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Japan v Ireland — Nations Championship

Nations Championship · Round 2 McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Japan 5th in Nations Championship
20 36
Full-time

1st half 13–192nd half 7–17

Ireland 4th in Nations Championship
Japan scorers: Tries Main 4′, Era 59′ Cons Matsunaga 5′, Matsunaga 60′ Pens Matsunaga 18′, Matsunaga 28′
Ireland scorers: Tries Timoney 9′, O’Toole 21′, Henshaw 35′, Jansen 51′, Stewart 80′ Cons Frawley 10′, Frawley 35′, Frawley 51′, Byrne 80+1′ Pens Byrne 71′

Scoring timeline

Final · newest first

  1. Full-time20–36
  2. 80+1′ Conversion Ireland: Harry Byrne Conversion 20–36
  3. 80′ Try Ireland: Tom Stewart Try 20–34
  4. 80′ Replacement Japan: Takato Okabe On for Jack Cornelsen
  5. 77′ Yellow card Japan: Hayate Era Yellow card
  6. 73′ Replacement Japan: Itsuki Kamimura On for Naoto Saito
  7. 71′ Penalty goal Ireland: Harry Byrne Penalty goal 20–29
  8. 71′ Replacement Ireland: Nathan Doak On for Craig Casey
  9. 62′ Replacement Ireland: Bryn Ward On for Sean Jansen
  10. 62′ Replacement Ireland: Cormac Izuchukwu On for Jack Conan
  11. 60′ Conversion Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Conversion 20–26
  12. 59′ Try Japan: Hayate Era Try 18–26
  13. 59′ Replacement Ireland: Harry Byrne On for Jacob Stockdale
  14. 59′ Replacement Ireland: Tom Stewart On for Ronan Kelleher
  15. 55′ Replacement Ireland: Billy Bohan On for Tom O’Toole
  16. 54′ Replacement Japan: Keijiro Tamefusa On for Syuhei Takeuchi
  17. 54′ Replacement Japan: Sojiro Otsuka On for Takato Okabe
  18. 53′ Replacement Japan: Michael Leitch On for Kanji Shimokawa
  19. 52′ Replacement Japan: Mike Stolberg On for Harry Hockings
  20. 51′ Conversion Ireland: Ciaran Frawley Conversion 13–26
  21. 51′ Try Ireland: Sean Jansen Try 13–24
  22. 48′ Replacement Ireland: Bundee Aki On for Stuart McCloskey
  23. 48′ Replacement Ireland: Sam Illo On for Thomas Clarkson
  24. 48′ Replacement Japan: Hayate Era On for Mamoru Harada
  25. 41′ Replacement Japan: Sam Greene On for Dylan Riley
  26. Half-time13–19
  27. 35′ Conversion Ireland: Ciaran Frawley Conversion 13–19
  28. 35′ Try Ireland: Robbie Henshaw Try 13–17
  29. 32′ Replacement Japan: Tiennan Costley On for Yuya Hirose
  30. 28′ Penalty goal Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Penalty goal 13–12
  31. 21′ Try Ireland: Tom O’Toole Try 10–12
  32. 18′ Penalty goal Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Penalty goal 10–7
  33. 10′ Conversion Ireland: Ciaran Frawley Conversion 7–7
  34. 9′ Try Ireland: Nick Timoney Try 7–5
  35. 5′ Conversion Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Conversion 7–0
  36. 4′ Try Japan: Taira Main Try 5–0

TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement