History of rugby union matches between Georgia and Japan

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Georgia and Japan have played 6 times, [1] out of which Japan won 5 games and Georgia 1.

Summary

Overall

DetailsPlayedWon by
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Won by
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
DrawnGeorgia pointsJapan points
In Georgia31207977
In Japan2020760
Neutral venue10101013
Overall615096150

Records

Note: Date shown in brackets indicates when the record was or last set.

RecordGeorgiaJapan
Longest winning streak1 (23 November 2014–5 September 2015)3 (5 September 2015–Present)
Largest points for
Home35 (23 November 2014)32 (14 May 2006)
Away10 (5 September 2015)28 (12 November 2016)
Largest winning margin
Home11 (23 November 2014)28 (23 June 2018)
AwayN/A6 (12 November 2016)

Results

No.DateVenueScoreWinnerCompetition
114 May 2006 Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Higashiosaka 32 7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2006 test match
217 November 2012 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 22 25Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2012 end-of-year rugby union internationals
323 November 2014 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 35 24Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2014 end-of-year rugby union internationals
45 September 2015 Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester, United Kingdom 13 10Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
512 November 2016 Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi 22 28Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals
623 June 2018 Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi 28 0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2018 June international

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References

  1. "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Test matches - Team records". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2 January 2017.