Date : Saturday, August 3, 2019 Kick Off : 12:10 Venue : Hanazono Rugby Stadium Tournament : Pacific Nations Cup Round : pool stage
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Tonga
7
41TB

Japan

Match Tonga vs Japan

Match between Tonga squad and Japan squad was played at Hanazono Rugby Stadium as of round #2 of Pacific Nations Cup . Before kick-off Tonga was in 5th position and Japan 1st.

Lineups

Game sheet Tonga vs Japan
YC RC Drop Penalty Conversion Try Players Players Try Conversion Penalty Drop YC RC
Paea FA'ANUNU 1 Keita INAGAKI
Sosefo SAKALIA 2 Shota HORIE
Ma'afu FIA 3 Asaeli AI VALU 19'
Steve MAFI 4 Luke THOMPSON
56' Leva FIFITA 5 Wimpie VAN DER WALT
Daniel FALEAFA 6 Michael LEITCH
Fotu LOKOTUI 7 Yoshitaka TOKUNAGA
Ma'ama VAIPULU 8 Amanaki MAFI 9'
57' Tane TAKULUA 9 Yutaka NAGARE
Latiume FOSITA 10 Yu TAMURA 10' 22' 30' 72' 79' 49' 68'
3' Nafi TUITAVAKE 11 Lomano LEMEKI
Cooper VUNA 12 Ryoto NAKAMURA
Siale PIUTAU 13 Timothy LAFAELE 28'
Afa PAKALANI 14 Kotaro MATSUSHIMA 71'
David HALAIFONUA 15 William TUPOU
 
Paula NGAUAMO 16 Atsushi SAKATE
Toma'Akino TAUFA 17 Shogo MIURA
Ben TAMEIFUNA 18 Yusuke KIZU
Sione VAILANU 19 Uwe HELU
OneHunga HAVILI 20 Kazuki HIMENO
Zane KAPELI 21 Kaito SHIGENO
Leon FUKOFUKA 22 Rikiya MATSUDA
James FAIVA 23 Kenki FUKUOKA 78'
Replacements
FA'ANUNU 🡇 🡅 TAUFA 40' #1 56' VAN DER WALT 🡇 🡅 HELU
FIA 🡇 🡅 TAMEIFUNA 48' #2 58' NAGARE 🡇 🡅 SHIGENO
SAKALIA 🡇 🡅 NGAUAMO 55' #3 58' NAKAMURA 🡇 🡅 MATSUDA
VAIPULU 🡇 🡅 VAILANU 60' #4 64' HORIE 🡇 🡅 SAKATE
TAKULUA 🡇 🡅 FUKOFUKA 64' #5 64' TOKUNAGA 🡇 🡅 HIMENO
MAFI 🡇 🡅 KAPELI 68' #6 70' AI VALU 🡇 🡅 KIZU
VUNA 🡇 🡅 FAIVA 69' #7 70' LEMEKI 🡇 🡅 FUKUOKA
#8 70' INAGAKI 🡇 🡅 MIURA

Interesting datas(1)

Tonga VS Japan
922 kg (115.25 kg) Pack weight
(average)
870 kg (108.75 kg)
29 ans Forwards average age 31 ans
28 ans Backs average age 27 ans
201 cm Tallest player 196 cm
Tonga : 80% (12/15)
New Zealand : 20% (3/15)
Differents nationalities for starters Japan : 47% (7/15)
Tonga : 13% (2/15)
New Zealand : 13% (2/15)
South Africa : 7% (1/15)
Fiji : 7% (1/15)
Samoa : 7% (1/15)
Australia : 7% (1/15)
Tonga : 78% (18/23)
New Zealand : 22% (5/23)
Differents nationalities for all the team Japan : 61% (14/23)
Tonga : 13% (3/23)
New Zealand : 9% (2/23)
South Africa : 4% (1/23)
Fiji : 4% (1/23)
Samoa : 4% (1/23)
Australia : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 0 - 5, 0 - 7, 0 - 12, 0 - 14, 0 - 19, 0 - 21, 0 - 24, 5 - 24, 7 - 24, 7 - 27, 7 - 32, 7 - 34, 7 - 39, 7 - 41
Gap : 0, 0, -5, -7, -12, -14, -19, -21, -24, -19, -17, -20, -25, -27, -32, -34

Standings before and after

Before

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

After

Pacific Nations Cup Round 2 Pts P. W. D. L. Diff. B.
1 Japan 10 2 2 0 0 47 2
2 USA 9 2 2 0 0 31 1
3 Fiji 5 2 1 0 1 12 1
4 Samoa 5 2 1 0 1 5 1
5 Tonga 0 2 0 0 2 -42 0
6 Canada 0 2 0 0 2 -53 0
Pacific Nations Cup Table

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