Japan v Ireland — Nations Championship
Nations Championship · Round 2
McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Japan
5th in Nations Championship
· UTC
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′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sat 11:10
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sat 12:10
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sat 20:10
- New Zealand (NZST)
- Sat 22:10
Venue
McDonald Jones Stadium, Newcastle
Form and season so far
Season figures: Nations Championship table.
Nations Championship table
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time20–36
- 80+1′ Conversion Ireland: Harry Byrne Conversion 20–36
- 80′ Try Ireland: Tom Stewart Try 20–34
- 80′ Replacement Japan: Takato Okabe On for Jack Cornelsen
- 77′ Yellow card Japan: Hayate Era Yellow card
- 73′ Replacement Japan: Itsuki Kamimura On for Naoto Saito
- 71′ Penalty goal Ireland: Harry Byrne Penalty goal 20–29
- 71′ Replacement Ireland: Nathan Doak On for Craig Casey
- 62′ Replacement Ireland: Bryn Ward On for Sean Jansen
- 62′ Replacement Ireland: Cormac Izuchukwu On for Jack Conan
- 60′ Conversion Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Conversion 20–26
- 59′ Try Japan: Hayate Era Try 18–26
- 59′ Replacement Ireland: Harry Byrne On for Jacob Stockdale
- 59′ Replacement Ireland: Tom Stewart On for Ronan Kelleher
- 55′ Replacement Ireland: Billy Bohan On for Tom O’Toole
- 54′ Replacement Japan: Keijiro Tamefusa On for Syuhei Takeuchi
- 54′ Replacement Japan: Sojiro Otsuka On for Takato Okabe
- 53′ Replacement Japan: Michael Leitch On for Kanji Shimokawa
- 52′ Replacement Japan: Mike Stolberg On for Harry Hockings
- 51′ Conversion Ireland: Ciaran Frawley Conversion 13–26
- 51′ Try Ireland: Sean Jansen Try 13–24
- 48′ Replacement Ireland: Bundee Aki On for Stuart McCloskey
- 48′ Replacement Ireland: Sam Illo On for Thomas Clarkson
- 48′ Replacement Japan: Hayate Era On for Mamoru Harada
- 41′ Replacement Japan: Sam Greene On for Dylan Riley
- Half-time13–19
- 35′ Conversion Ireland: Ciaran Frawley Conversion 13–19
- 35′ Try Ireland: Robbie Henshaw Try 13–17
- 32′ Replacement Japan: Tiennan Costley On for Yuya Hirose
- 28′ Penalty goal Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Penalty goal 13–12
- 21′ Try Ireland: Tom O’Toole Try 10–12
- 18′ Penalty goal Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Penalty goal 10–7
- 10′ Conversion Ireland: Ciaran Frawley Conversion 7–7
- 9′ Try Ireland: Nick Timoney Try 7–5
- 5′ Conversion Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Conversion 7–0
- 4′ Try Japan: Taira Main Try 5–0
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Japan
Coach: Eddie Jones- 1 Takato Okabe Prop
- 2 Mamoru Harada Hooker
- 3 Syuhei Takeuchi Prop
- 4 Harry Hockings Lock
- 5 Warner Dearns (captain) Lock
- 6 Ben Gunter Flanker
- 7 Kanji Shimokawa Flanker
- 8 Jack Cornelsen No. 8
- 9 Naoto Saito Scrum-half
- 10 Ryunosuke Ito Fly-half
- 11 Taira Main Wing
- 12 Yuya Hirose Centre
- 13 Dylan Riley Centre
- 14 Kazuma Ueda Wing
- 15 Takuro Matsunaga Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Hayate Era on at 48′
- 17 Sojiro Otsuka on at 54′
- 18 Keijiro Tamefusa on at 54′
- 19 Mike Stolberg on at 52′
- 20 Michael Leitch on at 53′
- 21 Tiennan Costley on at 32′
- 22 Itsuki Kamimura on at 73′
- 23 Sam Greene on at 41′
Ireland
Coach: Andy Farrell- 1 Tom O’Toole Prop
- 2 Ronan Kelleher Hooker
- 3 Thomas Clarkson Prop
- 4 Tadhg Beirne (captain) Lock
- 5 James Ryan Lock
- 6 Jack Conan Flanker
- 7 Nick Timoney Flanker
- 8 Sean Jansen No. 8
- 9 Craig Casey Scrum-half
- 10 Ciaran Frawley Fly-half
- 11 Jacob Stockdale Wing
- 12 Stuart McCloskey Centre
- 13 Robbie Henshaw Centre
- 14 Jimmy O'Brien Wing
- 15 Jamie Osborne Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Tom Stewart on at 59′
- 17 Billy Bohan on at 55′
- 18 Sam Illo on at 48′
- 19 Cormac Izuchukwu on at 62′
- 20 Bryn Ward on at 62′
- 21 Nathan Doak on at 71′
- 22 Harry Byrne on at 59′
- 23 Bundee Aki on at 48′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Japan 43%, Ireland 56%
Carries: Japan 81, Ireland 111
Metres made: Japan 254, Ireland 407
Line breaks: Japan 2, Ireland 7
Tackles made: Japan 177, Ireland 138
Tackles missed: Japan 26, Ireland 10
Turnovers won: Japan 3, Ireland 6
Lineouts won: Japan 12/13, Ireland 14/18
Scrums won: Japan 5/5, Ireland 9/11
Penalties conceded: Japan 9, Ireland 9
Yellow cards: Japan 1, Ireland 0
Red cards: Japan 0, Ireland 0
Passes: Japan 133, Ireland 181
Tries: Japan 2, Ireland 5
Try assists: Japan 0, Ireland 5
Conversions: Japan 2, Ireland 4
Penalty goals: Japan 2, Ireland 1
Drop goals: Japan 0, Ireland 0
Turnovers: Japan 18, Ireland 9
Offloads: Japan 2, Ireland 5
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
- Japan wins
- 0
- Draws
- 0
- Ireland wins
- 1
The last meeting in our data, all competitions.
