TheBreakdown
Full time14 September 2025
Tonga
24–62
Japan
DICK'S Sporting Goods Park, Denver, Colorado, United States · Pacific Nations Cup 2025Head-to-head

Japan won by 38 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’TTonga try · Fotu Lokotui
  2. 10’TJapan try · Hayate Era
  3. 11’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee
  4. 18’TJapan try · Amato Fakatava
  5. 19’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee
  6. 26’TTonga try · Ben Tameifuna
  7. 27’CTonga conversion · Patrick Pellegrini
  8. 33’TJapan try · Warner Dearns
  9. 34’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee
  10. 38’TTonga try · Veikoso Poloniati
  11. 39’CTonga conversion · Patrick Pellegrini
  12. 42’TJapan try · Dylan Riley
  13. 43’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee
  14. 50’PJapan penalty · Seungsin Lee
  15. 55’TJapan try · Shinobu Fujiwara
  16. 56’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee
  17. 59’PJapan penalty · Seungsin Lee
  18. 63’TTonga try · John Tapueluelu
  19. 72’TJapan try · Kenji Sato
  20. 73’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee
  21. 77’TJapan try · Keijiro Tamefusa
  22. 78’CJapan conversion · Seungsin Lee
  23. 79’TJapan try

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Tonga

  1. 1Siegfried FisiihoiProp
  2. 2Sam MoliHooker
  3. 3Ben TameifunaProp
  4. 4Veikoso PoloniatiSecond row
  5. 5Harison MataeleSecond row
  6. 6Tupou AfungiaFlanker
  7. 7Fotu LokotuiFlanker
  8. 8Siosiua MoalaNumber 8
  9. 9Sonatane TakuluaScrum-half
  10. 10Patrick PellegriniFly-half
  11. 11John TapuelueluWing
  12. 12Willis HalaholoCentre
  13. 13Fetuli PaeaCentre
  14. 14Nikolai FoliakiWing
  15. 15Salesi PiutauFull-back
  16. 16Sefo SakaliaBench
  17. 17Tau KoloamatangiBench
  18. 18Solomone TukuafuBench
  19. 19Justin MataeleBench
  20. 20Tevita AhokoviBench
  21. 21Siaosi NaiBench
  22. 22James FaivaBench
  23. 23Josiah UngaBench

Japan

  1. 2Hayate EraHooker
  2. 3Shuhei TakeuchiProp
  3. 4Jack CornelsenSecond row
  4. 5Warner DearnsSecond row
  5. 6Ben GunterFlanker
  6. 7Kanji ShimokawaFlanker
  7. 8Amato FakatavaNumber 8
  8. 9Shinobu FujiwaraScrum-half
  9. 10Seungsin LeeFly-half
  10. 11Tomoki OsadaWing
  11. 12Charlie LawrenceCentre
  12. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  13. 14Kippei IshidaWing
  14. 15Sam GreeneFull-back
  15. 17Kenta KobayashiProp
  16. 16Kenji SatoBench
  17. 17Ryosuke IwaiharaBench
  18. 18Keijiro TamefusaBench
  19. 19Waisake RaratubuaBench
  20. 20Tiennan CostleyBench
  21. 21Faulua MakisiBench
  22. 22Kenta FukudaBench
  23. 23Yuya HiroseBench

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Context

All-time, Tonga 9–11 Japan in 20 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Tonga 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.