Pacific Nations Cup
Tonga vs Japan

Time Sun, Sep 14, 2025, 9:35 PM
Location Dick's Sporting Goods Park

Tonga		Japan
Tapueluelu62' Poloniati37' Tameifuna25' Lokotui5'	Tries	Penalty Try78' Tamefusa76' Sato71' Fujiwara54' Riley41' Dearns32' Fakatava17' Era9'
Pellegrini38' Pellegrini26'	Conversions	Lee77' Lee72' Lee55' Lee42' Lee33' Lee18' Lee10'
	Penalty Goals	Lee58' Lee49'

Tonga		Japan
Attack
4	Tries	8
296	Metres	337
119	Carries	76
27	Defenders Beaten	19
4	Clean Breaks	7
129	Passes	133
8	Offloads	7
18	Turnovers Conceded	8
Defence
92	Tackles	144
19	Missed Tackles	27
2	Turnovers Won	7
Kicking
20	Kicks in Play	26
2/4	Conversions	7/7
N/A	Penalty Goals	2/3
N/A	Drop Goals	N/A
4	Charged Down	0
444	Kick From Hand Metres	844
12	In Touch	16
5	Opponent Collection	11
50%	Success	90%
16	Possession Lost	26
2	Possession Retained	4
Breakdown
88	Rucks Won	57
3	Rucks Lost	2
96%	Rucks Success Rate	96%
4	Mauls Won	1
Set Plays
15	Lineouts Won	12
1	Lineouts Lost	2
93%	Lineouts Success Rate	85%
2	Scrums Won	5
2	Scrums Lost	1
50%	Scrums Success Rate	83%
Possession
56%	Possession	43%
65%	First Half	35%
48%	Second Half	52%
63%	Ball Possession Last 10 Mins	37%
Discipline
10	Penalties Conceded	6
0	Red Cards	0
2	Yellow Cards	0
7	Penalty Conceded Own Half	3

Tonga	Japan
1Siegfried Fisi'ihoi	1Kenta Kobayashi
2Samiuela Moli	2Hayate Era
3Ben Tameifuna (C)	3Shuhei Takeuchi
4Veikoso Poloniati	4Jack Cornelsen
5Harison Mataele	5Warner Dearns (C)
6Tupou Ma'afu-Afungia	6Ben Gunter
7Fotu Lokotui	7Kanji Shimokawa
8Siosiua Moala	8Amato Fakatava
9Sonatane Takulua	9Shinobu Fujiwara
10Patrick Pellegrini	10Seungsin Lee
11John Tapueluelu	11Tomoki Osada
12Uilisi Halaholo	12Charlie Lawrence
13Fetuli Paea	13Dylan Riley
14Nikolai Foliaki	14Kippei Ishida
15Charles Piutau	15Sam Greene
Substitutes
16Sosefo Sakalia	16Kenji Sato
17Tau Koloamatangi	17Ryosuke Iwaihara
18Solomone Tukuafu	18Keijiro Tamefusa
19Justin Mataele	19Waisake Raratubua
20Tevita Ahokovi	20Tiennan Costley
21Siaosi Nai	21Faulua Makisi
22James Faiva	22Kenta Fukuda
23Josiah Unga	23Yuya Hirose
Coaches
Tevita Tu'ifua	Eddie Jones

80	End Of Second Half	The 80 minutes is up! The referee has blown their whistle to end the second half.
78	Penalty Try	The referee is running towards the posts and a penalty try is given to Japan.
78	Yellow card	Siaosi Nai (Tonga) is shown a yellow card
78	Clean Break	This is dangerous for the defence as Dylan Riley bursts through to advance the Japan attack.
77	Substitution on	Veikoso Poloniati comes on.
77	Substitution off	Justin Mataele comes off.
77	Conversion - Kicked	Seungsin Lee has kicked a conversion.
76	Try - Close range	Japan are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Keijiro Tamefusa picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
74	Clean Break	A gap opened in the defence and Ben Gunter took full advantage.
73	Substitution on	Tonga decide to make a substitution, with Siaosi Nai getting some game time.
73	Substitution off	Tonga decide to make a substitution, with Sonatane Takulua being replaced.
73	Substitution on	Tonga decide to make a substitution, with Tau Koloamatangi getting some game time.
73	Substitution off	Tonga decide to make a substitution, with Siegfried Fisi'ihoi being replaced.
72	Substitution on	Japan decide to make a substitution, with Kenta Fukuda getting some game time.
72	Substitution off	Japan decide to make a substitution, with Shinobu Fujiwara being replaced.
72	Conversion - Kicked	Seungsin Lee has kicked a conversion.
71	Try - Passing Move	A series of passes by Japan results in a try for Kenji Sato
71	Try Assist	That's a great try assist by Ben Gunter.
71	Substitution on	Tonga decide to make a substitution, with James Faiva getting some game time.
71	Substitution off	Tonga decide to make a substitution, with Nikolai Foliaki being replaced.
71	Substitution on	Tonga decide to make a substitution, with Justin Mataele getting some game time.
71	Substitution off	Tonga decide to make a substitution, with Veikoso Poloniati being replaced.
66	Substitution on	Japan make a substitution with Tiennan Costley coming on.
66	Substitution off	Japan make a substitution with Kanji Shimokawa coming off.
64	Clean Break	The defensive line has been broken as Nikolai Foliaki goes through the gap.
63	Substitution on	Japan sub Waisake Raratubua comes onto the field.
63	Substitution off	Jack Cornelsen departs for Japan.
63	Conversion - Missed Right	Patrick Pellegrini curls the ball too far, missing the posts to the right.
62	Try - Passing Move	Great hands by Tonga leads to a try for John Tapueluelu
62	Clean Break	The defensive line has been broken as John Tapueluelu goes through the gap.
62	Try Assist	Spellbinding play by Patrick Pellegrini is finished off with a try.
61	Clean Break	The defensive line has been broken as Sonatane Takulua goes through the gap.
60	Substitution on	Japan sub Keijiro Tamefusa comes onto the field.
60	Substitution off	Shuhei Takeuchi departs for Japan.
58	Substitution on	Sosefo Sakalia comes on for Tonga.
58	Substitution off	Samiuela Moli leaves the field.
58	Penalty Goal - Kicked	Seungsin Lee adds the points for Japan.
58	Substitution on	Kenji Sato comes on for Japan.
58	Substitution off	Hayate Era leaves the field.
57	Clean Break	What a run here by Kanji Shimokawa as they get over the gainline!
56	Substitution on	Tevita Ahokovi comes on for Tonga.
56	Substitution off	Fotu Lokotui leaves the field.
55	Substitution on	Faulua Makisi comes on for Japan.
55	Substitution off	Amato Fakatava leaves the field.
55	Substitution on	Yuya Hirose comes on for Japan.
55	Substitution off	Charlie Lawrence leaves the field.
55	Conversion - Kicked	The touch judges raise their flags as Seungsin Lee kicks the conversion.
54	Yellow card	Tupou Ma'afu-Afungia (Tonga) is shown a yellow card
54	Try - Close range	Nothing was going to stop Shinobu Fujiwara from scoring as they record the try for Japan.
53	Clean Break	What a run here by Shuhei Takeuchi as they get over the gainline!
52	Penalty Goal - Missed Right	Seungsin Lee steps up to take the penalty but pulls it wide and to the right.
49	Substitution on	Japan decide to make a substitution, with Ryosuke Iwaihara getting some game time.
49	Substitution off	Japan decide to make a substitution, with Kenta Kobayashi being replaced.
49	Penalty Goal - Kicked	Seungsin Lee makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.
47	Substitution on	Tonga decide to make a substitution, with Josiah Unga getting some game time.
47	Substitution off	Tonga decide to make a substitution, with Uilisi Halaholo being replaced.
46	Substitution on	Tonga decide to make a substitution, with Solomone Tukuafu getting some game time.
46	Substitution off	Tonga decide to make a substitution, with Ben Tameifuna being replaced.
42	Conversion - Kicked	Seungsin Lee adds the two points for Japan.
41	Try - From kick	A clever kick there by Japan allows Dylan Riley to collect the ball and touch down for the try.
41	Clean Break	Fabulous play by Japan has led to Dylan Riley being able to wriggle through a gap.
41	Try Assist	Shinobu Fujiwara played a key part in that try.
40	Start Of Second Half	The second half kicks off.
40	End Of First Half	The half-time whistle blows and both teams head for the dressing rooms.
39	Substitution on	Tonga sub Harison Mataele comes onto the field.
39	Substitution off	Tevita Ahokovi departs for Tonga.
38	Conversion - Kicked	Patrick Pellegrini does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
37	Try - Close range	The pick and go results in a try for Tonga as Veikoso Poloniati goes over.
37	Try Assist	That's a great try assist by Tupou Ma'afu-Afungia.
33	Conversion - Kicked	Seungsin Lee does the business as their conversion attempt goes over.
32	Try - Close range	The pressure has finally told as Warner Dearns scores from close range.
31	Clean Break	Trouble here as Warner Dearns breaches the defence.
31	Try Assist	Spellbinding play by Shinobu Fujiwara is finished off with a try.
26	Conversion - Kicked	Patrick Pellegrini makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
25	Try - Close range	The pressure has finally told as Ben Tameifuna scores from close range.
25	Substitution on	Tevita Ahokovi comes on.
25	Substitution off	Harison Mataele comes off.
18	Conversion - Kicked	Seungsin Lee converts the try.
17	Try - Close range	Japan are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Amato Fakatava picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
10	Conversion - Kicked	Seungsin Lee converts the try.
9	Try - Passing Move	A series of passes by Japan results in a try for Hayate Era
9	Try Assist	Shuhei Takeuchi played a key part in that try.
9	Clean Break	A gap opened in the defence and Shuhei Takeuchi took full advantage.
6	Conversion - Missed Left	Patrick Pellegrini has hooked the conversion to the left of the posts.
5	Try - Close range	Tonga are only a few metres out, surely they must score! And they do with Fotu Lokotui touching down.
1	Clean Break	The defensive line has been broken as John Tapueluelu goes through the gap.
0	Start Of First Half	We are underway as the referee blows their whistle.

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