Womens Rugby World Cup 2025 Women Japan vs Women New Zealand

31 August,2025Sandy Park14:00

Japan Women National Rugby Team

New Zealand

Full Time

First Half
5
38
Second Half
14
24

T	G	PG	DG		T	G	PG	DG
1	0	0	0	First Half	6	4	0	0
2	1	0	0	Second Half	4	2	0	0

Timeline
Lineups
Information

Timeline

Tries
Conversions
Penalties
Dropped Goal
Replacements and Substitutions
Yellow Cards
Red Cards
Missed Conversions

Japan Women National Rugby Team		New Zealand
Sora NISHIMURA Minori YAMAMOTO	1’ 0-0
Sakurako HATADA	4’ 5-0
Ayasa OTSUKA	5’ 5-0
	13’ 5-5	Portia WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE
	13’ 5-5	Braxton SORENSEN-MCGEE
	16’ 5-10	Jorja MILLER
	17’ 5-12	Braxton SORENSEN-MCGEE
	25’ 5-17	Katelyn VAHAAKOLO
	26’ 5-19	Braxton SORENSEN-MCGEE
	31’ 5-24	Braxton SORENSEN-MCGEE
	32’ 5-24	Braxton SORENSEN-MCGEE
	35’ 5-29	Kennedy TUKUAFU
	36’ 5-31	Braxton SORENSEN-MCGEE
	39’ 5-36	Risaleaana POURI-LANE
	40’ 5-38	Braxton SORENSEN-MCGEE
	40’ 5-38	Stacey WAAKA Renee HOLMES
	40’ 5-38	Logo-I-Pulotu LEMAPU-ATAI’I SYLVIA BRUNT Theresa SETEFANO
Haruka HIROTSU	40’ 5-38
	End ofFirst Half
	1’ 5-38	Risaleaana POURI-LANE Maia JOSEPH
	1’ 5-38	Renee HOLMES Stacey WAAKA
	1’ 5-38	Kennedy TUKUAFU Laura BAYFIELD
	1’ 5-38	Ruahei DEMANT Renee HOLMES
	3’ 5-38	Laura BAYFIELD
	6’ 5-38	Tanya KALOUNIVALE Veisinia MAHUTARIKI-FAKALELU
Moe TSUKUI	7’ 10-38
Ayasa OTSUKA	8’ 12-38
	10’ 12-43	Braxton SORENSEN-MCGEE
	11’ 12-43	Renee HOLMES
	11’ 12-43	Georgia PONSONBY Atlanta LOLOHEA
	11’ 12-43	Chryss VILIKO Kate HENWOOD
Moe TSUKUI Megumi ABE	13’ 12-43
Otoka YOSHIMURA Ayano SAKURAI	13’ 12-43
Seina SAITO Jennifer NDUKA	13’ 12-43
	13’ 12-43	Layla SAE Liana MIKAELE-TU’U
Asuka KUGE Kotomi TANIGUCHI	18’ 12-43
Sachiko KATO Manami MINE	18’ 12-43
Haruka HIROTSU Kanako KOBAYASHI	26’ 12-43
Penalty Try	27’ 19-43
	27’ 19-43	Laura BAYFIELD
	28’ 19-48	Jorja MILLER
	29’ 19-48	Renee HOLMES
Wako KITANO Nijiho NAGATA	29’ 19-48
	30’ 19-53	Braxton SORENSEN-MCGEE
	31’ 19-55	Renee HOLMES
	32’ 19-60	Renee HOLMES
	33’ 19-62	Renee HOLMES

Lineups

Japan Women National Rugby Team

Starting Lineup
FW	1	Sachiko KATO
	2	Asuka KUGE
	3	Wako KITANO
	4	Yuna SATO
	5	Otoka YOSHIMURA
	6	Masami KAWAMURA
	7	Iroha NAGATA
	8	Seina SAITO
HB	9	Moe TSUKUI
	10	Ayasa OTSUKA
TB	11	Komachi IMAKUGI
	12	Haruka HIROTSU
	13	Mana FURUTA
	14	Sakurako HATADA
FB	15	Sora NISHIMURA

Reserved
	16	Kotomi TANIGUCHI
	17	Manami MINE
	18	Nijiho NAGATA
	19	Ayano SAKURAI
	20	Jennifer NDUKA
	21	Megumi ABE
	22	Minori YAMAMOTO
	23	Kanako KOBAYASHI

New Zealand

Starting Lineup
FW	1	Chryss VILIKO
	2	Georgia PONSONBY
	3	Tanya KALOUNIVALE
	4	Maiakawanakaulani ROOS
	5	Alana BREMNER
	6	Jorja MILLER
	7	Kennedy TUKUAFU
	8	Layla SAE
HB	9	Risaleaana POURI-LANE
	10	Ruahei DEMANT
TB	11	Katelyn VAHAAKOLO
	12	Logo-I-Pulotu LEMAPU-ATAI’I SYLVIA BRUNT
	13	Stacey WAAKA
	14	Portia WOODMAN-WICKLIFFE
FB	15	Braxton SORENSEN-MCGEE

Reserved
	16	Atlanta LOLOHEA
	17	Kate HENWOOD
	18	Veisinia MAHUTARIKI-FAKALELU
	19	Laura BAYFIELD
	20	Liana MIKAELE-TU’U
	21	Maia JOSEPH
	22	Renee HOLMES
	23	Theresa SETEFANO

Information

Date	31 August,2025
Kick off	14:00
Venue	Sandy Park
Referee