Result for Japan v Australia

Australia 63 – Tries: Tevita Kuridrani 3, Samu Kerevi 2, Henry Speight, Tatafu Polota-Nau, Nick Phipps and Rob Simmons; Conversions: Reece Hodge 9 d.

Japan 30 – Tries: Wimpie van der Walt, Amanaki Mafi and Kazuki Himeno; Conversions: Yu Tamura 2 and Rikiya Matsuda; Penalties: Rikiya Matsuda 3.

Competition: Lipovitan D Challenge Cup 2017.
Date: Saturday, 04 November 2017.
Venue: Nissan Stadium, Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture.
Japan Test Number: 340.
Kick-off: 14:40 JST (05:40 GMT/UTC).
Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand).
Assistant Referees: Mike Fraser (New Zealand) and Tim Baker (Hong Kong). TMO: Ben Skeen (New Zealand).
Conditions: Mostly sunny and no wind. Maximum daily forecast for Yokohama 21 degrees Celsius. Surface firm and fast.
Attendance: 43, 631.
Halftime: Australia 35 – Japan 3.

Head-to-head Encounters:

Japan and Australian representative sides, including the full Australian national side (1975, 1987, 2007), Australia A (2003, 2007, 2008), Emerging Wallabies (1972), Australian Universities (1934, 1956, 1981), and Queensland (1978) have met on 18 occasions dating back to 1934. The Australian sides have won 14 times, Japan three times and there has been one draw. The only matches that have test match status for both sides are the five tests between Japan and the full Australian national side. Japan have never beaten the Australian national side in a test.

The highest scoring win for Australia is 91-3 at Lyon in 2007, while the biggest winning margin is 88 points in the same test. The longest winning sequence for the Australian sides is seven wins in a row between 2003 and 2017.

The highest scoring win for Japan is 24-22 against the Emerging Wallabies at Osaka in 1972, while the biggest winning margin is five points against the Australian Universities in Osaka in 1934. The longest winning sequence for Japan is one win in a row in 1934, 1972 and 1981.

Six of the 18 tests were played in Tokyo, four in Osaka, two in Fukuoka, two in Sydney, one in Yokohama, one in Brisbane, one in Townsville and one on neutral territory at Lyon in France.

Japan and Australia have met twice at the Rugby World Cup finals, in Sydney in 1987 and Lyon in 2007.

Official test results for Japan against teams from Australia

No.	Date	Result (Home – Away)	Venue	Tournament	Japan Test No.	W/D/L (For Japan)
18	04 Nov 2017	Japan 30 – Australia 63	Nissan Stadium, Yokohama		340	Lost
17	08 Jun 2008	Japan 21 – Australia A 42	Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka	PNC	235	Lost
16	08 Sep 2007	Australia 91 – Japan 3	Gerland Stadium, Lyon	RWC	227	Lost
15	09 Jun 2007	Australia A 71 – Japan 10	Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville	PNC	223	Lost
14	08 Jun 2003	Japan 15 – Australia A 66	Chichibu, Tokyo		185	Lost
13	05 Jun 2003	Japan 5 – Australia A 63	Nagai Stadium, Osaka		184	Lost
12	03 Jun 1987	Australia 42 – Japan 23	Concord Oval, Sydney	RWC	95	Lost
11	21 Mar 1981	Japan 10 – Australian Universities 9	Chichibu, Tokyo		69	Won
10	05 Mar 1978	Japan 6 – Queensland 42	Chichibu, Tokyo		59	Lost
9	17Aug 1975	Australia 50 – Japan 25	Ballymore, Brisbane		47	Lost
8	02 Aug 1975	Australia 37 – Japan 7	SCG, Sydney		46	Lost
7	08 Apr 1972	Japan 17 – Emerging Wallabies 17	Chichibu, Tokyo		36	Drew
6	02 Apr 1972	Japan 24 – Emerging Wallabies 22	Hanazono, Osaka		35	Won
5	25 Mar 1956	Japan 6 – Australian Universities 19	Hanazono, Osaka		14	Lost
4	21 Mar 1956	Japan 8 – Australian Universities 19	Chichibu, Tokyo		13	Lost
3	04 Mar 1956	Japan 14 – Australian Universities 16	Heiwadai, Fukuoka		12	Lost
2	18 Feb 1934	Japan 14 – Australian Universities 9	Hanazono, Osaka		5	Won
1	11 Feb 1934	Japan 8 – Australian Universities 18	Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium, Tokyo		4	Lost

RWC = Rugby World Cup.
PNC = Pacific Nations Cup.

Japan (WR rank 11 (73.79), at 30 October 2017)

Pos.	Name (Test Player Number)	Club	DOB	Age	Hgt/Wgt	Caps
1	Keita INAGAKI (582)	Panasonic Wild Knights	02/06/1990	27	186/116	17
2	Shota HORIE (530)	Panasonic Wild Knights	21/01/1986	31	180/104	53
3	Takuma ASAHARA (570)	Toshiba Brave Lupus	07/09/1987	30	179/113	9
4	Kazuki HIMENO (651TBC)	Toyota Verblitz	27/07/1994	23	187/108	1
5	Uwe HELU (621)	Yamaha Jubilo	12/07/1990	27	193/115	7
6	Michael LEITCH (518) (c)	Toshiba Brave Lupus	07/10/1988	29	189/105	51
7	Shunsuke NUNOMAKI (631)	Panasonic Wild Knights	13/07/1992	25	178/96	4
8	Amanaki Lelei MAFI (580)	NTT Communications	11/01/1990	27	189/112	17
9	Fumiaki TANAKA (510)	Panasonic Wild Knights	03/01/1985	32	166/72	62
10	Rikiya MATSUDA (617)	Panasonic Wild Knights	03/05/1994	23	181/92	10
11	Ryuji NOGUCHI (599)	Tokai University	15/07/1995	22	177/86	12
12	Harumichi TATEKAWA (557)	Kubota Spears	02/12/1989	27	180/95	52
13	Timothy LAFAELE (629)	Coca-Cola Red Sparks	19/08/1991	26	186/98	6
14	Lomano Lava LEMEKI (624)	Honda Heat	20/01/1989	28	177/92	3
15	Kotaro MATSUSHIMA (576)	Suntory Sungoliath	26/02/1993	24	178/87	26

16	Atsushi SAKATE (604)	Panasonic Wild Knights	21/06/1993	24	180/104	9
17	Koki YAMAMOTO (628)	Yamaha Jubilo	29/10/1990	27	181/118	5
18	Asaeli Ai VALU (652TBC)	Panasonic Wild Knights	07/05/1989	28	187/115	1
19	Wimpie van der WALT (654TBC)	NTT Docomo	06/01/1989	28	188/106	1
20	Fetuani LAUTAIMI (655TBC)	Toyota Verblitz	21/10/1992	25	185/115	1
21	Yutaka NAGARE (639TBC)	Suntory Sungoliath	04/09/1992	25	166/71	7
22	Yu TAMURA (555)	Canon Eagles	09/01/1989	28	181/91	46
23	Sione TEAUPA (653TBC)	Kubota Spears	09/07/1992	25	183/99	1

Head Coach – Jamie Joseph. (NZL, 2016 to present. Twelfth test as head coach for six wins and six losses.)

Subs

16 subbed 2, 23 min 2H.
17 subbed 1, 33 min 2H.
18 subbed 3, 12 min 2H.
19 subbed 5, 19 min 1H.
20 subbed 7, 23 min 2H.
21 subbed 9, 19 min 2H.
22 subbed 14, 19 min 2H.
23 subbed 12, 12 min 2H.

Australia (WR rank 3 (87.28), at 30 October 2017)

Pos.	Name	Franchise/Club	DOB	Age	Hgt/Wgt	Caps
1	Scott Sio	Brumbies/Canberra Vikings	16/10/1991	26	187/115	40
2	Tatafu Polota-Nau	Western Force/Perth Spirit	26/07/1985	32	181/114	79
3	Sekope Kepu	Waratahs/NSW Country Eagles	05/02/1986	31	188/118	88
4	Rob Simmons	Queensland Reds/Queensland Country	19/04/1989	28	200/115	79
5	Adam Coleman	Western Force/Perth Spirit	07/10/1991	26	204/122	19
6	Ned Hanigan	Waratahs/NSW Country Eagles	11/04/1995	22	194/110	10
7	Michael Hooper (c)	Waratahs/Sydney Rays	29/10/1991	26	182/101	76
8	Sean McMahon	Melbourne Rebels/Melbourne Rising	18/06/1994	23	186/101	23
9	Nick Phipps	Waratahs/Greater Sydney Rams	09/01/1989	28	180/87	59
10	Reece Hodge	Melbourne Rebels/Melbourne Rising	26/08/1994	23	191/94	21
11	Marika Koroibete	Melbourne Rebels/Melbourne Rising	26/07/1992	25	180/93	5
12	Samu Kerevi	Queensland Reds/Brisbane City	27/09/1993	24	186/105	15
13	Tevita Kuridrani	Brumbies/Canberra Vikings	31/03/1991	26	192/102	55
14	Henry Speight	Brumbies/Canberra Vikings	24/03/1988	29	186/97	18
15	Kurtley Beale	NSW Country Eagles	06/01/1989	28	184/92	68

16	Stephen Moore	Queensland Reds/Queensland Country	20/01/1983	34	186/112	126
17	Tom Robertson	Waratahs/NSW Country Eagles	28/08/1994	23	180/107	16
18	Allan Alaalatoa	Brumbies/Canberra Vikings	28/01/1994	23	182/120	20
19	Matt Philip	Western Force/Perth Spirit	07/03/1994	23	199/115	1
20	Ben McCalman	Western Force/Perth Spirit	18/03/1988	29	192/106	50
21	Lopeti Timani	Melbourne Rebels/Melbourne Rising	28/09/1990	27	193/124	10
22	Joe Powell	Brumbies/Canberra Vikings	11/04/1994	23	177/83	3
23	Curtis Rona	Western Force/Perth Spirit	26/05/1992	25	194/102	3

Head Coach – Michael Cheika (2014 to present, Forty-second test as head coach for 23 wins, 2 draws and 17 losses.)