South Africa vs Japan · International Tests
International Tests · 2025Full time
61–7
Match report
South Africa beat Japan 61-7 in the International Tests on Saturday, 1 November 2025.
That makes it four wins in a row for South Africa. Japan have now lost three in a row. Eoghan Cross refereed.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
1
South Africa wins (100%)
0
Draws (0%)
0
Japan wins (0%)
One meeting on file, November 2025
Biggest South Africa win
61–7
1 Nov 2025
Last 1 meetings
- 1 Nov 2025 · Friendly InternationalSouth Africa61Japan71 Nov 2025South Africa61–7JapanFriendly International
Lineups
Avg. age
30.6
Avg. age
26.9
South Africa
- 1Retshegofaditswe Ox Nché(31)
- 2Malcolm Marx(32)
- 3Zachary Porthen(22)
- 4Rudolph Gerhardus Snyman(31)
- 6Siya Kolisi(35)
- 7Francois Mostert(35)
- 8Jasper Van der Weshuizen Wiese(31)
- 9Cobus Reinach(36)
- 10Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu(24)
- 11Kurt-Lee Arendse(30)
- 12Damian De Allende(34)
- 13Jesse Kriel(32)
- 14Ethan Hooker(23)
- 15Cheslin Kolbe(33)
Replacements
- 16Johan Grobbelaar(28)
- 17Gerhard Steenekamp(29)
- 18Wilco Louw(32)
- 19Ruan Nortje(28)
- 20Andre Esterhuizen(32)
- 21Kwagga Smith(33)
- 22Grant Williams(30)
- 23Manie Libbok(29)
Japan
- 1Kenta Kobayashi(27)
- 3Syuhei Takeuchi(28)
- 6Ben Gunter(29)
- 7Kanji Shimokawa(27)
- 9Shinobu Fujiwara(27)
- 11Tomoki Osada(26)
- 12Charlie Lawrence(28)
- 13Dylan Riley(29)
- 14Kippei Ishida(26)
- 15Yoshitaka Yazaki(22)
Replacements
- 17Ryosuke Iwaihara(30)
- 18Keijiro Tamefusa(25)
- 19Tyler Paul(31)
- 20Faulua Makisi(29)
- 23Tiennan Costley(26)