TheBreakdown
Full time19 June 2005
Japan
18–47
Ireland
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Tour 2005Head-to-head

Ireland won by 29 points.

Scoring

  1. 5’CIreland conversion · David Humphreys0–2
  2. 5’TIreland try · David Wallace0–7
  3. 9’CIreland conversion · David Humphreys0–9
  4. 9’TIreland try · Frankie Sheahan0–14
  5. 33’PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose3–14
  6. 35’CJapan conversion · Keiji Hirose5–14
  7. 35’TJapan try · Daisuke Ohata10–14
  8. 43’CIreland conversion · David Humphreys10–16
  9. 43’TIreland try · David Humphreys10–21
  10. 44’TIreland try · Gavin Duffy10–26
  11. 46’PJapan penalty · Keiji Hirose13–26
  12. 51’CIreland conversion · David Humphreys13–28
  13. 51’TIreland try · Girvan Dempsey13–33
  14. 58’CIreland conversion · David Humphreys13–35
  15. 58’TIreland try · Gavin Duffy13–40
  16. 61’TJapan try · Daisuke Ohata18–40
  17. 67’CIreland conversion · David Humphreys18–42
  18. 67’TIreland try · Frankie Sheahan18–47

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Shigeyasu TakagiProp
  2. 2Masakazu NakabayashiHooker
  3. 3Ryo YamamuraProp
  4. 4Takanori KumagaeSecond row
  5. 5Hajime KisoSecond row
  6. 6Hare MakiriFlanker
  7. 7Ryota AsanoFlanker
  8. 8Takuro MiuchiNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Keiji HiroseFly-half
  11. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Ruben ParkinsonCentre
  14. 14Daisuke OhataWing
  15. 15Goshi TachikawaFull-back
  16. 16Ken TsukagoshiBench
  17. 17Takeomi ItoBench
  18. 18Kenji KasaiBench
  19. 19Shota GotoBench
  20. 20Tomoaki NakaiBench
  21. 21Teppei TomiokaBench
  22. 22Ayumu GoromaruBench

Ireland

  1. 1Marcus HoranProp
  2. 2Frankie SheahanHooker
  3. 3Simon BestProp
  4. 4Leo CullenSecond row
  5. 5Matt McCulloughSecond row
  6. 6Denis LeamyFlanker
  7. 7David WallaceFlanker
  8. 8Eric MillerNumber 8
  9. 9Peter StringerScrum-half
  10. 10David HumphreysFly-half
  11. 11Anthony HorganWing
  12. 12David QuinlanCentre
  13. 13Gavin DuffyCentre
  14. 14Tommy BoweWing
  15. 15Girvan DempseyFull-back
  16. 16Bernard JackmanBench
  17. 17Reggie CorriganBench
  18. 18Trevor HoganBench
  19. 19Alan QuinlanBench
  20. 20Kieran CampbellBench
  21. 21Jeremy StauntonBench
  22. 22Kieran LewisBench

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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.