Ireland Women 42 - 14 Japan Women

Full time

24 Aug 2025

Women's World Cup

Stage: Pool C Round 1

cinch Stadium at Franklin's Gardens

Ireland Women vs Japan Women head to head

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
4'

Try

Amee-Leigh Costigan · Ireland Women

5 - 0
5'

Conversion

Dannah O'Brien · Ireland Women

7 - 0
9'

Try

Neve Jones · Ireland Women

12 - 0
10'

Conversion

Dannah O'Brien · Ireland Women

14 - 0
23'

Try

Beibhinn Parsons · Ireland Women

19 - 0
24'

Conversion

Dannah O'Brien · Ireland Women

21 - 0
28'

Try

Haruka Hirotsu · Japan Women

21 - 5
29'

Conversion

Ayasa Otsuka · Japan Women

21 - 7
36'

Try

Fiona Tuite · Ireland Women

26 - 7
37'

Conversion

Dannah O'Brien · Ireland Women

28 - 7
Halftime 28 - 7
Second Half
42'

Try

Masami Kawamura · Japan Women

28 - 12
43'

Conversion

Ayasa Otsuka · Japan Women

28 - 14
50'

Substitution

Nijiho Nagata on for Wako Kitano · Japan Women
50'

Substitution

Ayano Sakurai on for Otoka Yoshimura · Japan Women
52'

Try

Eve Higgins · Ireland Women

33 - 14
53'

Conversion

Dannah O'Brien · Ireland Women

35 - 14
60'

Substitution

Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald on for Neve Jones · Ireland Women
60'

Substitution

Ellena Perry on for Niamh O'Dowd · Ireland Women
60'

Substitution

Eimear Corri-Fallon on for Ruth Campbell · Ireland Women
60'

Substitution

Enya Breen on for Eve Higgins · Ireland Women
60'

Substitution

Anna McGann on for Amee-Leigh Costigan · Ireland Women
60'

Substitution

Manami Mine on for Sachiko Kato · Japan Women
60'

Substitution

Kyoko Hosokawa on for Seina Saito · Japan Women
60'

Substitution

Megumi Abe on for Moe Tsukui · Japan Women
60'

Substitution

Minori Yamamoto on for Sora Nishimura · Japan Women
62'

Try

Enya Breen · Ireland Women

40 - 14
63'

Conversion

Dannah O'Brien · Ireland Women

42 - 14
63'

Substitution

Kotomi Taniguchi on for Asuka Kuge · Japan Women
67'

Substitution

Sakurako Hatada on for Komachi Imakugi · Japan Women
68'

Yellow Card

Linda Djougang · Ireland Women
73'

Substitution

Grace Moore on for Brittany Hogan · Ireland Women
73'

Substitution

Emily Lane on for Aoibheann Reilly · Ireland Women
75'

Substitution

Sadhbh McGrath on for Edel McMahon · Ireland Women
78'

Yellow Card Complete

Linda Djougang · Ireland Women
Fulltime 42 - 14

Player ratings

Ireland Women

15 Stacey Flood 7.7
14 Beibhinn Parsons 8.3
13 Aoife Dalton 6.6
12 Eve Higgins 9.9
11 Amee-Leigh Costigan 9.3
10 Dannah O'Brien 5.8
9 Aoibheann Reilly 7.4
1 Niamh O'Dowd 7.2
2 Neve Jones 8.0
3 Linda Djougang 5.6
4 Ruth Campbell 6.7
5 Sam Monaghan 6.8
6 Fiona Tuite 7.7
7 Edel McMahon 6.8
8 Brittany Hogan 7.4
16 Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald 7.5
17 Ellena Perry 6.8
18 Sadhbh McGrath –
19 Eimear Corri-Fallon 6.6
20 Grace Moore –
21 Emily Lane –
22 Enya Breen 6.9
23 Anna McGann 6.8

Japan Women

15 Sora Nishimura 6.0
14 Misaki Matsumura 6.1
13 Mana Furuta 6.0
12 Haruka Hirotsu 7.4
11 Komachi Imakugi 6.8
10 Ayasa Otsuka 5.5
9 Moe Tsukui 6.0
1 Sachiko Kato 5.2
2 Asuka Kuge 6.6
3 Wako Kitano 6.4
4 Yuna Sato 6.2
5 Otoka Yoshimura 6.5
6 Masami Kawamura 7.8
7 Iroha Nagata 6.9
8 Seina Saito 6.9
16 Kotomi Taniguchi 6.3
17 Manami Mine 6.6
18 Nijiho Nagata 6.5
19 Ayano Sakurai 6.4
20 Kyoko Hosokawa 5.7
21 Megumi Abe 6.0
22 Minori Yamamoto 5.7
23 Sakurako Hatada 6.3