Match report Fiji 21 - 34 Japan, 27/07/2019 - Pacific Nations Cup

Date : Saturday, July 27, 2019 Kick Off : 07:50 Venue : Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium Tournament : Pacific Nations Cup Round : pool stage
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Pre-match Overview

Match between Fiji and Japan was played at Kamaishi Recovery Memorial Stadium as of round #1 of Pacific Nations Cup .

Lineups

Game sheet Fiji vs Japan
YC	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Try	Conversion	Penalty
			MAWI	1	INAGAKI
		38' 60'	MATAVESI	2	HORIE
			SAULO	3	AI VALU
			TUISUE	4	MOORE
			NAKARAWA	5	THOMPSON
			WAQANIBUROTU	6	HIMENO	30'
			KUNATANI	7	LABUSCHAGNÉ
			MATA	8	MAFI
			LOMANI	9	SHIGENO
	13' 39' 61'		VOLAVOLA	10	TAMURA		19' 24' 32'	2'
			OSBORNE	11	FUKUOKA	6'
		12'	BOTIA	12	NAKAMURA
			NAYACALEVU	13	LAFAELE	22'
29'			NAKOSI	14	MATSUSHIMA	19' 55'
			VEITOKANI	15	TUPOU
			DOLOKOTO	16	SAKATE
			RAVAI	17	MIURA
			ATALIFO	18	KIZU
			RATUNIYARAWA	19	VAN DER WALT
			YATO	20	LEITCH
			SENILOLI	21	NAGARE
			VATUBUA	22	MATSUDA
			MATAVESI	23	LEMEKI
Replacements
TUISUE for RATUNIYARAWA, 46'					33', LABUSCHAGNÉ for LEITCH
SAULO for ATALIFO, 46'					57', SHIGENO for NAGARE
MAWI for RAVAI, 48'					60', FUKUOKA for LEMEKI
NAKOSI for VATUBUA, 50'					60', MAFI for VAN DER WALT
MATA for YATO, 57'					61', HORIE for SAKATE
VEITOKANI for MATAVESI, 61'					61', AI VALU for KIZU
MATAVESI for DOLOKOTO, 61'					67', TUPOU for MATSUDA
LOMANI for SENILOLI, 74'					71', INAGAKI for MIURA

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

Fiji	VS	Japan
953 kg (119.13 kg)	Pack weight (average)	884 kg (110.50 kg)
28 ans	Forwards average age	30 ans
28 ans	Backwards average age	27 ans
200 cm	Tallest player	196 cm
Fiji : 100% (15/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Japan : 53% (8/15) Tonga : 13% (2/15) Australia : 13% (2/15) New Zealand : 7% (1/15) South Africa : 7% (1/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15)
Fiji : 96% (22/23) England : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Japan : 57% (13/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) Australia : 9% (2/23) New Zealand : 9% (2/23) South Africa : 9% (2/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23) Fiji : 4% (1/23)

(1) Calculations based on data in the database, which may be incomplete.

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 3, 0 - 8, 5 - 8, 7 - 8, 7 - 10, 7 - 15, 7 - 20, 7 - 22, 7 - 27, 7 - 29, 12 - 29, 14 - 29, 14 - 34, 19 - 34, 21 - 34
Gap : 0, -3, -8, -3, -1, -3, -8, -13, -15, -15, -20, -22, -17, -15, -20, -15, -13

Standings before and after

After

Pacific Nations Cup Round 1		Pts	P.	W.	L.	Diff.	B.
1	Japan	5	1	1	0	13	1
2	USA	5	1	1	0	28	1
3	Samoa	4	1	1	0	8	0
4	Canada	0	1	0	1	-28	0
5	Fiji	0	1	0	1	-13	0
6	Tonga	0	1	0	1	-8	0

Pacific Nations Cup Table

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Round 1

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