Match Centre

Related News

Japan took the opening win of the Rugby World Cup. Photo: Getty Images

Japan take first win as Rugby World Cup 2019 officially kicks off

Rugby World Cup
More Related News
  Japan Japan Russia Russia
Players
1 Keita Inagaki Keita Inagaki Valery Morozov Valery Morozov
2 Shota Horie Shota Horie Stanislav Selskii Stanislav Selskii
3 Asaeli Ai Valu Asaeli Ai Valu Kirill Gotovtsev Kirill Gotovtsev
4 Wimpie van der Walt Wimpie van der Walt Andrey Ostrikov Andrey Ostrikov
5 James Moore James Moore Bogdan Fedotko Bogdan Fedotko
6 Michael Leitch Michael Leitch Vitaly Zhivatov Vitaly Zhivatov
7 Pieter Labuschagne Pieter Labuschagne Tagir Gadzhiev Tagir Gadzhiev
8 Kazuki Himeno Kazuki Himeno Nikita Vavilin Nikita Vavilin
9 Yutaka Nagare Yutaka Nagare Vasily Dorofeev Vasily Dorofeev
10 Yu Tamura Yu Tamura Yury Kushnarev Yury Kushnarev
11 Lomano Lemeki Lomano Lemeki Kirill Golosnitskiy Kirill Golosnitskiy
12 Ryoto Nakamura Ryoto Nakamura Dimitry Gerasimov Dimitry Gerasimov
13 Timothy Lafaele Timothy Lafaele Vladimir Ostroushko Vladimir Ostroushko
14 Kotaro Matsushima Kotaro Matsushima German Davydov German Davydov
15 William Tupou William Tupou Vasily Artemyev Vasily Artemyev
Substitutes
16 Atsushi Sakate Atsushi Sakate Evgeny Matveev Evgeny Matveev
17 Isileli Nakajima Isileli Nakajima Andrei Polivalov Andrei Polivalov
18 Jiwon Koo Jiwon Koo Azamat Bitiev Azamat Bitiev
19 Luke Thompson Luke Thompson Andrey Garbuzov Andrey Garbuzov
20 Hendrik Tui Hendrik Tui Anton Sychev Anton Sychev
21 Fumiaki Tanaka Fumiaki Tanaka Dmitry Perov Dmitry Perov
22 Rikiya Matsuda Rikiya Matsuda Ramil Gaisin Ramil Gaisin
23 Ryohei Yamanaka Ryohei Yamanaka Vladislav Sozonov Vladislav Sozonov
Coach
  Jamie Joseph Lyn Jones
  Japan Japan Russia Russia
Attack
Tries 13 1
Points 118 19
Carries 677 405
Metres 2,422 938
Clean Breaks 49 20
Defenders Beaten 141 58
Offloads 36 14
Passes 927 450
Defence & Discipline
Tackles 688 564
Missed Tackles 93 157
Tackles Won 88% 78%
Turnovers Conceded 79 61