Tonga Tonga 24 - 62 Japan Japan

Full time

14 Sep 2025

Pacific Nations Cup

Stage: SF Round 5

Dick's Sporting Goods Park

Tonga vs Japan head to head

Events

  • Kickoff
  • 5'

    Try

    Fotu Lokotui · Tonga

    5 - 0
  • 9'

    Try

    Hayate Era · Japan

    5 - 5
  • 10'

    Conversion

    Seungsin Lee · Japan

    5 - 7
  • 17'

    Try

    Amato Fakatava · Japan

    5 - 12
  • 18'

    Conversion

    Seungsin Lee · Japan

    5 - 14
  • 25'

    Try

    Ben Tameifuna · Tonga

    10 - 14
  • 25'

    Substitution

    Tevita Ahokovi on for Harison Mataele · Tonga

  • 26'

    Conversion

    Patrick Pellegrini · Tonga

    12 - 14
  • 31'

    Try

    Warner Dearns · Japan

    12 - 19
  • 32'

    Conversion

    Seungsin Lee · Japan

    12 - 21
  • 37'

    Try

    Veikoso Poloniati · Tonga

    17 - 21
  • 38'

    Conversion

    Patrick Pellegrini · Tonga

    19 - 21
  • 39'

    Substitution

    Tevita Ahokovi on for Harison Mataele · Tonga

  • Halftime 19 - 21
  • Second Half
  • 41'

    Try

    Dylan Riley · Japan

    19 - 26
  • 42'

    Conversion

    Seungsin Lee · Japan

    19 - 28
  • 46'

    Substitution

    Solomone Tukuafu on for Ben Tameifuna · Tonga

  • 47'

    Substitution

    Josiah Unga on for Uilisi Halaholo · Tonga

  • 49'

    Penalty

    Seungsin Lee · Japan

    19 - 31
  • 49'

    Substitution

    Ryosuke Iwaihara on for Kenta Kobayashi · Japan

  • 54'

    Try

    Shinobu Fujiwara · Japan

    19 - 36
  • 54'

    Yellow Card

    Tupou Ma'afu-Afungia · Tonga

  • 55'

    Conversion

    Seungsin Lee · Japan

    19 - 38
  • 55'

    Substitution

    Yuya Hirose on for Charlie Lawrence · Japan

  • 55'

    Substitution

    Faulua Makisi on for Amato Fakatava · Japan

  • 56'

    Substitution

    Fotu Lokotui on for Tevita Ahokovi · Tonga

  • 58'

    Penalty

    Seungsin Lee · Japan

    19 - 41
  • 58'

    Substitution

    Kenji Sato on for Hayate Era · Japan

  • 58'

    Substitution

    Sosefo Sakalia on for Samiuela Moli · Tonga

  • 60'

    Substitution

    Keijiro Tamefusa on for Shuhei Takeuchi · Japan

  • 62'

    Try

    John Tapueluelu · Tonga

    24 - 41
  • 63'

    Substitution

    Waisake Raratubua on for Jack Cornelsen · Japan

  • 64'

    Yellow Card Complete

    Tupou Ma'afu-Afungia · Tonga

  • 66'

    Substitution

    Tiennan Costley on for Kanji Shimokawa · Japan

  • 71'

    Try

    Kenji Sato · Japan

    24 - 46
  • 71'

    Substitution

    Justin Mataele on for Veikoso Poloniati · Tonga

  • 71'

    Substitution

    James Faiva on for Nikolai Foliaki · Tonga

  • 72'

    Conversion

    Seungsin Lee · Japan

    24 - 48
  • 72'

    Substitution

    Kenta Fukuda on for Shinobu Fujiwara · Japan

  • 73'

    Substitution

    Tau Koloamatangi on for Siegfried Fisi'ihoi · Tonga

  • 73'

    Substitution

    Siaosi Nai on for Sonatane Takulua · Tonga

  • 76'

    Try

    Keijiro Tamefusa · Japan

    24 - 53
  • 77'

    Conversion

    Seungsin Lee · Japan

    24 - 55
  • 77'

    Substitution

    Justin Mataele on for Veikoso Poloniati · Tonga

  • 78'

    Yellow Card

    Siaosi Nai · Tonga

  • 78'

    Penalty Try

    No Player · Japan

    24 - 62
  • Fulltime 24 - 62

Player ratings

Tonga
  • 15 Charles Piutau 6.5
  • 14 Nikolai Foliaki 5.9
  • 13 Fetuli Paea 5.8
  • 12 Uilisi Halaholo 5.9
  • 11 John Tapueluelu 7.3
  • 10 Patrick Pellegrini 6.6
  • 9 Sonatane Takulua 6.6
  • 1 Siegfried Fisi'ihoi 6.0
  • 2 Samiuela Moli 6.9
  • 3 Ben Tameifuna 7.6
  • 4 Veikoso Poloniati 6.2
  • 5 Harison Mataele 6.3
  • 6 Tupou Ma'afu-Afungia 5.3
  • 7 Fotu Lokotui 7.7
  • 8 Siosiua Moala 7.1
  • 16 Sosefo Sakalia 6.1
  • 17 Tau Koloamatangi –
  • 18 Solomone Tukuafu 5.4
  • 19 Justin Mataele –
  • 20 Tevita Ahokovi 5.5
  • 21 Siaosi Nai –
  • 22 James Faiva –
  • 23 Josiah Unga 5.6
Japan
  • 15 Sam Greene 6.4
  • 14 Kippei Ishida 6.5
  • 13 Dylan Riley 8.3
  • 12 Charlie Lawrence 6.8
  • 11 Tomoki Osada 6.2
  • 10 Seungsin Lee 7.3
  • 9 Shinobu Fujiwara 6.7
  • 1 Kenta Kobayashi 7.0
  • 2 Hayate Era 8.2
  • 3 Shuhei Takeuchi 8.9
  • 4 Jack Cornelsen 6.9
  • 5 Warner Dearns 8.4
  • 6 Ben Gunter 7.7
  • 7 Kanji Shimokawa 7.5
  • 8 Amato Fakatava 7.3
  • 16 Kenji Sato 7.0
  • 17 Ryosuke Iwaihara 6.3
  • 18 Keijiro Tamefusa 6.9
  • 19 Waisake Raratubua 6.4
  • 20 Tiennan Costley 5.8
  • 21 Faulua Makisi 6.2
  • 22 Kenta Fukuda –
  • 23 Yuya Hirose 6.1