Japan National Rugby Union Team - Historic Matches

Historic Matches

IRB World Rankings
Top 25 Rankings as of 19 November 2012
Rank Change* Team Points
1 New Zealand 92.91
2 South Africa 86.05
3 Australia 85.94
4 France 84.99
5 England 81.96
6 Argentina 79.89
7 Ireland 79.04
8 Wales 78.95
9 Samoa 78.79
10 Scotland 77.42
11 Italy 76.61
12 Tonga 74.51
13 Canada 71.41
14 Fiji 70.60
15 Japan 70.09
16 United States 66.86
17 Georgia 66.75
18 Romania 63.58
19 Spain 63.09
20 Russia 61.49
21 Portugal 59.63
22 Uruguay 59.37
23 Belgium 59.17
24 Namibia 58.45
25 Chile 57.02
Japan's Historical Rankings

England – Lost 3–6 (Tokyo, 1971)
Scotland – Won 28–24 (Tokyo, 1989)
Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) – Won 155–3 (Taipei, 2002)
Wales – Lost 24–29 (Cardiff, 1983)
Zimbabwe – Won 52–8 (Rugby World Cup, Belfast, 1991)
Canada – Drew 12–12 (Rugby World Cup, Bordeaux, 2007)

In the 120–3 win over Taiwan, at 21 July 2002, Toru Kurihara, fullback of Suntory, scored 6 tries and kicked 15 conversions, establishing a world record of 90 points. The previous world record had been set by Eduardo Morgan of Argentina. The world record holder for tries scored in test matches is now Daisuke Ohata, with 69.

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