TheBreakdown
Full time11 June 2006
Japan
6–52
Italy
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, JapanHead-to-head

Italy won by 46 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’PJapan penalty · Wataru Ikeda3–0
  2. 8’TItaly try · Josh Sole3–5
  3. 9’CItaly conversion · Ramiro Pez3–7
  4. 16’TItaly try · David Bortolussi3–12
  5. 17’CItaly conversion · Ramiro Pez3–14
  6. 25’TItaly try · Denis Dallan3–19
  7. 26’CItaly conversion · Ramiro Pez3–21
  8. 44’TItaly try · Mirco Bergamasco3–26
  9. 45’CItaly conversion · Ramiro Pez3–28
  10. 45’PItaly penalty · Ramiro Pez3–31
  11. 49’PJapan penalty · Wataru Ikeda6–31
  12. 63’TItaly try · Santiago Dellapè6–36
  13. 64’CItaly conversion · David Bortolussi6–38
  14. 82’TItaly try · Mirco Bergamasco6–43
  15. 83’CItaly conversion · David Bortolussi6–45
  16. 84’TItaly try · Benjamin de Jager6–50
  17. 85’CItaly conversion · David Bortolussi6–52

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Tomokazu SomaProp
  2. 2Yuji MatsubaraHooker
  3. 3Ryo YamamuraProp
  4. 4Takanori KumagaeSecond row
  5. 5Tomoaki TaniguchiSecond row
  6. 6Tomoaki NakaiFlanker
  7. 7Ryota AsanoFlanker
  8. 8Hajime KisoNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru IkedaScrum-half
  10. 10Shotaro OnishiFly-half
  11. 11Nataniela OtoWing
  12. 12Yuta ImamuraCentre
  13. 13Atsushi MoriyaCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Keiji TakeiFull-back
  16. 16Takashi YamaokaBench
  17. 17Yuichi HisadomiBench
  18. 18Hitoshi OnoBench
  19. 19Takashi KikutaniBench
  20. 20Mamoru ItoBench
  21. 21Hideyuki YoshidaBench
  22. 22Hiroki MizunoBench

Italy

  1. 1Andrea Lo CiceroProp
  2. 2Fabio OngaroHooker
  3. 3Carlos NietoProp
  4. 4Santiago DellapèSecond row
  5. 5Marco BortolamiSecond row
  6. 6Silvio OrlandoFlanker
  7. 7Mauro BergamascoFlanker
  8. 8Josh SoleNumber 8
  9. 9Paul GriffenScrum-half
  10. 10Ramiro PezFly-half
  11. 11Denis DallanWing
  12. 12Mirco BergamascoCentre
  13. 13Andrea MasiCentre
  14. 14Benjamin de JagerWing
  15. 15David BortolussiFull-back
  16. 16Leonardo GhiraldiniBench
  17. 17Fabio StaibanoBench
  18. 18Carlo Del FavaBench
  19. 19Robert BarbieriBench
  20. 20Simon PiconeBench
  21. 21Andrea MarcatoBench
  22. 22Michele SepeBench

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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

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.