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Autumn Nations Series 2025 · Aviva Stadium, Dublin · 8 November 2025Head-to-head
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Ireland won by 31 points.Half-time 17–7 · Tries 6–1 · IRE 1 yellow card · JPN 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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6′44′203037486772765273Attacks1125Ball won9021019542579760209034231042%Own 2230%Own half73%Opp half73%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
IRE15026
JPN13919
← Japan attack · Ireland 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.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
20′IrelandTry, Jack Crowley, converted8–0
30′IrelandTry, Nick Timoney, converted15–0
37′JapanTry, Kenji Sato, converted17–5
48′IrelandTry, Andrew Porter, conversion missed22–10
67′IrelandTry, Gus McCarthy, conversion missed27–10
72′IrelandTry, Paddy McCarthy, converted32–10
76′IrelandTry, Tommy O'Brien, converted39–10
6′IrelandPenalty goal scored
44′JapanPenalty goal scored
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 IRE card · 1 JPN card
20′Jack Crowley30′Nick Timoney37′Kenji Sato48′Andrew Porter67′Gus McCarthy72′Paddy McCarthy76′Tommy O'Brien
IRE

Team stats

JPN
55%Possession45%
54%Territory46%
124Carries115
575Metres gained373
10Clean breaks3
19Defenders beaten26
234Passes175
11Offloads6
150Tackles made139
26Tackles missed19
93/93Rucks won88/93
14/17Lineouts won15/16
6/8Scrums won6/6
5/6Mauls won4/4
8Turnovers won2
8Penalties conceded9
28Kicks from hand23
669Kick metres511
Goal kicking
IRE conversions 4/6, penalties 1/1 · 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.

Line-ups

Ireland

  1. 1Andrew PorterProp
  2. 2Ronan KelleherHooker
  3. 3Tom ClarksonProp
  4. 4James RyanSecond row
  5. 5Tadhg BeirneSecond row
  6. 6Ryan BairdFlanker
  7. 7Nick TimoneyFlanker
  8. 8Caelan DorisNumber 8
  9. 9Craig CaseyScrum-half
  10. 10Jack CrowleyFly-half
  11. 11Jacob StockdaleWing
  12. 12Robbie HenshawCentre
  13. 13Tom FarrellCentre
  14. 14Tommy O'BrienWing
  15. 15Jamie OsborneFull-back
  16. 16Gus McCarthyBench
  17. 17Paddy McCarthyBench
  18. 18Finlay BealhamBench
  19. 19Cian PrendergastBench
  20. 20Jack ConanBench
  21. 21Caolin BladeBench
  22. 22Sam PrendergastBench
  23. 23Jimmy O'BrienBench

Japan

  1. 1Kenta KobayashiProp
  2. 2Kenji SatoHooker
  3. 3Shuhei TakeuchiProp
  4. 4Ratu Epineri UluivitiSecond row
  5. 5Warner DearnsSecond row
  6. 6Ben GunterFlanker
  7. 7Kanji ShimokawaFlanker
  8. 8Faulua MakisiNumber 8
  9. 9Naoto SaitoScrum-half
  10. 10Seungsin LeeFly-half
  11. 11Tomoki OsadaWing
  12. 12Charlie LawrenceCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Kippei IshidaWing
  15. 15Yoshitaka YazakiFull-back
  16. 16Shodai HiraoBench
  17. 17Ryosuke IwaiharaBench
  18. 18Keijiro TamefusaBench
  19. 19Jack CornelsenBench
  20. 20Michael LeitchBench
  21. 21Shinobu FujiwaraBench
  22. 22Shinya KomuraBench
  23. 23Yuya HiroseBench

Match officials

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Context

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

Ireland 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.