Teams

Japan	Samoa
Tries Hirose, Kikutani 2, Tui	Tries Fotuali'i, Lemalu 2
Cons none	Cons Anufe 2, Lui
Pens Goromaru 2	Pens Anufe 2
Team 15 FB Ayumu Goromaru 14 W Toshiaki Hirose (c) 13 C Tomohiro Senba 12 C Ryan Nicholas 11 W Hirotoki Onozawa 10 FH Harumichi Tatekawa 9 SH Atsushi Hiwasa 1 P Yusuke Nagae 2 H Takeshi Kizu 3 P Kensuke Hatakeyama 4 L Shinya Makabe 5 L Hitoshi Ono 6 F Takashi Kikutani 7 F Yuta Mochizuki 8 N8 Hendrik Tui     Replacements 16 H Ryuhei Arita 17 P Hiroshi Yamashita 18 L Shoji Ito 19 F Takamichi Sasaki 20 SH Jun Fujii 21 FH Kosei Ono 22 FB Yasunori Nagatomo	Team 15 FB Fa'atoina Autagavaia 14 W Paul Perez 13 C Lolo Lui 12 C Paul Williams 11 W David Lemi (c) 10 FH Ki Anufe 9 SH Kahn Fotuali'i 1 P Zak Taulafo 2 H Ti'i Paulo 3 P Logovi'i Mulipola 4 L Fa'atiga Lemalu 5 L Joe Tekori 6 F Alafoti Faosiliva 7 F Maurie Fa'asavalu 8 N8 Kane Thompson     Replacements 16 H Ole Avei 17 P Census Johnston 18 L Daniel Crichton 19 F Ben Masoe 20 FH Jeremy Su'a 21 Tua Otto 22 Ken Pisi

Notes

Result Samoa won by a margin of 1 point

Pacific Nations Cup points Samoa 4, Japan 2 (1 try bonus, 1 losing bonus)

Ground name Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium

Attendance 5386

Referee J Lacey (Ireland)

Japan Test debuts none

Samoa Test debuts none

Other scores

Nations Cup
Argentina Jaguares	33 - 9	Russia	Bucharest
Portugal	7 - 35	Uruguay	Bucharest
Romania	17 - 13	Emerging Italy	Bucharest
Junior World Championship
Scotland Under-20s	34 - 17	Italy Under-20s	Bellville
France Under-20s	19 - 17	Australia Under-20s	Cape Town
Fiji Under-20s	20 - 29	Samoa Under-20s	Bellville
Ireland Under-20s	27 - 12	England Under-20s	Bellville
Wales Under-20s	6 - 30	NZ Under-20s	Cape Town
Argentina Under-20s	3 - 35	SA Under-20s	Cape Town