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Men's Internationals 2026 · North Queensland Stadium, Townsville | Gurambilbarra · 15 August 2026Head-to-head
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Australia won by 39 points.Half-time 21–17 · Tries 8–3 · JPN 1 yellow card

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7121726343951587375814169Attacks921Ball won13721328491799039191452949437%Own 2239%Own half67%Opp half83%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
AUS12814
JPN17352
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
AUS8/80/00
JPN1/30/00
← Japan attack · Australia 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.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
7′AustraliaTry, Josh Nasser, converted5–0
12′JapanTry, Harry Hockings7–5
17′AustraliaTry, Taniela Tupou, converted12–5
26′JapanTry, Naoto Saito, converted14–10
34′JapanTry, Dylan Riley14–17
39′AustraliaTry, Taniela Tupou, converted19–17
51′AustraliaTry, Angus Bell, converted26–17
58′AustraliaTry, Massimo De Lutiis, converted33–17
73′AustraliaTry, Charlie Cale, converted40–17
75′AustraliaTry, Harry Wilson, converted47–17
81′AustraliaTry, Brandon Paenga-Amosa, converted54–17
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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015304560HT0′20′40′60′80′1 JPN card
7′Josh Nasser12′Harry Hockings17′Taniela Tupou26′Naoto Saito34′Dylan Riley39′Taniela Tupou51′Angus Bell58′Massimo De Lutiis73′Charlie Cale75′Harry Wilson81′Brandon Paenga-Amosa
AUS

Team stats

JPN
59%Possession41%
48%Territory52%
159Carries107
726Metres gained472
12Clean breaks3
52Defenders beaten14
206Passes188
14Offloads8
128Tackles made173
14Tackles missed52
106/109Rucks won84/92
16/16Lineouts won5/8
3/4Scrums won4/5
3/3Mauls won0/0
8Turnovers won4
5Penalties conceded13
25Kicks from hand20
560Kick metres695
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 8/8, penalties 0/0 · JPN conversions 1/3, penalties 0/0. 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Angus BellProp
  2. 2Josh NasserHooker
  3. 3Taniela TupouProp
  4. 4Lachlan ShawSecond row
  5. 5Lukhan Salakaia-LotoSecond row
  6. 6Charlie CaleFlanker
  7. 7Carlo TizzanoFlanker
  8. 8Harry WilsonNumber 8
  9. 9Ryan LonerganScrum-half
  10. 10Carter GordonFly-half
  11. 11Harry PotterWing
  12. 12Hunter PaisamiCentre
  13. 13Isaac HenryCentre
  14. 14Max JorgensenWing
  15. 15Tom WrightFull-back
  16. 16Brandon Paenga-AmosaBench
  17. 17Aidan RossBench
  18. 18Massimo De LutiisBench
  19. 19Jeremy WilliamsBench
  20. 20Fraser McReightBench
  21. 21Tate McDermottBench
  22. 22Ben DonaldsonBench
  23. 23Filipo DaugunuBench

Japan

  1. 1Takato OkabeProp
  2. 2Hayate EraHooker
  3. 3Shuhei TakeuchiProp
  4. 4Harry HockingsSecond row
  5. 5Warner DearnsSecond row
  6. 6Ben GunterFlanker
  7. 7Tiennan CostleyFlanker
  8. 8Faulua MakisiNumber 8
  9. 9Naoto SaitoScrum-half
  10. 10Ryunosuke ItoFly-half
  11. 11Haruto KidaWing
  12. 12Shunsuke UenoboCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Yoshitaka YazakiWing
  15. 15Takuro MatsunagaFull-back
  16. 16Mamoru HaradaBench
  17. 17Sojiro OtsukaBench
  18. 18Izi SwordBench
  19. 19Jack CornelsenBench
  20. 20Michael LeitchBench
  21. 21Itsuki KamimuraBench
  22. 22Samisoni TuaBench
  23. 23Kazuma UedaBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Australia 9–0 Japan in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia 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.