Tonga v Japan
What the record holds about this fixture, beside what the model says about it.
Semenoff Stadium, Whangarei · neutral venue
What the model says about Tonga v Japan
Conditions
- Kick-off
- 07:30 UTC
- Elevation
- 8 m
- Temperature
- 11.8 °C
- Rainfall
- 0.0 mm
- Wind
- 19 km/h
Daily means at the ground, from the ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo.
The ground from above
Matchday squads
Tonga
- 1Soane Tonga'uiha
- 2Aleki Lutui(c)
- 3Taufa'ao Filise
- 4Lua Lokotui
- 5Kele Hehea
- 6Sione Kalamafoni
- 7Sione Vaiomounga
- 8Viliami Ma'afu
- 9Taniela Moa
- 10Kurt Morath
- 11Suka Hufanga
- 12'Alipate Fatafehi
- 13Siale Piutau
- 14Fetu'u Vainikolo
- 15Vunga Lilo
Replacements
- 16Ilaisa Ma'asi
- 17Sona Taumalolo
- 18Halani 'Aulika
- 19Joe Tuineau
- 20Samiu Vahafolau
- 21Samisoni Fisilau
- 22Andrew Ma'ilei
Japan
- 1Hisateru Hirashima
- 2Shota Horie
- 3Kensuke Hatakeyama
- 4Luke Thompson
- 5Toshizumi Kitagawa
- 6Itaru Taniguchi
- 7Michael Leitch
- 8Takashi Kikutani(c)
- 9Fumiaki Tanaka
- 10James Arlidge
- 11Hirotoki Onozawa
- 12Ryan Nicholas
- 13Alisi Tupuailei
- 14Kosuke Endo
- 15Shaun Webb
Replacements
- 16Yusuke Aoki
- 17Nozomu Fujita
- 18Hitoshi Ono
- 19Sione Vatuvei
- 20Atsushi Hiwasa
- 21Takehisa Usuzuki
- 22Murray Williams
What happened in the phases
Possession and territory
| Tonga | Measure | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 41.0% | Possession | 59.0% |
| 41.0% | Territory | 59.0% |
Attack
| Tonga | Measure | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 307m | Carry metres | 463m |
| 18 | Defenders beaten | 17 |
| 70 | Passes | 154 |
Defence
| Tonga | Measure | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 122 | Tackles made | 74 |
| 16 | Missed tackles(fewer is better) | 17 |
Set pieces
| Tonga | Measure | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 60.0% | Lineout success | 82.3% |
| 3 | Lineouts won | 14 |
| 41 | Scrums won | 39 |
Breakdown
| Tonga | Measure | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 46 | Rucks won | 83 |
| 3 | Mauls won | 6 |
Discipline
| Tonga | Measure | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Penalties conceded(fewer is better) | 12 |
| 2 | Yellow cards(fewer is better) | 1 |
| 8 | Knock-ons(fewer is better) | 12 |
Scoring
| Tonga | Measure | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Tries | 3 |
| 2 | Conversions | — |
| 4 | Penalty goals | 1 |
Context beside the forecast, never inside it. Weather, team selection and match statistics are not model inputs, so a published probability does not move because any of them changed.