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Nations Championship 2026 · National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo · 18 July 2026Head-to-head
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France won by 27 points.Half-time 15–28 · Tries 2–6 · JPN 1 yellow card · FRA 2 yellow cards

Pitch map

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21519233036435144125Attacks944Ball won10514921351819244241023032926%Own 2241%Own half66%Opp half77%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
JPN15334
FRA15918
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
JPN1/21/10
FRA6/60/00
← France 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
  • 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
2′FranceTry, Maxime Lamothe, converted0–5
15′JapanTry, Kippei Ishida8–7
19′FranceTry, Matthieu Jalibert, converted8–12
23′FranceTry, Alexandre Roumat, converted8–19
30′FranceTry, Maxime Lucu, converted8–26
36′JapanTry, Sojiro Otsuka, converted13–28
43′FranceTry, Matthieu Jalibert, converted15–33
51′FranceTry, Maxime Lamothe, converted15–40
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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013253850HT0′20′40′60′80′1 JPN card · 2 FRA cards
2′Maxime Lamothe15′Kippei Ishida19′Matthieu Jalibert23′Alexandre Roumat30′Maxime Lucu36′Sojiro Otsuka43′Matthieu Jalibert51′Maxime Lamothe
JPN

Team stats

FRA
46%Possession54%
49%Territory51%
125Carries129
415Metres gained517
4Clean breaks6
18Defenders beaten34
187Passes137
7Offloads6
153Tackles made159
34Tackles missed18
91/91Rucks won90/93
10/11Lineouts won14/15
5/6Scrums won8/9
2/2Mauls won7/8
7Turnovers won5
9Penalties conceded10
24Kicks from hand24
582Kick metres537
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 1/2, penalties 1/1 · FRA conversions 6/6, 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

Japan

  1. 1Sojiro OtsukaProp
  2. 2Hayate EraHooker
  3. 3Keijiro TamefusaProp
  4. 4Harry HockingsSecond row
  5. 5Warner DearnsSecond row
  6. 6Esei HaanganaFlanker
  7. 7Ben GunterFlanker
  8. 8Jack CornelsenNumber 8
  9. 9Naoto SaitoScrum-half
  10. 10Ryunosuke ItoFly-half
  11. 11Kippei IshidaWing
  12. 12Samisoni TuaCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Kazuma UedaWing
  15. 15Takuro MatsunagaFull-back
  16. 16Kenji SatoBench
  17. 17Takato OkabeBench
  18. 18Izi SwordBench
  19. 19Michael StolbergBench
  20. 20Michael LeitchBench
  21. 21Tiennan CostleyBench
  22. 22Taira MainBench
  23. 23Shunsuke UenoboBench

France

  1. 1Jefferson PoirotProp
  2. 2Maxime LamotheHooker
  3. 3Regis MontagneProp
  4. 4Florian VerhaegheSecond row
  5. 5Emmanuel MeafouSecond row
  6. 6Lenni NouchiFlanker
  7. 7Marko GazzottiFlanker
  8. 8Alexandre RoumatNumber 8
  9. 9Maxime LucuScrum-half
  10. 10Romain NtamackFly-half
  11. 11Aaron Grandidier NkanangWing
  12. 12Yoram MoefanaCentre
  13. 13Fabien Brau-BoirieCentre
  14. 14Theo AttissogbeWing
  15. 15Matthieu JalibertFull-back
  16. 16Peato MauvakaBench
  17. 17Reda WardiBench
  18. 18Sipili FalateaBench
  19. 19Hugo AuradouBench
  20. 20Tom StaniforthBench
  21. 21Killian TixerontBench
  22. 22Paul GraouBench
  23. 23Kalvin GourguesBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Japan 0–14 France, 1 drawn in 15 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
France 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.