5h agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 2:32am
Japan vs Wallabies: Live scoreboard
3m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 8:09am
Thanks for your company!
It was a tight finish in Tokyo, but the Wallabies got themselves over the line.
It will be a different looking Wallabies line-up next weekend at Twickenham when they face England.
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7m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 8:05am
What’s next for the Wallabies?
The Walllabies have four Tests coming up:
vs England in London, November 2 (2:10am)vs Italy in Udine, November 9 (4:40am)vs Ireland in Dublin, November 16 (7:10am)vs France in Paris, November 23 (7:10am)
ABC Sport will be live blogging each Test.
8m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 8:03am
Wallabies fans rejoice
Thank you Luke for commentary, I loved it all, congrats to our wonderful Wallabies 💚💛
– Pamela
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9m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 8:03am
Down to the wire!
Thanks Luke – never a doubt!
– Mike
Never a doubt, Mike?!
Haha!
13m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:59am
Wallabies’s takeaways
A win is a win, that can’t be denied.
There was nothing polished about the Wallabies’s performance, but they impressively dug deep when under pressure from the Brave Blossoms in the second half.
Joe Schmidt’s decision to rest players and use others — such as regular skipper Harry Wilson — off the bench could have backfired.
But the opportunity to build a case for selection later in the tour was made by the likes of Hunter Paisami, while Jake Gordon showed the benefit of experience in the key role of scrum half.
Some concerns for the Wallabies, though, with Lukhan Salakaia-Loto and Josh Canham in the casualty ward.
Still, a positive start made to their five-Test tour ahead of their trek to Europe.
27m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:45am
FT: WALLABIES WIN!!!!
WALLABIES WIN 19-15!!!
What a tight finish!
The Walllabies were awarded a penalty in the shadows of full-time and were able to hold onto possession through a series of phases until the hooter sounded.
The Brave Blossoms put up an almighty fight, especially in the second half.
The result is vindication for Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt’s decision to field an understrength line-up.
Schmidt made the decision with the remaining four Tests of the tour in mind.
But credit to Eddie Jones’s Brave Blossoms, who came close to recording their first win over the Wallabies.
The wet conditions didn’t help either side, and the Wallabies were able to look to their wiser heads late in the match to seal the result.
29m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:43am
78′ Wallabies earn penalty!
Wallabies get a penalty just inside their half after Japan was pinged at the breakdown during the phase play following their earlier scrum win.
Can the Wallabies hold on?
30m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:42am
76′ Under five minutes to go — who wins?
It is getting tense in Tokyo!
The Brave Blossoms have a scrum feed, just inside Wallabies territory with just over three minutes on the clock.
The Wallabies are clinging to a four-point lead.
33m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:39am
74′ Wallabies looking to their wise heads
The Wallabies are being guided by the experience of Harry Wilson and Jake Gordon as they look to shut down the match.
But the Brave Blossoms aren’t going anywhere, having enjoyed entries inside the Wallabies’s half.
Their most recent, though, ended with the ball in touch, when they took play to the left edge.
36m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:36am
72′ Tokyo Test going down to the wire
The Wallabies lead 19-15 inside the final 10 minutes but it’s anyone’s match.
Who will come out on top?
37m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:34am
70′ Pietsch rises to the occasion
Some brilliant work from Wallabies winger Dylan Pietsch forces a knock-on from the Brave Blossoms at the breakdown.
The Brave Blossoms had made an impressive entry into the opposition half, but gave up the pill when Pietsch applied the pressure with an attempted pilfer.
39m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:32am
68′ Brave Blossoms step up in defence
Japan hooker Hayate Era has pulled off one of the biggest tackles of the match.
Era got low with his tackle on Wallabies reserve prop Tom Robertson, who was forced from the field for an HIA.
The tackle was judged to be legal.
44m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:28am
66′ Brave Blossoms growing in confidence
Shuhei Takeuchi’s try helped sparked Japan into action. (Getty)
Are the Brave Blossoms daring to dream?
They’ve never defeated the Wallabies — is today the day?
Credit to the hosts, they have grown in confidence since they opened their try account with Shuhei Takeuchi’s effort earlier in the half.
49m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:22am
61′ Japan replies with second try!
Australian-raised Ben Gunter scores for Japan!
The Brave Blossoms pushed towards the Wallabies’s goal line and it was Gunter who came away with a five-pointer.
The TMO Richard Kelly wanted to check for a possible knock-on and there appeared to be a communication issue with referee Ben O’Keeffe but the try was awarded.
The conversion was added and it’s the Wallabies ahead by only four points.
54m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:17am
57′ Tizzano FINALLY SCORES!
Carlo Tizzano scores for the Wallabies from a driving maul!
Shuhei Takeuchi’s try for Japan seemed to snap the Wallabies out of a brief slumber.
They soon earned field position and went to touch from a penalty close to the Brave Blossoms’s goal line.
From a driving maul, Tizzano got the ball down across the stripe to restore the Wallabies’ 11-point lead.
The conversion atttempt, though, went astray.
Good things come to those who wait!
59m agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:13am
52′ Brave Blossoms score!
Japan is over!
Prop Shuhei Takeuchi breaks through close to the Wallabies’s line to give his side their first try.
The hosts had won a line-out off their own throw inside the Wallabies’s 22.
They launched a series of attacking raids before Takeuchi split the defensive line for a much-needed try.
Alas, the conversion attempt was unsuccessful and it’s the Wallabies leading 14-8.
1h agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:10am
48′ Wallabies’s defence comes to the fore
Japan, with ball in hand, had the Wallabies under considerable pressure inside the visitors’ 22.
But a crunching tackle from Wallabies skipper Nick Champion de Crespigny turned the ball over and his side was able to breathe a sigh of relief.
1h agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:07am
46′ Wallabies hold firm in their 22
The Brave Blossoms made a rare entry inside the Wallabies’s 22.
Thye had a line-out throw but it was their turn this time to lose the ball and hand possession back to the tourists.
1h agoSat 25 Oct 2025 at 7:05am
44′ Wallabies waste field position
The Wallabies have had the better of field position early in the second half.
A penalty allowed Tane Edmed to kick for touch, giving the Wallabies a line-out throw on the Japanese 22.
But the ball went the way of the Brave Blossoms via a Wallabies’s overthrow.
