TheBreakdown
Full time12 June 2005
Japan
12–44
Ireland
Nagai Stadium, Osaka, Japan · Tour 2005Head-to-head

Ireland won by 32 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys0–3
  2. 9’PIreland penalty · David Humphreys0–6
  3. 11’PJapan penalty · Kyohei Morita3–6
  4. 15’CIreland conversion · David Humphreys3–8
  5. 15’TIreland try · Tommy Bowe3–13
  6. 24’PJapan penalty · Kyohei Morita6–13
  7. 26’CIreland conversion · Jeremy Staunton6–15
  8. 26’TIreland try · Kevin Maggs6–20
  9. 30’PJapan penalty · Kyohei Morita9–20
  10. 33’PIreland penalty · Jeremy Staunton9–23
  11. 43’PIreland penalty · Jeremy Staunton9–26
  12. 48’PJapan penalty · Kyohei Morita12–26
  13. 51’PIreland penalty · Jeremy Staunton12–29
  14. 54’PIreland penalty · Jeremy Staunton12–32
  15. 58’TIreland try · Frankie Sheahan12–37
  16. 70’CIreland conversion · Jeremy Staunton12–39
  17. 70’TIreland try · Simon Best12–44

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Hiroshi TakahashiProp
  2. 2Ken TsukagoshiHooker
  3. 3Ryo YamamuraProp
  4. 4Takanori KumagaeSecond row
  5. 5Jamie WashingtonSecond row
  6. 6Hare MakiriFlanker
  7. 7Ryota AsanoFlanker
  8. 8Takuro MiuchiNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Kyohei MoritaFly-half
  11. 11Hiroki MizunoWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Ruben ParkinsonCentre
  14. 14Daisuke OhataWing
  15. 15Goshi TachikawaFull-back
  16. 16Masakazu NakabayashiBench
  17. 17Kenji KasaiBench
  18. 18Shigeyasu TakagiBench
  19. 19Hitoshi OnoBench
  20. 20Shota GotoBench
  21. 21Tomoaki NakaiBench
  22. 22Teppei TomiokaBench

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Frankie SheahanHooker
  3. 3Simon BestProp
  4. 4Leo CullenSecond row
  5. 5Matt McCulloughSecond row
  6. 6Alan QuinlanFlanker
  7. 7Jonny O'ConnorFlanker
  8. 8Roger WilsonNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Anthony HorganWing
  12. 12Kevin MaggsCentre
  13. 13Gavin DuffyCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Bernard JackmanBench
  17. 17Reggie CorriganBench
  18. 18Trevor HoganBench
  19. 19Eric MillerBench
  20. 20Kieran CampbellBench
  21. 21Jeremy StauntonBench
  22. 22David QuinlanBench

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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

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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.