Naoto Saitō
Scrum-half · Japan · 2021–2026. What the record holds, and none of it reaches the model.
Appearances
32
22 as a starter
Minutes
1,634
51 a match
Tries (at least)
6
Points (at least)
42
Kicks at goal
5/6
83% landed
Conversions
3
Penalties
2
Drop goals
0
Yellow cards
1
Red cards
0
Caps
33
as Wikipedia records
Span
2021–2026
Scoring is a floor. World Rugby's timeline credits some tries to nobody, so a match where the players' points do not add up to the score may be missing this player's. 23 of 32 of his matches add up; appearances and minutes are unaffected. Never used by the model.
Only players in the same position for the same side are offered. Scoring in rugby sits in a handful of positions, so points cannot order a prop against a fly-half, and a career total says nothing about who is the better player — these are counts of what happened, not a rating. The heavier figure in each row is the larger one; the cards row is left unmarked, because more of them is not more of a good thing.
| Date | Opponent | Jersey | Minutes | Tries | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | away to Australia (56-17) | 9 | 70 | 1 | 5 |
| 2026-08-08 | v Australia (32-35) | 9 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07-18 | v France (15-42) | 9 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07-11 | v Ireland (20-36) | 9 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-07-04 | v Italy (27-10) | 9 | 74 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-11-22 | away to Georgia (23-25) | 9 | 77 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-11-15 | away to Wales (24-23)* | 9 | 80 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-11-08 | away to Ireland (41-10) | 9 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025-07-12 | v Wales (22-31)* | 9 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-11-24 | away to England (59-14) | 9 | 60 | 1 | 7 |
| 2024-11-16 | v Uruguay (36-20) | 9 | 80 | 0 | 8 |
| 2024-11-09 | away to France (52-12) | 9 | 50 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024-07-13 | v Georgia (23-25) | 9 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024-06-22 | v England (17-52)* | 9 | 55 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-10-08 | v Argentina (27-39) | 9 | 80 | 1 | 5 |
* the players' points in that match do not add up to the recorded score, so a scorer is uncredited and this row may be short.