Pool B of the 2015 Rugby World Cup began on 19 September and was completed on 11 October 2015.^[1] The pool was composed of South Africa, Samoa and Scotland – who all qualified automatically for the tournament due to finishing in the top three positions in their pools in 2011 – joined by the top Asian qualifier, Japan, and the second American qualifier, United States. South Africa and Scotland qualified for the quarter-finals.^[2]

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	T	B	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	4	3	0	1	176	56	+120	23	4	16	Advanced to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2019 Rugby World Cup
2	Scotland	4	3	0	1	136	93	+43	14	2	14
3	Japan	4	3	0	1	98	100	−2	9	0	12	Eliminated but qualified for 2019 Rugby World Cup
4	Samoa	4	1	0	3	69	124	−55	7	2	6
5	United States	4	0	0	4	50	156	−106	5	0	0

Matches

All times are local United Kingdom time (UTC+01)

South Africa vs Japan

19 September 2015 16:45

South Africa	32–34	Japan
Try: Louw 18' c B. du Plessis 33' m De Jager 44' c Strauss 62' c Con: Lambie (2/3) 19', 45' Pollard (1/1) 63' Pen: Lambie (1/1) 57' Pollard (1/1) 73'	Report	Try: Leitch 30' c Goromaru 69' c Hesketh 80' m Con: Goromaru (2/3) 31', 70' Pen: Goromaru (5/6) 8', 43', 49', 53', 60'

Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton Attendance: 29,290 Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)

South Africa

Japan

FB 15 Zane Kirchner RW 14 Bryan Habana OC 13 Jesse Kriel IC 12 Jean de Villiers (c) LW 11 Lwazi Mvovo  70' FH 10 Pat Lambie  58' SH 9 Ruan Pienaar  58' N8 8 Schalk Burger BF 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit  57' OF 6 Francois Louw RL 5 Victor Matfield LL 4 Lood de Jager  69' TP 3 Jannie du Plessis  54'  79' HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis  54' LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira  54'  79' Replacements: HK 16 Adriaan Strauss  54' PR 17 Trevor Nyakane  54'  79' PR 18 Coenie Oosthuizen 78' to 80'  54' LK 19 Eben Etzebeth  69' FL 20 Siya Kolisi  57'  79' SH 21 Fourie du Preez  58' FH 22 Handré Pollard  58' WG 23 JP Pietersen  70' Coach: Heyneke Meyer

FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru RW 14 Akihito Yamada  79' OC 13 Male Sa'u IC 12 Harumichi Tatekawa LW 11 Kotaro Matsushima FH 10 Kosei Ono  73' SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka  67' N8 8 Hendrik Tui  46' OF 7 Michael Broadhurst BF 6 Michael Leitch (c) RL 5 Hitoshi Ono  54' LL 4 Luke Thompson TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama  10'  19'  54' HK 2 Shota Horie  70' LP 1 Masataka Mikami  58' Replacements: HK 16 Takeshi Kizu  70' PR 17 Keita Inagaki  58' PR 18 Hiroshi Yamashita  10'  19'  54' LK 19 Shinya Makabe  54' N8 20 Amanaki Mafi  46' SH 21 Atsushi Hiwasa  67' CE 22 Yu Tamura  73' WG 23 Karne Hesketh  79' Coach: Eddie Jones

Notes:

• Fumiaki Tanaka earned his 50th test cap for Japan.^[3]
• This was the first ever match between these nations.^{[citation needed]}
• This was South Africa's first ever loss to a Tier 2 nation.^[4]
• This was Japan's second ever win over one of the SANZAAR nations.^[5]
• This match is known as "The Brighton Miracle" and is featured in the film of the same name.

Samoa vs United States

20 September 2015 12:00

Samoa	25–16	United States
Try: Nanai-Williams 20' m Treviranus 46' m Pen: T. Pisi (4/5) 8', 28', 39', 51' Stanley (1/1) 70'	Report	Try: Wyles 34' m Baumann 74' m Pen: MacGinty (2/2) 31', 53'

Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton Attendance: 29,178 Referee: George Clancy (Ireland)

Samoa

United States

FB 15 Tim Nanai-Williams RW 14 Ken Pisi OC 13 Paul Perez IC 12 Rey Lee-Lo  2'  9' LW 11 Alesana Tuilagi  73' FH 10 Tusi Pisi  58' SH 9 Kahn Fotuali'i N8 8 Ofisa Treviranus (c) OF 7 Jack Lam BF 6 Maurie Fa'asavalu  51' RL 5 Joe Tekori  58' LL 4 Filo Paulo TP 3 Anthony Perenise  51' HK 2 Ole Avei  66' LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo Replacements: HK 16 Motu Matu'u  66' PR 17 Viliamu Afatia PR 18 Census Johnston  51' FL 19 Faifili Levave  58' FL 20 Alafoti Faosiliva  51' SH 21 Vavao Afemai FH 22 Michael Stanley  2'  9'  58' WG 23 Fa'atoina Autagavaia  73' Coach: Stephen Betham

FB 15 Blaine Scully  51' RW 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya OC 13 Seamus Kelly IC 12 Thretton Palamo LW 11 Chris Wyles (c) FH 10 AJ MacGinty SH 9 Mike Petri N8 8 Samu Manoa OF 7 Andrew Durutalo BF 6 Alastair McFarland RL 5 Greg Peterson  58' LL 4 Hayden Smith  51' TP 3 Titi Lamositele  71' HK 2 Zach Fenoglio  51' LP 1 Eric Fry  71' Replacements: HK 16 Phil Thiel  51' PR 17 Olive Kilifi  71' PR 18 Chris Baumann  71' LK 19 Cam Dolan  51' N8 20 Danny Barrett  58' FH 21 Shalom Suniula CE 22 Folau Niua WG 23 Brett Thompson  51' Coach: Mike Tolkin

Scotland vs Japan

23 September 2015 14:30

Scotland	45–10	Japan
Try: Hardie 48' m Bennett (2) 56' c, 69 c Seymour 64' c Russell 74' c Con: Laidlaw (4/5) 57', 65', 70', 75' Pen: Laidlaw (4/5) 3', 12', 18', 20'	Report	Try: Mafi 15' c Con: Goromaru (1/1) 16' Pen: Goromaru (1/3) 46'

Kingsholm, Gloucester Attendance: 14,354 Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

Scotland

Japan

FB 15 Stuart Hogg  66' RW 14 Tommy Seymour OC 13 Mark Bennett  75' IC 12 Matt Scott LW 11 Sean Lamont FH 10 Finn Russell SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c) N8 8 David Denton OF 7 John Hardie BF 6 Ryan Wilson  57' RL 5 Jonny Gray LL 4 Grant Gilchrist  50' TP 3 WP Nel  70' HK 2 Ross Ford  70' LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson  66' Replacements: HK 16 Fraser Brown  70' PR 17 Ryan Grant  66' PR 18 Jon Welsh  70' LK 19 Richie Gray  50' FL 20 Josh Strauss  57' SH 21 Henry Pyrgos CE 22 Peter Horne  75' WG 23 Sean Maitland  66' Coach: Vern Cotter

FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru RW 14 Kotaro Matsushima 23' to 33' OC 13 Male Sa'u IC 12 Yu Tamura LW 11 Kenki Fukuoka FH 10 Harumichi Tatekawa  72' SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka  65' N8 8 Amanaki Mafi  45' OF 7 Michael Broadhurst BF 6 Michael Leitch (c) RL 5 Justin Ives  61' LL 4 Luke Thompson  65' TP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita  53' HK 2 Shota Horie  70' LP 1 Keita Inagaki  40' Replacements: HK 16 Takeshi Kizu  70' PR 17 Masataka Mikami  40' PR 18 Kensuke Hatakeyama  53' LK 19 Shinya Makabe  61' LK 20 Shoji Ito  65' FL 21 Hendrik Tui  45' SH 22 Atsushi Hiwasa  65' WG 23 Karne Hesketh  72' Coach: Eddie Jones

Notes:

• Josh Strauss made his international debut for Scotland.^[6]

South Africa vs Samoa

26 September 2015 16:45

South Africa	46–6	Samoa
Try: Pietersen (3) 15' m, 47' c, 78' m Burger 58' m Brits 71' m Habana 80' c Con: Pollard (1/4) 48' Lambie (1/2) 80' Pen: Pollard (4/4) 2', 19', 24', 39'	Report	Pen: Stanley (2/5) 9', 12'

Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 39,526 Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

South Africa

Samoa

FB 15 Willie le Roux RW 14 JP Pietersen OC 13 Jean de Villiers (c)  72'  77' IC 12 Damian de Allende  48' LW 11 Bryan Habana FH 10 Handré Pollard SH 9 Fourie du Preez  74' N8 8 Duane Vermeulen OF 7 Schalk Burger  68' BF 6 Francois Louw RL 5 Victor Matfield  55' LL 4 Eben Etzebeth TP 3 Jannie du Plessis  54' HK 2 Adriaan Strauss  68' LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira  62' Replacements: HK 16 Schalk Brits  68' PR 17 Trevor Nyakane  62' PR 18 Frans Malherbe  54' LK 19 Lood de Jager  55' FL 20 Siya Kolisi  68' SH 21 Ruan Pienaar  74' FH 22 Pat Lambie  72' CE 23 Jesse Kriel  48'  77' Coach: Heyneke Meyer

FB 15 Tim Nanai-Williams RW 14 Ken Pisi OC 13 Paul Perez IC 12 Rey Lee-Lo LW 11 Alesana Tuilagi  68' FH 10 Michael Stanley  54' SH 9 Kahn Fotuali'i  77' N8 8 Ofisa Treviranus (c)  62' OF 7 Jack Lam BF 6 TJ Ioane RL 5 Joe Tekori  47' LL 4 Filo Paulo TP 3 Census Johnston  52' HK 2 Motu Matu'u  52' LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo  63' Replacements: HK 16 Ole Avei  52' PR 17 Viliamu Afatia  63' PR 18 Anthony Perenise  52' FL 19 Faifili Levave  47' N8 20 Sanele Vavae Tuilagi  62' SH 21 Vavao Afemai  77' FH 22 Tusi Pisi  54' CE 23 George Pisi  68' Coach: Stephen Betham

Notes:

• Adriaan Strauss earned his 50th test cap for South Africa.
• Census Johnston earned his 50th test cap for Samoa.
• George, Ken and Tusi Pisi became the first set of three brothers to represent and play for one team in one XV, in a Rugby World Cup match.^[7]

Scotland vs United States

27 September 2015 14:30

Scotland	39–16	United States
Try: Visser 42' m Maitland 47' c Nel 54' c Scott 65' c Weir 79' c Con: Russell (1/2) 48' Laidlaw (3/3) 55', 66', 80' Pen: Hogg (1/2) 7' Russell (1/2) 16'	Report	Try: Lamositele 21' c Con: MacGinty (1/1) 22' Pen: MacGinty (3/3) 3', 40', 51'

Elland Road, Leeds Attendance: 33,521 Referee: Chris Pollock (New Zealand)

Scotland

United States

FB 15 Stuart Hogg RW 14 Sean Maitland OC 13 Mark Bennett IC 12 Peter Horne  55' LW 11 Tim Visser FH 10 Finn Russell  60' SH 9 Henry Pyrgos (c)  53' N8 8 Josh Strauss OF 7 Ryan Wilson  46' BF 6 Alasdair Strokosch RL 5 Grant Gilchrist  18' LL 4 Richie Gray TP 3 Jon Welsh  40' HK 2 Ross Ford  78' LP 1 Ryan Grant  40' Replacements: HK 16 Kevin Bryce  78' PR 17 Alasdair Dickinson  40' PR 18 WP Nel  40' LK 19 Tim Swinson  18' HK 20 Fraser Brown  46' SH 21 Greig Laidlaw  53' FH 22 Duncan Weir  60' CE 23 Matt Scott  55' Coach: Vern Cotter

FB 15 Chris Wyles (c) RW 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya OC 13 Seamus Kelly IC 12 Thretton Palamo LW 11 Blaine Scully  59' FH 10 AJ MacGinty SH 9 Mike Petri  50' N8 8 Samu Manoa OF 7 Andrew Durutalo  59' BF 6 Alastair McFarland RL 5 Greg Peterson  50' LL 4 Hayden Smith  43' TP 3 Titi Lamositele  69' HK 2 Phil Thiel  64' LP 1 Eric Fry  67' Replacements: HK 16 Zach Fenoglio  64' PR 17 Olive Kilifi  67' PR 18 Chris Baumann  69' LK 19 Cam Dolan  43' FL 20 John Quill  59' N8 21 Danny Barrett  50' FH 22 Shalom Suniula  50' CE 23 Folau Niua  59' Coach: Mike Tolkin

Samoa vs Japan

3 October 2015 14:30

Samoa	5–26	Japan
Try: Perez 64' m	Report	Try: Penalty try 24' c Yamada 40' c Con: Goromaru (2/2) 24', 40' Pen: Goromaru (4/6) 8', 34', 48', 59'

Stadium mk, Milton Keynes Attendance: 29,019 Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)

Samoa

Japan

FB 15 Tim Nanai-Williams RW 14 Ken Pisi OC 13 Paul Perez IC 12 Johnny Leota LW 11 Alesana Tuilagi  22'  29'  48' FH 10 Tusi Pisi SH 9 Kahn Fotuali'i  74' N8 8 Faifili Levave 16' to 26' OF 7 TJ Ioane  48' BF 6 Ofisa Treviranus (c)  70' RL 5 Kane Thompson LL 4 Filo Paulo 78' to 80' TP 3 Census Johnston  51' HK 2 Ole Avei  56' LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo 19' to 29'  62' Replacements: HK 16 Motu Matu'u  56' PR 17 Viliamu Afatia  22'  29'  62' PR 18 Anthony Perenise  51' FL 19 Jack Lam  48' N8 20 Sanele Vavae Tuilagi  70' SH 21 Vavao Afemai  74' FH 22 Michael Stanley CE 23 Rey Lee-Lo  48' Coach: Stephen Betham

FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru RW 14 Akihito Yamada  56' OC 13 Male Sa'u  72' IC 12 Harumichi Tatekawa LW 11 Kotaro Matsushima FH 10 Kosei Ono SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka  72' N8 8 Koliniasi Holani  60' OF 7 Michael Broadhurst  65' BF 6 Michael Leitch (c) RL 5 Hitoshi Ono  40' LL 4 Luke Thompson TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama  65' HK 2 Shota Horie LP 1 Keita Inagaki Replacements: HK 16 Takeshi Kizu  72' PR 17 Masataka Mikami PR 18 Hiroshi Yamashita  65' FL 19 Justin Ives  40' N8 20 Amanaki Mafi  60' FL 21 Hendrik Tui  65' SH 22 Atsushi Hiwasa  72' WG 23 Karne Hesketh  56' Coach: Eddie Jones

Notes:

• This was Japan's largest winning margin over Samoa, surpassing their 19-point winning margin set in 2014.
• Atsushi Hiwasa earned his 50th test cap for Japan.

South Africa vs Scotland

3 October 2015 16:45

South Africa	34–16	Scotland
Try: Burger 13' c Pietersen 38' c Habana 73' m Con: Pollard (2/3) 13', 40' Pen: Pollard (4/4) 17', 27', 62', 68' Drop: Pollard 51'	Report	Try: Seymour 49' c Con: Laidlaw (1/1) 50' Pen: Laidlaw (2/3) 30', 45' Weir (1/1) 60'

St. James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 50,900 Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

South Africa

Scotland

FB 15 Willie le Roux RW 14 JP Pietersen  70' OC 13 Jesse Kriel IC 12 Damian de Allende  75' LW 11 Bryan Habana FH 10 Handré Pollard SH 9 Fourie du Preez (c)  79' N8 8 Duane Vermeulen OF 7 Schalk Burger  70' BF 6 Francois Louw RL 5 Lood de Jager  75' LL 4 Eben Etzebeth TP 3 Jannie du Plessis 34' to 44'  50' HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis  56' LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira  61' Replacements: HK 16 Adriaan Strauss  56' PR 17 Trevor Nyakane  61' PR 18 Frans Malherbe  50' LK 19 Pieter-Steph du Toit  75' FL 20 Willem Alberts  70' SH 21 Ruan Pienaar  79' FH 22 Pat Lambie  70' CE 23 Jan Serfontein  75' Coach: Heyneke Meyer

FB 15 Stuart Hogg  63' RW 14 Tommy Seymour OC 13 Richie Vernon  65' IC 12 Matt Scott LW 11 Tim Visser FH 10 Duncan Weir SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c) 53' to 63'  70' N8 8 David Denton OF 7 Blair Cowan BF 6 Josh Strauss  30'  34'  55' RL 5 Jonny Gray  68' LL 4 Richie Gray TP 3 WP Nel  64' HK 2 Fraser Brown  61'  78' LP 1 Gordon Reid  51' Replacements: HK 16 Ross Ford  61'  78' PR 17 Alasdair Dickinson  51' PR 18 Jon Welsh  64' LK 19 Tim Swinson  68' FL 20 Ryan Wilson  30'  34'  55' SH 21 Sam Hidalgo-Clyne  70' CE 22 Peter Horne  65' WG 23 Sean Lamont  63' Coach: Vern Cotter

Notes:

• Alasdair Dickinson earned his 50th test cap for Scotland.

South Africa vs United States

7 October 2015 16:45

South Africa	64–0	United States
Try: De Allende 7' c Penalty try 27' c Habana (3) 42' c, 59' c, 61' c Du Plessis 47' m Louw (2) 53' c, 69' m Kriel 73' m Mvovo 80' c Con: Pollard (4/5) 8', 28', 42', 54' Steyn (3/5) 60', 63', 80'	Report

Olympic Stadium, London Attendance: 54,658 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)

South Africa

United States

FB 15 Willie le Roux RW 14 Bryan Habana 23' to 26' OC 13 Jesse Kriel IC 12 Damian de Allende  60' LW 11 Lwazi Mvovo FH 10 Handré Pollard  56' SH 9 Fourie du Preez (c)  63' N8 8 Duane Vermeulen OF 7 Schalk Burger  48' BF 6 Francois Louw RL 5 Lood de Jager  63' LL 4 Eben Etzebeth TP 3 Frans Malherbe  60' HK 2 Bismarck du Plessis  56' LP 1 Tendai Mtawarira  56' Replacements: HK 16 Schalk Brits  56' PR 17 Trevor Nyakane  56' PR 18 Coenie Oosthuizen  60' LK 19 Pieter-Steph du Toit  63' FL 20 Willem Alberts  48' SH 21 Rudy Paige  63' FH 22 Morné Steyn  56' CE 23 Jan Serfontein  23'  26'  60' Coach: Heyneke Meyer

FB 15 Blaine Scully 23' to 26'  70' RW 14 Brett Thompson OC 13 Folau Niua IC 12 Andrew Suniula LW 11 Zack Test FH 10 Shalom Suniula SH 9 Niku Kruger N8 8 Samu Manoa (c)  48' OF 7 John Quill BF 6 Danny Barrett  58' RL 5 Matt Trouville  70' LL 4 Louis Stanfill TP 3 Chris Baumann HK 2 Phil Thiel  72' LP 1 Olive Kilifi  59' Replacements: PR 16 Joe Taufete'e  72' HK 17 Zach Fenoglio  70' PR 18 Matekitonga Moeakiola  59' PR 19 Titi Lamositele LK 20 Cam Dolan  48' FL 21 Alastair McFarland  58' SH 22 Mike Petri FB 23 Chris Wyles  23'  26'  70' Coach: Mike Tolkin

Notes:

• Rudy Paige made his international debut for South Africa.^[8]
• Joe Taufete'e made his international debut for the United States.^{[citation needed]}
• Bryan Habana equaled Jonah Lomu's World Cup record of 15 tries scored in the tournament.^[9]

Samoa vs Scotland

10 October 2015 14:30

Samoa	33–36	Scotland
Try: T. Pisi 11' c Leiataua 14' m Lee-Lo 21' m Matu'u 78' c Con: T. Pisi (1/3) 11' Fa'apale (1/1) 78' Pen: T. Pisi (3/3) 5', 29', 38'	Report	Try: Seymour 12' c Hardie 32' c Laidlaw 74' c Con: Laidlaw (3/3) 13', 33', 75' Pen: Laidlaw (5/7) 9', 20', 25', 51', 53'

St. James' Park, Newcastle Attendance: 51,982 Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

Samoa

Scotland

FB 15 Tim Nanai-Williams RW 14 Paul Perez OC 13 George Pisi IC 12 Rey Lee-Lo LW 11 Fa'atoina Autagavaia  71' FH 10 Tusi Pisi  71' SH 9 Kahn Fotuali'i (c)  79' N8 8 Alafoti Faosiliva OF 7 Jack Lam BF 6 Maurie Fa'asavalu  59' RL 5 Kane Thompson  29' LL 4 Filo Paulo TP 3 Census Johnston  59' HK 2 Manu Leiataua  74' LP 1 Sakaria Taulafo  59' Replacements: HK 16 Motu Matu'u  74' PR 17 Viliamu Afatia  59' PR 18 Anthony Perenise  59' FL 19 Faifili Levave  29' N8 20 Sanele Vavae Tuilagi  59' SH 21 Vavao Afemai  79' FH 22 Patrick Fa'apale  71' WG 23 Ken Pisi  71' Coach: Stephen Betham

FB 15 Stuart Hogg  71' RW 14 Sean Maitland OC 13 Mark Bennett IC 12 Matt Scott  76' LW 11 Tommy Seymour FH 10 Finn Russell SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c) N8 8 David Denton OF 7 John Hardie BF 6 Ryan Wilson 28' to 38'  53' RL 5 Jonny Gray  62' LL 4 Richie Gray TP 3 WP Nel HK 2 Ross Ford  66' LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson  23'  28' Replacements: HK 16 Fraser Brown  66' PR 17 Gordon Reid  23'  28' PR 18 Jon Welsh LK 19 Tim Swinson  62' N8 20 Josh Strauss  53' SH 21 Henry Pyrgos CE 22 Peter Horne  76' WG 23 Sean Lamont  71' Coach: Vern Cotter

Notes:

• Richie Gray earned his 50th test cap for Scotland.^{[citation needed]}
• Sean Lamont became the second Scottish player to earn 100 caps for Scotland.^[10]

United States vs Japan

11 October 2015 20:00

United States	18–28	Japan
Try: Ngwenya 24' m Wyles 71' c Con: MacGinty (1/2) 72' Pen: MacGinty (2/2) 5', 55'	Report	Try: Matsushima 7' c Fujita 28' c Mafi 62' m Con: Goromaru (2/3) 9', 29' Pen: Goromaru (3/3) 33', 44', 77'

Kingsholm, Gloucester Attendance: 14,517 Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)

United States

Japan

FB 15 Chris Wyles (c) RW 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya OC 13 Seamus Kelly IC 12 Thretton Palamo LW 11 Zack Test FH 10 AJ MacGinty SH 9 Mike Petri N8 8 Samu Manoa OF 7 Andrew Durutalo BF 6 Alastair McFarland  63' RL 5 Greg Peterson  77' LL 4 Hayden Smith  31' TP 3 Titi Lamositele HK 2 Zach Fenoglio  64' LP 1 Eric Fry 61' to 71' Replacements: HK 16 Phil Thiel  64' PR 17 Olive Kilifi PR 18 Chris Baumann LK 19 Cam Dolan  31' FL 20 John Quill  77' N8 21 Danny Barrett  63' SH 22 Niku Kruger CE 23 Folau Niua Coach: Mike Tolkin

FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru RW 14 Yoshikazu Fujita OC 13 Harumichi Tatekawa IC 12 Craig Wing LW 11 Kotaro Matsushima  49'  57' FH 10 Kosei Ono  73' SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka  63' N8 8 Koliniasi Holani  40' OF 7 Michael Broadhurst  73' BF 6 Michael Leitch (c) RL 5 Justin Ives  68' LL 4 Luke Thompson TP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita  40' HK 2 Shota Horie  77' LP 1 Keita Inagaki  59' Replacements: HK 16 Takeshi Kizu  77' PR 17 Masataka Mikami  59' PR 18 Kensuke Hatakeyama  40' LK 19 Shinya Makabe  68' N8 20 Amanaki Mafi  40' FL 21 Hendrik Tui  73' SH 22 Atsushi Hiwasa  63' WG 23 Karne Hesketh  49'  57'  73' Coach: Eddie Jones

Notes:

• With this win, Japan became the first team to win three pool games and still fail to advance to the knockout stage.^[11][12]