Rugby World Cup , Pool C - Bloemfontein, 31 May 1995, 15:00 local, 13:00 GMT
Ireland (19) 50 - 28 (14) Japan (FT)

Timeline

Time Ireland  Score  Japan
8 Latu Mailangi - sub off
Izawa-Nakamura - sub on
9 Kingston - sub on
Wood - sub off
11 Corkery - try 5 - 0
12 Burke - conversion
Foley - sub on
Halvey - sub off		 7 - 0
16 Foley - sub off
Halvey - sub on
20 Francis - try 12 - 0
21 Burke - conversion 14 - 0
25 Geoghegan - try 19 - 0
30 Halvey - sub off
Foley - sub on
34 Foley - sub off
Halvey - sub on
35 19 - 7 Latu - try
Y Yoshida - conversion
38 19 - 14 Y Yoshida - conversion
Izawa-Nakamura - try
43 Burke - conversion
penalty try		 26 - 14
59 26 - 21 Hirao - try
Y Yoshida - conversion
65 penalty try
Burke - conversion		 33 - 21
67 Halvey - try 38 - 21
68 Burke - conversion 40 - 21
70 Foley - sub on
Tweed - sub off
73 40 - 28 Takura - try
Y Yoshida - conversion
77 Burke - penalty goal 43 - 28
78 Hogan - try 48 - 28
79 Burke - conversion 50 - 28

Notes

 
Result Ireland won by a margin of 22 points
Rugby World Cup points Ireland 3, Japan 1
 
Ground name Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein (neutral venue)
Attendance 15000
 
Referee SJ Neethling
 
Ireland Test debuts PS Wallace
Japan Test debuts none

Teams

Ireland Japan
Tries Corkery (11), Francis (20), Geoghegan (25), Penalty try (43, 65), Halvey (67), Hogan (78) Tries Latu (35), Izawa-Nakamura (38), Hirao (59), Takura (73)
Cons Burke (12, 21, 43, 65, 68, 79) Cons Y Yoshida (35, 38, 59, 73)
Pens Burke (77) Pens none
    Team
15 FB
Conor O'Shea
14 W
Richard Wallace
13 C
Brendan Mullin
12 C
Maurice Field
11 W
Simon Geoghegan
10 FH
Paul Burke
9 SH
Niall Hogan
1 P
Nick Popplewell (c)
2 H
Keith Wood
3 P
Paul Wallace
4 L
Davy Tweed
5 L
Neil Francis
6 F
David Corkery
7 F
Eddie Halvey
8 N8
Paddy Johns
    Replacements
16
Phil Danaher
17
Eric Elwood
18
Michael Bradley
19 BR
Anthony Foley
20
Gary Halpin
21 H
Terry Kingston
    Team
15 FB
Tsutomu Matsuda
14 W
Lopeti Oto
13 C
Akira Yoshida
12 C
Yukio Motoki
11 W
Yoshihito Yoshida
10 FH
Seiji Hirao
9 SH
Masami Horikoshi
1 P
Osamu Ota
2 H
Masahiro Kunda (c)
3 P
Masanori Takura
4 L
Yoshihiko Sakuraba
5 L
Bruce Ferguson
6 F
Hiroyuki Kajihara
7 F
Sinali-Tui Latu
8 N8
Sione-Tupo Latu Mailangi
    Replacements
16
Wataru Murata
17
Keiji Hirose
18
Kiyoshi Imaizumi
19
Eiji Hirotsu
20
Kazuaki Takahashi
21 N8
Ko Izawa-Nakamura

Match stats

Ireland   Japan
7 (2 penalty try) Tries 4
6 from 6 Conversion goals 4 from 4
1 from 1 Penalty goals 0 from 0
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
28 Kicks from hand 16
46 Passes 176
52 Runs 116
182 Metres run with ball 504
Attacking
64% (60%/67%) Possession (1H/2H) 36% (40%/33%)
6 Clean breaks 12
21 Defenders beaten 34
4 Offloads 22
35 from 37 (94.6%) Rucks won 60 from 68 (88.2%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
10 Turnovers conceded 22
Defensive
101/34 Tackles made/missed 57/21
75.0% Tackling success rate 73.0%
Set pieces
13 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 10 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
8 won, 2 lost (80.0%) Lineouts on own throw 16 won, 3 lost (84.2%)
Discipline
9 Penalties conceded 7
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Ire stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB O'Shea 0/0 0 4/1/1 0 0 0 0 1 3/6 0/0 0 0/0
W RM Wallace 0/0 0 0/0/1 5 0 0 0 1 1/2 0/0 1 0/0
C Mullin 0/0 0 0/1/2 0 0 1 1 0 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
C Field 0/0 0 1/0/2 3 0 1 0 1 13/3 0/0 1 0/0
W Geoghegan 1/0 5 1/1/2 15 1 1 0 1 3/2 0/0 0 0/0
FH Burke 0/0 15 16/3/2 2 0 1 1 0 13/3 0/0 0 0/0
SH Hogan 1/0 5 4/34/7 28 1 4 0 2 9/2 0/0 2 0/0
P Popplewell 0/0 0 0/1/5 22 1 3 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
H Wood 0/0 0 0/0/1 10 0 1 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
P PS Wallace 0/0 0 0/1/3 26 1 1 0 1 7/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Tweed 0/0 0 0/0/4 5 0 0 0 0 6/1 4/0 0 0/0
L Francis 1/0 5 0/0/3 8 0 0 0 0 4/1 4/0 4 0/0
F Corkery 1/1 5 1/1/5 19 0 2 1 0 12/5 0/0 0 0/0
F Halvey 1/0 5 0/1/7 18 1 5 0 0 11/0 0/0 0 0/0
N8 Johns 0/0 0 1/1/4 5 0 0 1 2 8/3 0/0 1 0/0
(BR) Foley 0/0 0 0/0/1 12 1 0 0 0 0/1 0/1 0 0/0
(H) Kingston 0/0 0 0/1/2 4 0 1 0 1 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

JPN stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Matsuda 0/0 0 7/6/10 58 2 2 3 1 4/1 0/0 0 0/0
W Oto 0/0 0 0/2/11 80 3 5 2 4 0/1 0/0 0 0/0
C A Yoshida 0/0 0 0/12/16 31 0 4 5 3 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
C Motoki 0/1 0 2/17/10 28 1 4 0 3 4/1 1/0 0 0/0
W Y Yoshida 0/0 8 1/3/5 66 1 3 1 1 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
FH Hirao 1/0 5 1/31/6 30 1 4 0 2 3/1 0/0 0 0/0
SH Horikoshi 0/1 0 3/70/6 9 0 2 0 3 2/3 0/0 0 0/0
P Ota 0/0 0 0/0/2 4 0 0 0 0 5/2 0/0 1 0/0
H Kunda 0/0 0 0/3/4 4 0 0 0 0 6/3 0/0 1 0/0
P Takura 1/0 5 0/0/3 11 0 0 0 0 6/1 0/0 1 0/0
L Sakuraba 0/0 0 0/0/8 27 0 0 0 0 5/1 3/0 0 0/0
L Ferguson 0/0 0 0/8/10 24 0 0 4 1 5/0 2/1 0 0/0
F Kajihara 0/0 0 1/4/5 51 2 2 1 1 2/5 3/0 2 0/0
F Latu 1/1 5 1/8/9 27 1 3 1 1 4/1 1/0 0 0/0
N8 Latu Mailangi 0/0 0 0/5/2 3 0 1 1 0 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(N8) Izawa-Nakamura 1/0 5 0/7/9 51 1 4 4 2 6/1 1/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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