Japan 15 - 19 Australia

Full time

25 Oct 2025

Stage: Regular Season Round 1

Japan National Stadium

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Japan faced Australia in a tightly contested friendly match, ultimately losing 15-19 at the Japan National Stadium. Australia struck first with a try from Champion de Crespigny, followed by a successful conversion from Edmed. Japan responded with a penalty from Lee but struggled after Lawrence received a yellow card. In the second half, Takeuchi's try brought Japan level, but Australia quickly regained the lead with Tizzano's effort. Gunter's try for Japan provided a late surge, but Edmed's contributions ensured Australia held on for victory. Key moments included Japan's discipline issues, highlighted by two yellow cards. Overall, Australia's resilience and tactical execution secured them a hard-fought win.

Broadcasters

Where to watch in: Australia, New Zealand

Weather

Temperature: 15.9°C (Feels like 13.0°C) Condition: Cloudy Wind: 13.5 km/h, gusting to 27.6 km/h Humidity: 78% Cloud Cover: 98%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
6'

Substitution

Josh Canham on for Lukhan Salakaia-Loto · Australia
8'

Substitution

Charlie Lawrence on for Shogo Nakano · Japan
12'

Try

Nicholas Champion de Crespigny · Australia

0 - 5
13'

Conversion

Tane Edmed · Australia

0 - 7
18'

Yellow Card

Charlie Lawrence · Japan
21'

Substitution

Harry Wilson on for Josh Canham · Australia
26'

Penalty

Seungsin Lee · Japan

3 - 7
28'

Yellow Card Complete

Charlie Lawrence · Japan
29'

Try

Josh Flook · Australia

3 - 12
29'

Conversion

Tane Edmed · Australia

3 - 14
30'

Substitution

Shogo Nakano on for Charlie Lawrence · Japan
36'

Yellow Card

Shuhei Takeuchi · Japan
40'

Substitution

Keijiro Tamefusa on for Kanji Shimokawa · Japan
Halftime 3 - 14
Second Half
45'

Substitution

Kanji Shimokawa on for Keijiro Tamefusa · Japan
46'

Yellow Card Complete

Shuhei Takeuchi · Japan
49'

Substitution

Charlie Lawrence on for Shogo Nakano · Japan
51'

Try

Shuhei Takeuchi · Japan

8 - 14
51'

Substitution

Billy Pollard on for Josh Nasser · Australia
53'

Substitution

Tom Robertson on for Zane Nonggorr · Australia
56'

Try

Carlo Tizzano · Australia

8 - 19
57'

Substitution

Aidan Ross on for Angus Bell · Australia
60'

Try

Ben Gunter · Japan

13 - 19
61'

Conversion

Seungsin Lee · Japan

15 - 19
65'

Substitution

Keijiro Tamefusa on for Shuhei Takeuchi · Japan
66'

Substitution

Tiennan Costley on for Michael Leitch · Japan
67'

Substitution

Zane Nonggorr on for Tom Robertson · Australia
71'

Substitution

Filipo Daugunu on for Kenta Kobayashi · Japan
71'

Substitution

Ryosuke Iwaihara on for Hayate Era · Japan
71'

Substitution

Kenji Sato on for Shinobu Fujiwara · Japan
71'

Substitution

Kenta Fukuda on for Ben Gunter · Japan
71'

Substitution

Tyler Paul on for Tane Edmed · Japan
Fulltime 15 - 19

Player ratings

Japan

15 Yoshitaka Yazaki 6.7
14 Kippei Ishida 7.2
13 Dylan Riley 5.3
12 Shogo Nakano 5.4
11 Tomoki Osada 5.6
10 Seungsin Lee 6.6
9 Shinobu Fujiwara 7.1
1 Kenta Kobayashi 6.6
2 Hayate Era 8.7
3 Shuhei Takeuchi 7.0
4 Jack Cornelsen 6.7
5 Warner Dearns 7.1
6 Ben Gunter 7.4
7 Kanji Shimokawa 7.0
8 Michael Leitch 7.5
16 Kenji Sato –
17 Ryosuke Iwaihara –
18 Keijiro Tamefusa 6.0
19 Tyler Paul –
20 Tiennan Costley 6.1
21 Kenta Fukuda –
22 Charlie Lawrence 5.1
23 Sam Greene –

Australia

15 Andrew Kellaway 6.6
14 Corey Toole 6.7
13 Josh Flook 8.0
12 Hunter Paisami 6.9
11 Dylan Pietsch 6.8
10 Tane Edmed 6.0
9 Jake Gordon 7.0
1 Angus Bell 7.1
2 Josh Nasser 7.2
3 Zane Nonggorr 7.1
4 Jeremy Williams 6.1
5 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto –
6 Nicholas Champion de Crespigny 8.5
7 Carlo Tizzano 9.1
8 Rob Valetini 7.2
16 Billy Pollard 6.8
17 Aidan Ross 6.5
18 Tom Robertson 6.1
19 Josh Canham 6.2
20 Harry Wilson 7.1
21 Ryan Lonergan –
22 Hamish Stewart –
23 Filipo Daugunu –