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Men's Internationals 2025 · National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo · 25 October 2025Head-to-head
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Australia won by 4 points.Half-time 3–14 · Tries 2–3 · JPN 2 yellow cards

Pitch map

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27′133052576110%Own 2238%Own half69%Opp half50%Opp 22
← Australia attack · Japan 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
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
13′AustraliaTry, Nick Champion de Crespigny, converted0–5
30′AustraliaTry, Josh Flook, converted3–12
52′JapanTry, Shuhei Takeuchi, conversion missed8–14
57′AustraliaTry, Carlo Tizzano, conversion missed8–19
61′JapanTry, Ben Gunter, converted13–19
27′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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13′Nick Champion de Crespigny30′Josh Flook52′Shuhei Takeuchi57′Carlo Tizzano61′Ben Gunter
JPN

Team stats

AUS
44%Possession56%
46%Territory54%
103Carries147
386Metres gained338
2Clean breaks3
15Defenders beaten10
162Passes140
0Offloads6
217Tackles made152
10Tackles missed15
88/95Rucks won123/126
15/16Lineouts won12/16
8/8Scrums won8/8
1/1Mauls won4/4
5Turnovers won7
10Penalties conceded7
23Kicks from hand29
517Kick metres672
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 1/2, penalties 1/1 · AUS conversions 2/3, 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.

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Kenta KobayashiProp
  2. 2Hayate EraHooker
  3. 3Shuhei TakeuchiProp
  4. 4Jack CornelsenSecond row
  5. 5Warner DearnsSecond row
  6. 6Ben GunterFlanker
  7. 7Kanji ShimokawaFlanker
  8. 8Michael LeitchNumber 8
  9. 9Shinobu FujiwaraScrum-half
  10. 10Seungsin LeeFly-half
  11. 11Tomoki OsadaWing
  12. 12Shogo NakanoCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Kippei IshidaWing
  15. 15Yoshitaka YazakiFull-back
  16. 16Kenji SatoBench
  17. 17Ryosuke IwaiharaBench
  18. 18Keijiro TamefusaBench
  19. 19Tyler PaulBench
  20. 20Tiennan CostleyBench
  21. 21Kenta FukudaBench
  22. 22Charlie LawrenceBench
  23. 23Sam GreeneBench

Australia

  1. 1Angus BellProp
  2. 2Josh NasserHooker
  3. 3Zane NonggorrProp
  4. 4Jeremy WilliamsSecond row
  5. 5Lukhan Salakaia-LotoSecond row
  6. 6Nick Champion de CrespignyFlanker
  7. 7Carlo TizzanoFlanker
  8. 8Rob ValetiniNumber 8
  9. 9Jake GordonScrum-half
  10. 10Tane EdmedFly-half
  11. 11Dylan PietschWing
  12. 12Hunter PaisamiCentre
  13. 13Josh FlookCentre
  14. 14Corey TooleWing
  15. 15Andrew KellawayFull-back
  16. 16Billy PollardBench
  17. 17Aidan RossBench
  18. 18Tom RobertsonBench
  19. 19Josh CanhamBench
  20. 20Harry WilsonBench
  21. 21Ryan LonerganBench
  22. 22Hamish StewartBench
  23. 23Filipo DaugunuBench

Match officials

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Context

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

Japan going in
Australia 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.