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Autumn Nations Series 2024 · Stade de France, Saint-Denis · 9 November 2024Head-to-head
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France won by 40 points.Half-time 31–0 · Tries 8–2

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410192834425054616535%Own 2234%Own half43%Opp half75%Opp 22
← Japan attack · France 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
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
4′FranceTry, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, conversion missed5–0
10′FranceTry, Emilien Gailleton, converted10–0
19′FranceTry, Alexandre Roumat, converted17–0
28′FranceTry, Louis Bielle-Biarrey, converted24–0
34′FranceTry, Peato Mauvaka, conversion missed31–0
42′FranceTry, Jean-Baptiste Gros, converted36–0
50′JapanTry, Harumichi Tatekawa, converted38–5
54′FranceTry, Paul Boudehent, converted43–7
61′JapanTry, Tevita Tatafu, conversion missed45–12
65′FranceTry, Paul Boudehent, converted50–12
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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4′Louis Bielle-Biarrey10′Emilien Gailleton19′Alexandre Roumat28′Louis Bielle-Biarrey34′Peato Mauvaka42′Jean-Baptiste Gros50′Harumichi Tatekawa54′Paul Boudehent61′Tevita Tatafu65′Paul Boudehent
FRA

Team stats

JPN
46%Possession54%
51%Territory49%
137Carries167
593Metres gained791
13Clean breaks8
38Defenders beaten28
161Passes233
15Offloads12
233Tackles made106
28Tackles missed38
72/75Rucks won133/142
9/10Lineouts won13/14
9/10Scrums won2/2
2/2Mauls won1/3
11Turnovers won4
11Penalties conceded7
34Kicks from hand20
1,194Kick metres611
Goal kicking
FRA conversions 6/8, penalties 0/0 · JPN conversions 1/2, penalties 0/0. 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.

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean-Baptiste GrosProp
  2. 2Peato MauvakaHooker
  3. 3Tevita TatafuProp
  4. 4Thibaud FlamentSecond row
  5. 5Emmanuel MeafouSecond row
  6. 6Francois CrosFlanker
  7. 7Alexandre RoumatFlanker
  8. 8Gregory AlldrittNumber 8
  9. 9Antoine DupontScrum-half
  10. 10Thomas RamosFly-half
  11. 11Louis Bielle-BiarreyWing
  12. 12Yoram MoefanaCentre
  13. 13Emilien GailletonCentre
  14. 14Theo AttissogbeWing
  15. 15Leo BarreFull-back
  16. 16Julien MarchandBench
  17. 17Reda WardiBench
  18. 18Georges-Henri ColombeBench
  19. 19Mickael GuillardBench
  20. 20Paul BoudehentBench
  21. 21Maxime LucuBench
  22. 22Matthieu JalibertBench
  23. 23Gael FickouBench

Japan

  1. 1Takato OkabeProp
  2. 2Mamoru HaradaHooker
  3. 3Shuhei TakeuchiProp
  4. 4Ratu Epineri UluivitiSecond row
  5. 5Warner DearnsSecond row
  6. 6Kanji ShimokawaFlanker
  7. 7Kazuki HimenoFlanker
  8. 8Faulua MakisiNumber 8
  9. 9Naoto SaitoScrum-half
  10. 10Harumichi TatekawaFly-half
  11. 11Tomoki OsadaWing
  12. 12Siosaia FifitaCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Jone NaikabulaWing
  15. 15Malo TuitamaFull-back
  16. 16Kenta MatsuokaBench
  17. 17Yukio MorikawaBench
  18. 18Keijiro TamefusaBench
  19. 19Amato FakatavaBench
  20. 20Tevita TatafuBench
  21. 21Shinobu FujiwaraBench
  22. 22Yusuke KajimuraBench
  23. 23Takuro MatsunagaBench

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Context

All-time, France 14–0 Japan, 1 drawn in 15 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France going in
Japan 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.