tour 1985Head-to-head

Ireland won by 35 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Kazuhiko Honjo2–0
  2. –PJapan penalty · Kazuhiko Honjo5–0
  3. –TJapan try · Yoshimitsu Konishi9–0
  4. –TJapan try · Jiro Ishiyama13–0
  5. –CIreland conversion · Michael Kiernan13–2
  6. –CIreland conversion · Michael Kiernan13–4
  7. –CIreland conversion · Michael Kiernan13–6
  8. –CIreland conversion · Michael Kiernan13–8
  9. –CIreland conversion · Michael Kiernan13–10
  10. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan13–13
  11. –PIreland penalty · Michael Kiernan13–16
  12. –TIreland try · Hugo MacNeill13–20
  13. –TIreland try · Trevor Ringland13–24
  14. –TIreland try · Trevor Ringland13–28
  15. –TIreland try · Trevor Ringland13–32
  16. –TIreland try · Michael Kiernan13–36
  17. –TIreland try · Phil Matthews13–40
  18. –TIreland try · Phil Matthews13–44
  19. –TIreland try · Ciaran Fitzgerald13–48

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Jiro IshiyamaProp
  2. 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
  3. 3Koji HoraguchiProp
  4. 4Toshiyuki HayashiSecond row
  5. 5Atsushi OyagiSecond row
  6. 6Masahiko KoshiyamaFlanker
  7. 7Yasuhara KawaseFlanker
  8. 8Michihito ChidaNumber 8
  9. 9Yoshimitsu KonishiScrum-half
  10. 10Kazuhiko HonjoFly-half
  11. 11Daijiro MuraiWing
  12. 12Seiji HiraoCentre
  13. 13Toshiro YoshinoCentre
  14. 14Shinji OnukiWing
  15. 15Shogo MukaiFull-back
  16. 16Masahiro InoueBench
  17. 17Toshitaki KimuraBench
  18. 18Koji KawachiBench
  19. 19Mitsutake HagimotoBench
  20. 20Hideo ToshimaBench
  21. 21Hideo KobayashiBench

Ireland

  1. 1Phil OrrProp
  2. 2Ciaran FitzgeraldHooker
  3. 3Jim McCoyProp
  4. 4Donal LenihanSecond row
  5. 5Willie AndersonSecond row
  6. 6Phil MatthewsFlanker
  7. 7Paddy KennyFlanker
  8. 8Brian SpillaneNumber 8
  9. 9Michael BradleyScrum-half
  10. 10Paul DeanFly-half
  11. 11Keith CrossanWing
  12. 12Michael KiernanCentre
  13. 13Brendan MullinCentre
  14. 14Trevor RinglandWing
  15. 15Hugo MacNeillFull-back

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Context

All-time, Japan 1–13 Ireland in 14 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Ireland 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.