Japan vs Ireland 20-36 · Nations Championship

Match report

Ireland beat Japan 36-20 away from home at Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle / Awabakal-Worimi in round 2 of the Nations Championship on Saturday, 11 July 2026.

That makes it two wins in a row for Ireland.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

0

Japan wins (0%)

0

Draws (0%)

4

Ireland wins (100%)

Last 4 meetings, since July 2021

Biggest Ireland win

60–5

6 Nov 2021

Last 4 meetings

11 Jul 2026 · Nations Championship
Japan20
Ireland36
11 Jul 2026Japan20–36IrelandNations Championship
8 Nov 2025 · Friendly International
Ireland41
Japan10
8 Nov 2025Ireland41–10JapanFriendly International
6 Nov 2021 · Friendly International
Ireland60
Japan5
6 Nov 2021Ireland60–5JapanFriendly International
3 Jul 2021 · Friendly International
Ireland39
Japan31
3 Jul 2021Ireland39–31JapanFriendly International

Lineups

Avg. age

27.1

Avg. age

29.5

Japan

1Takato Okabe(31)
2Mamoru Harada(27)
3Syuhei Takeuchi(28)
4Harry Hockings(28)
5Warner Dearns(24)
6Ben Gunter(28)
7Kanji Shimokawa(27)
8Jack Cornelsen(32)
9Naoto Saito(29)
10Ryunosuke Ito(21)
11Taira Main(26)
12Yuya Hirose(25)
13Dylan Riley(29)
14Kazuma Ueda(23)
15Takuro Matsunaga(28)

Replacements

16Hayate Era(25)
17Sojiro Otsuka(22)
18Keijiro Tamefusa(25)
19Mike Stolberg(34)
20Michael Leitch(38)
21Tiennan Costley(26)
22Itsuki Kamimura(23)
23Sam Greene(32)

Ireland

1Tom O’Toole(28)
2Ronan Kelleher(28)
3Thomas Clarkson(26)
4Tadhg Beirne(34)
5James Ryan(30)
6Jack Conan(34)
7Nick Timoney(31)
8Sean Jansen(27)
9Craig Casey(27)
10Ciaran Frawley(28)
11Jacob Stockdale(30)
12Stuart McCloskey(34)
13Robbie Henshaw(33)
14Jimmy O'Brien(29)
15Jamie Osborne(24)