Japan v Ireland - Rugby Union - BBC Sport

Sat 11 Jul 2026

Nations Championship

Venue:McDonald Jones Stadium

Team Lineups

home team,Japan

Number15, Matsunaga
Matsunaga
Number14, Ueda
Ueda
Number13, Riley
Riley
Number12, Hirose
Hirose
Number11, Taira
Taira
Number10, Ito
Ito
Number9, Saito
Saito
Number1, Okabe
Okabe
Number2, Harada
Harada
Number3, Takeuchi
Takeuchi
Number4, Hockings
Hockings
Number5, Dearns
Dearns
Number6, Gunter
Gunter
Number7, Shimokawa
Shimokawa
Number8, Cornelsen
Cornelsen

Substitutes

home team,Japan

Number16, Era
Era
Number17, Otsuka
Otsuka
Number18, Tamefusa
Tamefusa
Number19, Stolberg
Stolberg
Number20, Leitch
Leitch
Number21, Costley
Costley
Number22, Kamimura
Kamimura
Number23, Greene
Greene

away team,Ireland

Number15, Osborne
Osborne
Number14, J O'Brien
J O'Brien
Number13, Henshaw
Henshaw
Number12, McCloskey
McCloskey
Number11, Stockdale
Stockdale
Number10, Frawley
Frawley
Number9, Casey
Casey
Number1, O'Toole
O'Toole
Number2, Kelleher
Kelleher
Number3, Clarkson
Clarkson
Number4, Beirne
Beirne
Number5, Ryan
Ryan
Number6, Conan
Conan
Number7, Timoney
Timoney
Number8, Jansen
Jansen

away team,Ireland

Number16, Stewart
Stewart
Number17, Bohan
Bohan
Number18, Illo
Illo
Number19, Izuchukwu
Izuchukwu
Number20, Ward
Ward
Number21, Doak
Doak
Number22, Byrne
Byrne
Number23, Aki
Aki

Japan
Ireland

home team,Japan

Number15, Matsunaga
Matsunaga
Number14, Ueda
Ueda
Number13, Riley
Riley
Number12, Hirose
Hirose
Number11, Taira
Taira
Number10, Ito
Ito
Number9, Saito
Saito
Number1, Okabe
Okabe
Number2, Harada
Harada
Number3, Takeuchi
Takeuchi
Number4, Hockings
Hockings
Number5, Dearns
Dearns
Number6, Gunter
Gunter
Number7, Shimokawa
Shimokawa
Number8, Cornelsen
Cornelsen

Substitutes

Number16, Era
Era
Number17, Otsuka
Otsuka
Number18, Tamefusa
Tamefusa
Number19, Stolberg
Stolberg
Number20, Leitch
Leitch
Number21, Costley
Costley
Number22, Kamimura
Kamimura
Number23, Greene
Greene