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Japan v Italy — Nations Championship

Nations Championship · Round 1 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Japan 5th in Nations Championship
27 10
Full-time

1st half 17–102nd half 10–0

Italy 6th in Nations Championship
Japan scorers: Tries Dearns 11′, Matsunaga 17′, Gunter 47′ Cons Matsunaga 12′, Matsunaga 18′, Matsunaga 48′ Pens Matsunaga 25′, Matsunaga 67′
Italy scorers: Tries Brex 5′ Cons Garbisi 6′ Pens Garbisi 40+4′

Scoring timeline

Final · newest first

  1. Full-time27–10
  2. 75′ Replacement Japan: Itsuki Kamimura On for Naoto Saito
  3. 68′ Replacement Italy: Riccardo Favretto On for Niccolò Cannone
  4. 67′ Penalty goal Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Penalty goal 27–10
  5. 65′ Replacement Japan: Tiennan Costley On for Ben Gunter
  6. 61′ Replacement Italy: Leonardo Marin On for Ignacio Brex
  7. 61′ Replacement Italy: Alessandro Fusco On for Stephen Varney
  8. 61′ Replacement Italy: Muhamed Hasa On for Marco Riccioni
  9. 61′ Replacement Italy: Mirco Spagnolo On for Danilo Fischetti
  10. 60′ Replacement Japan: Mike Stolberg On for Harry Hockings
  11. 60′ Replacement Japan: Sojiro Otsuka On for Takato Okabe
  12. 57′ Replacement Japan: Keijiro Tamefusa On for Syuhei Takeuchi
  13. 57′ Replacement Japan: Hayate Era On for Mamoru Harada
  14. 52′ Replacement Japan: Michael Leitch On for Kanji Shimokawa
  15. 48′ Conversion Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Conversion 24–10
  16. 48′ Replacement Italy: Gianmarco Lucchesi On for Tommaso Di Bartolomeo
  17. 48′ Replacement Italy: Ross Michael Vintcent On for Alessandro Ortombina
  18. 47′ Try Japan: Ben Gunter Try 22–10
  19. Half-time17–10
  20. 40+4′ Penalty goal Italy: Paolo Garbisi Penalty goal 17–10
  21. 25′ Penalty goal Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Penalty goal 17–7
  22. 18′ Conversion Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Conversion 14–7
  23. 17′ Try Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Try 12–7
  24. 13′ Replacement Italy: Tommaso Allan On for Lorenzo Pani
  25. 12′ Conversion Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Conversion 7–7
  26. 11′ Try Japan: Warner Dearns Try 5–7
  27. 6′ Conversion Italy: Paolo Garbisi Conversion 0–7
  28. 5′ Try Italy: Ignacio Brex Try 0–5

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