TheBreakdown
Full time4 July 2004
Japan
19–32
Italy
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Tour 2004Head-to-head

Italy won by 13 points.

Scoring

  1. 11’PItaly penalty · Rima Wakarua0–3
  2. 17’TItaly try · Martin Castrogiovanni0–8
  3. 29’TItaly try · Gonzalo Canale0–13
  4. 30’CItaly conversion · Rima Wakarua0–15
  5. 33’DJapan drop goal · Kyohei Morita3–15
  6. 36’PJapan penalty · Wataru Ikeda6–15
  7. 45’PJapan penalty · Wataru Ikeda9–15
  8. 48’PItaly penalty · Rima Wakarua9–18
  9. 52’PJapan penalty · Wataru Ikeda12–18
  10. 63’TItaly try · Martin Castrogiovanni12–23
  11. 64’CItaly conversion · Rima Wakarua12–25
  12. 77’TJapan try · Hirotoki Onozawa17–25
  13. 78’CJapan conversion · Wataru Ikeda19–25
  14. 81’TItaly try · Martin Castrogiovanni19–30
  15. 82’CItaly conversion · Rima Wakarua19–32

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Yuichi HisadomiProp
  2. 2Yuji MatsubaraHooker
  3. 3Ryo YamamuraProp
  4. 4Adam ParkerSecond row
  5. 5Takanori KumagaeSecond row
  6. 6Feletiliki MauFlanker
  7. 7Takuro MiuchiFlanker
  8. 8Takeomi ItoNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru IkedaScrum-half
  10. 10Kyohei MoritaFly-half
  11. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Daisuke OhataCentre
  14. 14Takafumi HiraoWing
  15. 15Kosuke EndoFull-back
  16. 16Takashi YamaokaBench
  17. 17Yasumasa MiyamotoBench
  18. 18Luatangi Samurai VatuveiBench
  19. 19Koichi KuboBench
  20. 20Mamoru ItoBench
  21. 21Masatoshi MukoyamaBench
  22. 22Keiji TakeiBench

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Martin CastrogiovanniProp
  4. 4Carlo Del FavaSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Enrico PavanelloFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8David Dal MasoNumber 8
  9. 9Paul GriffenScrum-half
  10. 10Rima WakaruaFly-half
  11. 11Walter PozzebonWing
  12. 12Matteo BarbiniCentre
  13. 13Andrea MasiCentre
  14. 14Kaine RobertsonWing
  15. 15Gonzalo CanaleFull-back
  16. 16Giorgio IntoppaBench
  17. 17Mario SaviBench
  18. 18Roberto MandelliBench
  19. 19Aaron PersicoBench
  20. 20Alessandro TronconBench
  21. 21Danilo CarpenteBench
  22. 22Nicola MazzucatoBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 3–8 Italy in 11 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Italy going in

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Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.