Japan v France — Nations Championship
Nations Championship · Round 3
National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Japan
5th in Nations Championship
· UTC
15
42
Full-time
1st half 15–282nd half 0–14
France
1st in Nations Championship
Japan scorers:
Tries Ishida 15′, Otsuka 36′
Cons Matsunaga 36′
Pens Matsunaga 10′
France scorers:
Tries Lamothe 2′, Jalibert 19′, Roumat 23′, Lucu 30′, Jalibert 43′, Lamothe 51′
Cons Lucu 3′, Lucu 20′, Lucu 24′, Lucu 31′, Ntamack 44′, Lucu 52′
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Match info
Kick-off, venue, form and the table.
Kick-off
· UTC
- UK & Ireland (BST)
- Sat 09:40
- South Africa (SAST)
- Sat 10:40
- Sydney (AEST)
- Sat 18:40
- New Zealand (NZST)
- Sat 20:40
Venue
National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Form and season so far
Season figures: Nations Championship table.
Nations Championship table
| Position | Team | Points difference | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa, your team | +81 | 15 | |
| France, your team | +41 | 12 | |
| Rows skipped | |||
| Ireland, your team | −1 | 10 | |
| Japan, your team | −26 | 4 | |
Scoring timeline
Final · newest first
- Full-time15–42
- 77′ Yellow card France: Marko Gazzotti Yellow card
- 68′ Replacement France: Paul Graou On for Maxime Lucu
- 63′ Replacement France: Killian Tixeront On for Lenni Nouchi
- 62′ Replacement Japan: Shunsuke Uenobou On for Ryunosuke Ito
- 62′ Replacement Japan: Tiennan Costley On for Jack Cornelsen
- 62′ Replacement Japan: Kenji Sato On for Hayate Era
- 58′ Yellow card France: Mathieu Jalibert Yellow card
- 57′ Replacement Japan: Izi Sword On for Keijiro Tamefusa
- 56′ Replacement France: Kalvin Gourgues On for Yoram Moefana
- 56′ Replacement France: Tom Staniforth On for Emmanuel Meafou
- 56′ Replacement France: Sipili Falatea On for Regis Montagne
- 56′ Replacement France: Peato Mauvaka On for Maxime Lamothe
- 56′ Replacement France: Reda Wardi On for Jefferson Poirot
- 53′ Replacement Japan: Taira Main On for Kippei Ishida
- 53′ Replacement Japan: Mike Stolberg On for Harry Hockings
- 52′ Conversion France: Maxime Lucu Conversion 15–42
- 51′ Try France: Maxime Lamothe Try 15–40
- 49′ Replacement Japan: Michael Leitch On for Esei Haangana
- 49′ Replacement Japan: Takato Okabe On for Sojiro Otsuka
- 44′ Conversion France: Romain Ntamack Conversion 15–35
- 43′ Try France: Mathieu Jalibert Try 15–33
- 41′ Replacement France: Hugo Auradou On for Florian Verhaeghe
- Half-time15–28
- 36′ Conversion Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Conversion 15–28
- 36′ Try Japan: Sojiro Otsuka Try 13–28
- 31′ Conversion France: Maxime Lucu Conversion 8–28
- 30′ Try France: Maxime Lucu Try 8–26
- 24′ Conversion France: Maxime Lucu Conversion 8–21
- 23′ Try France: Alexandre Roumat Try 8–19
- 20′ Conversion France: Maxime Lucu Conversion 8–14
- 19′ Try France: Mathieu Jalibert Try 8–12
- 18′ Replacement France: Lenni Nouchi On for Killian Tixeront
- 18′ Replacement France: Florian Verhaeghe On for Hugo Auradou
- 18′ Yellow card Japan: Harry Hockings Yellow card
- 15′ Try Japan: Kippei Ishida Try 8–7
- 10′ Penalty goal Japan: Takuro Matsunaga Penalty goal 3–7
- 7′ Replacement France: Killian Tixeront On for Lenni Nouchi
- 7′ Replacement France: Hugo Auradou On for Florian Verhaeghe
- 3′ Conversion France: Maxime Lucu Conversion 0–7
- 2′ Try France: Maxime Lamothe Try 0–5
TRY 5 ptsCON 2PEN 3YC yellow card (10 min)RC red cardSUB replacement
Line-ups
Japan
Coach: Eddie Jones- 1 Sojiro Otsuka Prop
- 2 Hayate Era Hooker
- 3 Keijiro Tamefusa Prop
- 4 Harry Hockings Lock
- 5 Warner Dearns Lock
- 6 Esei Haangana Flanker
- 7 Ben Gunter Flanker
- 8 Jack Cornelsen No. 8
- 9 Naoto Saito Scrum-half
- 10 Ryunosuke Ito Fly-half
- 11 Kippei Ishida Wing
- 12 Samisoni Tua Centre
- 13 Dylan Riley Centre
- 14 Kazuma Ueda Wing
- 15 Takuro Matsunaga Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Kenji Sato on at 62′
- 17 Takato Okabe on at 49′
- 18 Izi Sword on at 57′
- 19 Mike Stolberg on at 53′
- 20 Michael Leitch on at 49′
- 21 Tiennan Costley on at 62′
- 22 Taira Main on at 53′
- 23 Shunsuke Uenobou on at 62′
France
Coach: Fabien Galthié- 1 Jefferson Poirot Prop
- 2 Maxime Lamothe Hooker
- 3 Regis Montagne Prop
- 4 Florian Verhaeghe Lock
- 5 Emmanuel Meafou Lock
- 6 Lenni Nouchi Flanker
- 7 Marko Gazzotti Flanker
- 8 Alexandre Roumat No. 8
- 9 Maxime Lucu (captain) Scrum-half
- 10 Romain Ntamack Fly-half
- 11 Aaron Grandidier Nkanang Wing
- 12 Yoram Moefana Centre
- 13 Fabien Brau-Boire Centre
- 14 Théo Attissogbé Wing
- 15 Mathieu Jalibert Full-back
Replacements
- 16 Peato Mauvaka on at 56′
- 17 Reda Wardi on at 56′
- 18 Sipili Falatea on at 56′
- 19 Hugo Auradou on at 41′
- 20 Tom Staniforth on at 56′
- 21 Killian Tixeront on at 63′
- 22 Paul Graou on at 68′
- 23 Kalvin Gourgues on at 56′
Match stats · full-time
Possession: Japan 46%, France 54%
Carries: Japan 115, France 119
Metres made: Japan 415, France 517
Line breaks: Japan 4, France 6
Tackles made: Japan 153, France 159
Tackles missed: Japan 34, France 18
Turnovers won: Japan 7, France 5
Lineouts won: Japan 10/11, France 14/15
Scrums won: Japan 5/5, France 8/8
Penalties conceded: Japan 9, France 10
Yellow cards: Japan 1, France 2
Red cards: Japan 0, France 0
Passes: Japan 187, France 137
Tries: Japan 2, France 6
Try assists: Japan 1, France 2
Conversions: Japan 1, France 6
Penalty goals: Japan 1, France 0
Drop goals: Japan 0, France 0
Turnovers: Japan 12, France 16
Offloads: Japan 7, France 6
The leading value in each row is bold. Bars are relative to the combined total.
Head-to-head
No previous meetings in our data
