Rugby Union World Cup 2019 / Group A

The Group A of the Rugby World Cup in 2019 included Ireland , hosts Japan , Russia , Samoa and Scotland . The group matches took place between September 20th and October 13th.

table

for the quarter-finals and World Cup 2023 qualifying

qualified for World Cup 2023

	country	Games	Victories	Unent.	Ndlg.	Game points	Diff.	Bonus points	Points
1.	Japan	4th	4th	0	0	115: 62	+ 53	3	19th
2.	Ireland	4th	3	0	1	121: 27	+ 94	4th	16
3.	Scotland	4th	2	0	2	119: 55	+ 64	3	11
4th	Samoa	4th	1	0	3	58: 128	- 70	1	5
5.	Russia	4th	0	0	4th	19: 160	- 141	0	0

Games

All times are Japanese Standard Time (UTC + 9).

Japan - Russia

September 20, 2019 7:45 PM	Japan	30:10	Russia	Tokyo Stadium , Chofu Spectators: 45,745 Referee: Nigel Owens ( Wales )
	Attempts: Matsushima 11th ad, 38th augmented, 68th augmented Labuschagné 46th augmented Elevations: Tamura (1/3) Matsuda (1/1) Penalty kicks: Tamura (2/2) 43rd, 63rd	(12: 7) Report	Attempts: Golosnizki 5th incremental increases: Kuschnarjow (1/1) Penalty kicks: Kuschnarjow (1/1) 60.

15th Will Tupou 70. 14th Kōtaro Matsushima 13 Timothy Lafaele 12 Ryōto Nakamura 11 Lomano Lemeki 10 Yū Tamura 66. 09 Yutaka Nagare 60. 08th Kazuki Himeno 07th Pieter Labuschagné 06th Michael Leitch 70. 05 James Moore 04th Wimpie van der Walt  60. 03 Asaeli Ai Valu 54. 02 Shota Horie 75. 01 Keita Inagaki 54. Substitute: 16 Atsushi Sakate 75. 17th Isileli Nakajima 54. 18th Koo Ji-won 54. 19th Luke Thompson 60. 20th Hendrik Tui 70. 21st Fumiaki Tanaka 60. 22nd Rikiya Matsuda 66. 23 Ryōhei Yamanaka 70. Trainer:  Jamie Joseph

15th Vasily Artemyev 14th German Davydov 13 Vladimir Ostrouschko 12 Dmitry Gerasimov 67. 11 Kirill Golosnitski 10 Yuri Kuschnaryov 64. 09 Vasily Dorofeev 32, 41, 73. 08th Nikita Wawilin 07th Tagir Gadschiev 06th Vitaly Zhivatov 64. 05 Bogdan Fedotko 04th Andrei Ostrikov 03 Kirill Gotovtsev 67. 02 Stanislaw Selski 64. 01 Valery Morozov 64. Substitute: 16 Yevgeny Matveyev 64. 17th Andrei Polivaleov 64. 18th Asamat Bitiyev 67. 19th Andrei Garbusow 20th Anton Sychev 64. 21st Dmitri Perov 32, 41, 73. 22nd Ramil Gaissin 64. 23 Vladislav Sozonov 67. Trainer:  Lyn Jones

Ireland - Scotland

September 22, 2019 4:45 pm	Ireland	27: 3	Scotland	International Stadium , Yokohama Spectators: 63,731 Referee: Wayne Barnes ( England )
	Attempts: Ryan 5th received Best 13th received Furlong 24th received Conway 55th received Raise: Sexton (1/2) Murray (1/2) Penalty: Carty (1/1) 67.	(19: 3) Report	Penalty kicks: Laidlaw (1/1) 20.

15th Jordan Larmour 14th Andrew Conway 13 Garry Ringrose 12 Bundee Aki 20th 11 Jacob Stockdale 10 Jonathan Sexton 57. 09 Conor Murray 57. 08th CJ Stander 07th Josh van der Flier  73. 06th Peter O'Mahony 27. 05 James Ryan 04th Iain Henderson 57. 03 Tadhg Furlong 49. 02 Rory Best 01 Cian Healy 49. Substitute: 16 Niall Scannell 73. 17th David Kilcoyne 49. 18th Andrew Porter 49. 19th Tadhg Beirne 57th 69th to 79th 20th Jack Conan 27. 21st Luke McGrath 57. 22nd Jack Carty 57. 23 Chris Farrell 20th Trainer:  Joe Schmidt

15th Stuart Hogg 14th Tommy Seymour 57. 13 Duncan Taylor 64. 12 Sam Johnson 11 Sean Maitland 10 Finn Russell 09 Greig Laidlaw 61. 08th Ryan Wilson 07th Hamish Watson 06th John Barclay 52. 05 Jonny Gray 64. 04th Grant Gilchrist 03 WP Nel 52. 02 Stuart McInally 01 Allan Dell 61. Substitute: 16 Fraser Brown 17th Gordon Reid 61. 18th Simon Berghan 52. 19th Scott Cummings 64. 20th Blade Thomson 52. 21st Ali Price 61. 22nd Chris Harris 64. 23 Darcy Graham 57. Trainer:  Gregor Townsend

Russia - Samoa

September 24, 2019 19:15	Russia	9:34	Samoa	Kumagaya Rugby Stadium , Kumagaya Spectators: 22,564 Referee: Romain Poite ( France )
	Penalty kicks: Kuschnaryov (2/2) 18th, 25th Drop goals: Kuschnaryov (1/1) 47.	(6: 5) Report	Attempts: Leiua 15th ad, 79th ad Amosa 44th AD Fidow 48th elevation , 52nd elevation Lee-Lo 62th elevation: Pisi (2/5)

15th Vasily Artemyev 14th German Davydov 13 Vladimir Ostrouschko 12 Dmitry Gerasimov 64. 11 Kirill Golosnitski 10 Yuri Kuschnaryov 54. 09 Vasily Dorofeev 54. 08th Nikita Wawilin 64. 07th Tagir Gadschiev 06th Vitaly Zhivatov 05 Bogdan Fedotko 04th Andrei Ostrikov 64. 03 Kirill Gotovtsev 46th to 56th 70th 02 Stanislaw Selski 56. 01 Valery Morozov 58. Substitute: 16 Yevgeny Matveyev 56. 17th Andrei Polivaleov 58. 18th Asamat Bitiyev 70. 19th Andrei Garbusow 64. 20th Anton Sychev 20th 21st Dmitri Perov 21st 22nd Ramil Gaissin 54. 23 Vladislav Sosonov 64. Trainer:  Lyn James

15th Tim Nanai-Williams  64. 14th Ahsee Tuala 13 Alapati Leiua 12 Rey Lee-Lo 28th to 38th 11 Ed Fidow 10 Tusi Pisi 64. 09 Dwayne Polataivao 40. 08th Afa Amosa 32. 40. 45. 07th TJ Ioane 06th Chris Vui 05 Kane Le'aupepe 04th Filo Paulo 64. 03 Michael Alaalatoa 54. 02 Motu Matu'u 30. to 40. 40. 01 Logovi'i Mulipola 50. Substitute: 16 Ray Niuia 32. 17th Paul Alo-Emile 54. 18th Jordan Lay 50. 19th Senio Toleafoa 64. 20th Josh Tyrell 45. 21st Melani Matavao 40. 22nd AJ Alatimu 64. 23 Henry Taefu 64. Trainer:  Steve Jackson

Japan - Ireland

September 28, 2019 16:15	Japan	19:12	Ireland	Shizuoka Ecopa Stadium , Fukuroi Spectators: 47,813 Referee: Angus Gardner ( Australia )
	Attempts: Fukuoka 58th increments: Tamura (1/1) Penalty kicks: Tamura (4/5) 17th, 33rd, 39th, 71st.	(9:12) Report	Attempts: Ringrose 13th n.erh. Kearney 20th increments: Carty (1/1)

15th Ryōhei Yamanaka 49. 14th Kōtaro Matsushima 13 Timothy Lafaele 12 Ryōto Nakamura 11 Lomano Lemeki 10 Yū Tamura 09 Yutaka Nagare 56. 08th Amanaki Mafi 30th 07th Pieter Labuschagné 06th Kazuki Himeno 05 James Moore 04th Luke Thompson 63. 03 Koo Ji-won 53. 02 Shota Horie 01 Keita Inagaki 63. Substitute: 16 Atsushi Sakate 17th Isileli Nakajima 63. 18th Asaeli Ai Valu 53. 19th Wimpie van der Walt 63. 20th Michael Leitch 30th 21st Fumiaki Tanaka 56. 22nd Rikiya Matsuda 23 Kenki Fukuoka 49. Trainer:  Jamie Joseph

15th Rob Kearney 67. 14th Keith Earls 13 Garry Ringrose 12 Chris Farrell 60. 11 Jacob Stockdale 10 Jack Carty 60. 09 Conor Murray 08th CJ Stander 07th Josh van der Flier 06th Peter O'Mahony 54. 05 James Ryan 04th Iain Henderson 65. 03 Tadhg Furlong 60. 02 Rory Best 60. 01 Cian Healy 45. Substitute: 16 Sean Cronin 60. 17th David Kilcoyne 45. 18th Andrew Porter 60. 19th Tadhg Beirne 65. 20th Rhys Ruddock 54. 21st Luke McGrath 67. 22nd Joey Carbery 60. 23 Jordan Larmour 60. Trainer:  Joe Schmidt

Scotland - Samoa

September 30, 2019 19:15	Scotland	34: 0	Samoa	Kobe Misaki Stadium , Kobe Spectators: 27,586 Referee: Pascal Gaüzère ( France )
	Attempts: Maitland 29th received Laidlaw 33rd successful penalty attempt 56th, 74th Increase: Laidlaw (2/2) Penalty kicks: Laidlaw (1/1) 8. Dropgoals: Hogg (1/1) 37.	(20: 0) report

15th Stuart Hogg 14th Darcy Graham 13 Chris Harris 12 Sam Johnson 63. 11 Sean Maitland 10 Finn Russell 74. 09 Greig Laidlaw 63. 08th Blade Thomson 07th Jamie Ritchie 06th Magnus Bradbury  72. 05 Jonny Gray 04th Grant Gilchrist 51. 03 WP Nel 57. 02 Stuart McInally 51. 01 Allan Dell 12. Substitute: 16 Fraser Brown 51. 17th Gordon Reid 12. 18th Zander Fagerson 57. 19th Scott Cummings 51. 20th Ryan Wilson 72. 21st George Horne 63. 22nd Adam Hastings 74. 23 Duncan Taylor 63. Trainer:  Gregor Townsend

15th Tim Nanai-Williams 14th Belgium Tuatagaloa  44. 13 Alapati Leiua 12 Henry Taefu 11 Ed Fidow 56th to 66th 74 ' 10 Tusi Pisi 53. 09 Melani Matavao 70. 08th Jack Lam 3. 13. 07th TJ Ioane 65. 06th Chris Vui 05 Kane Le'aupepe 04th Filo Paulo 50. 78. 03 Michael Alaalatoa 46. 02 Ray Niuia 53. 01 Logovi'i Mulipola 43. Substitute: 16 Seilala Lam 53. 17th Paul Alo-Emile 46. 18th Jordan Lay 43. 19th Piula Fa'asalele 50. 78. 20th Josh Tyrell 3. 13th 65th 21st Pele Cowley 70. 22nd UJ Seuteni 53. 23 Kieron Fonotia 44. Trainer:  Steve Jackson

Ireland - Russia

October 3, 2019 19:15	Ireland	35-0	Russia	Kobe Misaki Stadium , Kobe Spectators: 26,856 Referee: Jérôme Garcès ( France )
		(21: 0) report

15th Rob Kearney 49. 14th Andrew Conway 13 Garry Ringrose 12 Bundee Aki 11 Keith Earls 10 Jonathan Sexton   41. 09 Luke McGrath 08th Jordi Murphy 26th 07th Peter O'Mahony 06th Rhys Ruddock 05 Jean Kleyn 60. 04th Tadhg Beirne 03 John Ryan 57. 02 Niall Scannell 57. 01 David Kilcoyne 57. Substitute: 16 Sean Cronin 57. 17th Andrew Porter 57. 18th Tadhg Furlong 57. 19th Iain Henderson 60. 20th CJ Stander 26th 21st Joey Carbery 22nd Jack Carty 41. 23 Jordan Larmour 49. Trainer:  Joe Schmidt

15th Vasily Artemyev 14th German Davydov 13 Igor Galinovsky 12 Kirill Golosnitski 14th 11 Denis Simplikewitsch 79. 10 Ramil Gaissin 09 Dmitri Perov 08th Viktor Gressew 07th Tagir Gadschiev 06th Anton Sychev 69. 05 Bogdan Fedotko 33rd to 43rd 63rd 04th Andrei Garbusow 49. 03 Kirill Gotovtsev 67. 02 Yevgeny Matveyev 41. 01 Andrei Polivaleov 41. Substitute: 16 Stanislaw Selski 41. 17th Valery Morozov 41. 18th Vladimir Podresov 67. 19th Andrei Ostrikov 50th to 60th 49th 20th Yevgeny Yelgin 63. 21st Sergei Yanyushkin 70. 22nd Roman Chodin 69. 23 Vladimir Ostrouschko  14th Trainer:  Lyn Jones

Japan - Samoa

October 5, 2019 7:30 p.m.	Japan	38: 19	Samoa	City of Toyota Stadium , Toyota Spectators: 39,695 Referee: Jaco Peyper ( South Africa )
	Attempts: Lafaele 28th received Himeno 53rd received Fukuoka 76th received Matsushima 80th + 5 incremental increases: Tamura (3/4) Penalty kicks: Tamura (4/5) 3rd, 8th, 24th, 51st	(16: 9) Report	Attempts: Taefu 73rd increases: Taefu (1/1) Penalty kicks : Taefu (4/5) 10th, 15th, 34th, 45th

15th Ryōhei Yamanaka 57. 14th Kōtaro Matsushima 13 Timothy Lafaele 12 Ryōto Nakamura 70. 11 Lomano Lemeki 10 Yū Tamura 09 Yutaka Nagare 63. 08th Kazuki Himeno 07th Pieter Labuschagné 06th Michael Leitch 64. 05 James Moore 04th Wimpie van der Walt 68. 03 Koo Ji-won 52. 02 Atsushi Sakate 40. 01 Keita Inagaki 52. Substitute: 16 Shota Horie 40. 17th Isileli Nakajima 52. 18th Asaeli Ai Valu 52. 19th Uwe Helu 68. 20th Hendrik Tui 64. 21st Fumiaki Tanaka 63. 22nd Rikiya Matsuda 70. 23 Kenki Fukuoka 57. Trainer:  Jamie Joseph

15th Tim Nanai-Williams  40. 14th Ahsee Tuala 55. 13 Alapati Leiua 12 Henry Taefu 11 Ed Fidow 10 UJ Seuteni 09 Dwayne Polataivao 66. 08th Jack Lam 07th TJ Ioane 25th to 35th 70th 06th Chris Vui 05 Kane Le'aupepe 04th Piula Fa'asalele 61. 03 Michael Alaalatoa 56. 02 Seilala Lam 56. 01 Jordan Lay 66. Substitute: 16 Ray Niuia 56. 17th Paul Alo-Emile 66. 18th James Lay 56. 19th Senio Toleafoa 61. 20th Josh Tyrell 70. 21st Pele Cowley 66. 22nd Tusi Pisi 55. 23 Kieron Fonotia 40. Trainer:  Steve Jackson

Scotland - Russia

October 9, 2019 16:15	Scotland	61: 0	Russia	Shizuoka Ecopa Stadium , Fukuroi Spectators: 44,123 Referee: Mathieu Raynal ( France )
	Attempts: Hastings 13 erh erh 17.. Horne 21 erh 44. erh 58. n.erh... Turner 50th received Seymour 55th received Barclay 74th received McInally 77th received increases: Hastings (8/9)	(21: 0) report

15th Blair Kinghorn 14th Tommy Seymour 13 Duncan Taylor 12 Peter Horne 11 Darcy Graham 46. 10 Adam Hastings 09 George Horne 64. 08th Ryan Wilson 07th Fraser Brown 30th 06th John Barclay 05 Ben Toolis 04th Scott Cummings 60. 03 Zander Fagerson 40. 02 George Turner 64. 01 Gordon Reid 60. Substitute: 16 Stuart McInally 64. 17th Simon Berghan 40. 18th WP Nel 60. 19th Grant Gilchrist 60. 20th Magnus Bradbury  30th 21st Jamie Ritchie 22nd Henry Pyrgos 46. 23 Chris Harris 64. Trainer:  Gregor Townsend

15th Vasily Artemyev 60. 14th German Davydov 13 Vladimir Ostrouschko 37. 40. 12 Dmitry Gerasimov 11 Vladislav Sosonov 10 Ramil Gaissin 64. 09 Dmitri Perov 08th Nikita Wawilin 57. 07th Tagir Gadschiev 06th Vitaly Zhivatov 05 Yevgeny Yelgin 49. 04th Andrei Ostrikov 68. 03 Kirill Gotovtsev 60. 02 Stanislaw Selski 60. 01 Valery Morozov 60. Substitute: 16 Sergei Chernyshev  60. 17th Asamat Bitiyev 60. 18th Vladimir Podresov 60. 19th Bogdan Fedotko 49. 20th Andrei Garbusow 68. 21st Sergei Yanyushkin 64. 22nd Anton Sychev 57. 23 Yuri Kuschnaryov 37. 40. 60. Trainer:  Lyn Jones

Ireland - Samoa

October 12, 2019 7:45 p.m.	Ireland	47: 5	Samoa	Fukuoka Hakatanomori Stadium , Fukuoka Spectators: 17,967 Referee: Nic Berry ( Australia )
	Attempts: Best 4th received Furlong 10th received sexton 21st received, 39th received Larmour 48th ad. Stander 65th raised Conway 70th raised elevations: Sexton (4/5) Carbery (2/2)	(26: 5) Report	Attempts: Lam 26. n.erh.

15th Jordan Larmour 14th Keith Earls 13 Robbie Henshaw 62. 12 Bundee Aki 29 ′ 11 Jacob Stockdale 10 Jonathan Sexton 51. 09 Conor Murray 53. 08th CJ Stander 07th Josh van der Flier 06th Tadhg Beirne 60. 05 James Ryan 57. 04th Iain Henderson 03 Tadhg Furlong 45. 02 Rory Best 50. 01 Cian Healy 57. Substitute: 16 Niall Scannell 50. 17th David Kilcoyne 57. 18th Andrew Porter 45. 19th Jean Kleyn 57. 20th Peter O'Mahony 60. 21st Luke McGrath 53. 22nd Joey Carbery 51. 23 Andrew Conway 62. Trainer:  Joe Schmidt

15th Tim Nanai-Williams 14th Ahsee Tuala 13 Alapati Leiua 12 Henry Taefu 11 Ed Fidow 50. 10 UJ Seuteni 29 09 Dwayne Polataivao 70. 08th Jack Lam 07th TJ Ioane 59th to 69th 70th 06th Chris Vui 05 Kane Le'aupepe 04th Filo Paulo 14. 17. 47. 03 Michael Alaalatoa 54. 02 Seilala Lam 6. to 17. 47. 01 Logovi'i Mulipola 47. Substitute: 16 Ray Niuia 14. 17. 47. 17th Paul Alo-Emile 47. 18th Jordan Lay 54. 19th Piula Fa'asalele 54. 20th Josh Tyrell 70. 21st Pele Cowley 70. 22nd Tusi Pisi 29 23 Kieron Fonotia 50. Trainer:  Steve Jackson

Japan - Scotland

October 13, 2019 7:45 p.m.	Japan	28:21	Scotland	International Stadium , Yokohama Spectators: 67,666 Referee: Ben O'Keeffe ( New Zealand )
	Attempts: Matsushima 17th elevated Inagaki 25th elevated Fukuoka 39th elevated, 42nd elevated : Tamura (4/4)	(21: 7) Report	Attempts: Russell 6th increased Nel 49th increased Fagerson 54th increased increases: Laidlaw (2/2) Russell (1/1)

15th Will Tupou 50. 14th Kōtaro Matsushima 13 Timothy Lafaele 12 Ryōto Nakamura 74. 11 Kenki Fukuoka 10 Yū Tamura 09 Yutaka Nagare 50. 08th Kazuki Himeno 07th Pieter Labuschagné 06th Michael Leitch 72. 05 James Moore 51. 04th Luke Thompson 03 Koo Ji-won 21st 02 Shota Horie 72. 01 Keita Inagaki 56. Substitute: 16 Atsushi Sakate 72. 17th Isileli Nakajima 56. 18th Asaeli Ai Valu 21st 19th Uwe Helu 51. 20th Hendrik Tui 72. 21st Fumiaki Tanaka 50. 22nd Rikiya Matsuda 74. 23 Ryōhei Yamanaka 50. Trainer:  Jamie Joseph

15th Stuart Hogg 14th Tommy Seymour 51. 13 Chris Harry 12 Sam Johnson 11 Darcy Graham 60. 10 Finn Russell 09 Greig Laidlaw 51. 08th Blade Thomson 07th Jamie Ritchie 06th Magnus Bradbury  65. 05 Jonny Gray 04th Grant Gilchrist 51. 03 WP Nel 51. 02 Fraser Brown 51. 01 Allan Dell 51. Substitute: 16 Stuart McInally 51. 17th Gordon Reid 51. 18th Zander Fagerson 51. 19th Scott Cummings 51. 20th Ryan Wilson 65. 21st George Horne 51. 22nd Peter Horne 60. 23 Blair Kinghorn 51. Trainer:  Gregor Townsend

Web links

• Official Site for World Cup 2019 (English)