Pool A: Giappone e Canada non riescono a superarsi, 23-23

Partita piuttosto divertente, con i nipponici che strappano il pareggio a pochi minuti dalla fine.

Canada Japan Tries 3 2 Pens 2 3 Cons 1 2 DGs 0 0 Score 23 23

Canada TRY 8 Min (van der Merwe) CONV 9 Min (Pritchard) TRY 43 Min (Mackenzie) PENK 64 Min (Monro ) TRY 75 Min (Monro ) PENK 77 Min (Monro ) Japan TRY 11 Min (Horie) CONV 12 Min (Arlidge) PENK 24 Min (Arlidge) TRY 39 Min (Kosuke Endo) CONV 40 Min (Arlidge) PENK 66 Min (Arlidge) PENK 73 Min (Arlidge)

CANADA Buydens Riordan Marshall Sinclair Cudmore Kleeberger O’Toole Carpenter Fairhurst Monro Mackenzie Smith van der Merwe Evans Pritchard RESERVES Hamilton Franklin Hotson Kyne White Hirayama Trainor

JAPAN Hirashima Horie Fujita Thompson Kitagawa Vatuvei Leitch Kikutani Tanaka Arlidge Onozawa Nicholas Tupuailai Endo Webb RESERVES Aoki Hatakeyama Ono Taufa Hiwasa Williams Robins