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Nations Championship 2026 · Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle | Awabakal-Worimi · 11 July 2026Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 16 points.Half-time 13–19 · Tries 2–5 · JPN 1 yellow card

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49213551598040194Attacks963Ball won531761444196755722611722417%Own 2223%Own half72%Opp half78%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
JPN17726
IRE13810
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
JPN2/22/20
IRE4/51/10
← Ireland attack · Japan attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
4′JapanTry, Taira Main, converted5–0
9′IrelandTry, Nick Timoney, converted7–5
21′IrelandTry, Tom O'Toole10–12
35′IrelandTry, Robbie Henshaw, converted13–17
51′IrelandTry, Sean Jansen, converted13–24
59′JapanTry, Hayate Era, converted18–26
80′IrelandTry, Tom Stewart, converted20–34
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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010203040HT0′20′40′60′80′1 JPN card
4′Taira Main9′Nick Timoney21′Tom O'Toole35′Robbie Henshaw51′Sean Jansen59′Hayate Era80′Tom Stewart
JPN

Team stats

IRE
43%Possession57%
46%Territory54%
95Carries129
254Metres gained407
2Clean breaks7
10Defenders beaten26
133Passes181
2Offloads5
177Tackles made138
26Tackles missed10
85/87Rucks won110/113
12/13Lineouts won14/18
5/5Scrums won9/13
0/1Mauls won4/4
3Turnovers won6
9Penalties conceded9
21Kicks from hand23
601Kick metres512
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 2/2, penalties 2/2 · IRE conversions 4/5, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Takato OkabeProp
  2. 2Mamoru HaradaHooker
  3. 3Shuhei TakeuchiProp
  4. 4Harry HockingsSecond row
  5. 5Warner DearnsSecond row
  6. 6Ben GunterFlanker
  7. 7Kanji ShimokawaFlanker
  8. 8Jack CornelsenNumber 8
  9. 9Naoto SaitoScrum-half
  10. 10Ryunosuke ItoFly-half
  11. 11Taira MainWing
  12. 12Yuya HiroseCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Kazuma UedaWing
  15. 15Takuro MatsunagaFull-back
  16. 16Hayate EraBench
  17. 17Sojiro OtsukaBench
  18. 18Keijiro TamefusaBench
  19. 19Michael StolbergBench
  20. 20Michael LeitchBench
  21. 21Tiennan CostleyBench
  22. 22Itsuki KamimuraBench
  23. 23Sam GreeneBench

Ireland

  1. 1Tom O'TooleProp
  2. 2Ronan KelleherHooker
  3. 3Tom ClarksonProp
  4. 4Tadhg BeirneSecond row
  5. 5James RyanSecond row
  6. 6Jack ConanFlanker
  7. 7Nick TimoneyFlanker
  8. 8Sean JansenNumber 8
  9. 9Craig CaseyScrum-half
  10. 10Ciaran FrawleyFly-half
  11. 11Jacob StockdaleWing
  12. 12Stuart McCloskeyCentre
  13. 13Robbie HenshawCentre
  14. 14Jimmy O'BrienWing
  15. 15Jamie OsborneFull-back
  16. 16Tom StewartBench
  17. 17Billy BohanBench
  18. 18Sam IlloBench
  19. 19Cormac IzuchukwuBench
  20. 20Bryn WardBench
  21. 21Nathan DoakBench
  22. 22Harry ByrneBench
  23. 23Bundee AkiBench

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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.