Match report England 34 - 12 Japan, 17/09/2023 - Rugby World Cup

Date : Sunday, September 17, 2023 Kick Off : 21:00 Venue : Allianz Riviera Tournament : Rugby World Cup Round : pool stage
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England

34TB

Japan

Pre-match Overview

Match between England and Japan was played at Allianz Riviera as of round #2 of Rugby World Cup . Before kick-off England was in 1st position and Japan 3rd3th

Lineups

Game sheet England vs Japan
YC	Penalty	Conversion	Try	Players		Players	Penalty
				MARLER	1	INAGAKI
				GEORGE	2	HORIE
				SINCKLER	3	GU
				ITOJE	4	CORNELSEN
				CHESSUM	5	FAKATAVA
			55'	LAWES	6	LEITCH
				EARL	7	LABUSCHAGNÉ
			23'	LUDLAM	8	HIMENO
				MITCHELL	9	NAGARE
	3' 41'	25' 55' 66' 80'		FORD	10	MATSUDA	14' 22' 31' 53'
				DALY	11	NAIKABULA
				TUILAGI	12	NAKAMURA
			80'	MARCHANT	13	OSADA
				MAY	14	MATSUSHIMA
			65'	STEWARD	15	MASIREWA
				DAN	16	SAKATE
				GENGE	17	MILLAR
				STUART	18	AI VALU
				MARTIN	19	DEARNS
				VUNIPOLA	20	SHIMOKAWA
				YOUNGS	21	SAITO
				SMITH	22	RILEY
				LAWRENCE	23	LEMEKI
Replacements
SINCKLER for STUART, 50'						6', MASIREWA for LEMEKI
LUDLAM for VUNIPOLA, 50'						40', GU for AI VALU
MARLER for GENGE, 58'						49', INAGAKI for MILLAR
MITCHELL for YOUNGS, 58'						49', NAIKABULA for RILEY
TUILAGI for LAWRENCE, 68'						61', FAKATAVA for DEARNS
STEWARD for SMITH, 68'						61', HORIE for SAKATE
LAWES for MARTIN, 73'						64', NAGARE for SAITO
GEORGE for DAN, 73'						73', LABUSCHAGNÉ for SHIMOKAWA

Interesting datas⁽¹⁾

England	VS	Japan
909 kg (113.63 kg)	Pack weight (average)	896 kg (112.00 kg)
29 ans	Forwards average age	32 ans
27 ans	Backs average age	29 ans
201 cm	Tallest player	195 cm
England : 93% (14/15) Samoa : 7% (1/15)	Differents nationalities for starters	Japan : 53% (8/15) Fiji : 20% (3/15) South Korea : 7% (1/15) Australia : 7% (1/15) Tonga : 7% (1/15) South Africa : 7% (1/15)
England : 91% (21/23) Samoa : 4% (1/23) Australia : 4% (1/23)	Differents nationalities for all the team	Japan : 48% (11/23) Fiji : 13% (3/23) New Zealand : 13% (3/23) Tonga : 9% (2/23) South Africa : 9% (2/23) South Korea : 4% (1/23) Australia : 4% (1/23)

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

Timeline

Score : 0 - 0, 3 - 0, 3 - 3, 3 - 6, 8 - 6, 10 - 6, 10 - 9, 13 - 9, 13 - 12, 18 - 12, 20 - 12, 25 - 12, 27 - 12, 32 - 12, 34 - 12
Gap : 0, +3, 0, -3, +2, +4, +1, +4, +1, +6, +8, +13, +15, +20, +22

Standings before and after

Before