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Men's Rugby World Cup 2003 · Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville | Gurambilbarra · 23 October 2003Head-to-head
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Fiji won by 28 points.Half-time 16–13 · Tries 5–1 · FIJ 1 yellow card

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Tacklesmademissed
FIJ7721
JPN5631
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
FIJ2/24/40
JPN1/11/11
← Japan attack · Fiji 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
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  • 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
22′FijiTry, Norman Ligairi11–6
25′FijiTry, Aisea Tuilevu16–6
30′JapanTry, Andy Miller, converted16–11
52′FijiTry, Aisea Tuilevu, converted21–13
67′FijiTry, Norman Ligairi31–13
73′FijiTry, Marika Vunibaka, converted36–13
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 FIJ card
22′Norman Ligairi25′Aisea Tuilevu30′Andy Miller52′Aisea Tuilevu67′Norman Ligairi73′Marika Vunibaka
FIJ

Team stats

JPN
83%Possession17%
89Carries102
487Metres gained385
18Clean breaks13
31Defenders beaten21
99Passes156
13Offloads10
77Tackles made56
21Tackles missed31
46/47Rucks won62/66
9/12Lineouts won15/17
9/11Scrums won15/15
4/5Mauls won10/12
14Turnovers won4
13Penalties conceded10
34Kicks from hand27
1,224Kick metres888
Goal kicking
FIJ conversions 2/2, penalties 4/4 · JPN conversions 1/1, 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

Fiji

  1. 1Isaia RasilaProp
  2. 2Greg SmithHooker
  3. 4Emori KatalauSecond row
  4. 5Kele LeawereSecond row
  5. 6Alivereti MocelutuFlanker
  6. 7Koli SewabuFlanker
  7. 8Alifereti DoviverataNumber 8
  8. 9Sami RabakaScrum-half
  9. 10Waisale SereviFly-half
  10. 11Vilimoni DelasauWing
  11. 12Seru RabeniCentre
  12. 13Epeli RuivadraCentre
  13. 14Aisea TuilevuWing
  14. 15Norman LigairiFull-back
  15. 17Nacanieli SeruProp
  16. 3Joeli VeitayakiBench
  17. 16Bill GadoloBench
  18. 18Sisa KoyamaiboleBench
  19. 19Vula MaimuriBench
  20. 20Mosese RauluniBench
  21. 21Nicky LittleBench
  22. 22Marika VunibakaBench

Japan

  1. 1Masahito YamamotoProp
  2. 2Masaaki SakataHooker
  3. 3Masahiko ToyoyamaProp
  4. 4Hajime KisoSecond row
  5. 5Adam ParkerSecond row
  6. 6Naoya OkuboFlanker
  7. 7Takuro MiuchiFlanker
  8. 8Takeomi ItoNumber 8
  9. 9Takashi TsujiScrum-half
  10. 10Andy MillerFly-half
  11. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Ruben ParkinsonCentre
  14. 14Daisuke OhataWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Shin HasegawaBench
  17. 17Masao AminoBench
  18. 18Koichi KuboBench
  19. 19Ryota AsanoBench
  20. 20Yuji SonodaBench
  21. 21George KoniaBench
  22. 22Toru KuriharaBench

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Context

All-time, Fiji 17–5 Japan in 22 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Fiji 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.