| FRANCE 51 | V | JAPAN 29 | |||
| COMPETITION: World Cup, Pool B | |||||
| VENUE: Dairy Farmers Stadium, Townsville | DATE: 18 October, 2004 | SPECTATORS: | |||
| REFEREE: Allan Lewis (Ireland) | HALFTIME: 20-16 | ||||
| SCORERS: | SCORERS: | ||||
| TRIES: Rougerie (2), Michalak, Pelous, Dominici, Crenca | TRIES: Konia, Ohata | ||||
| CONVERSIONS: Michalak (5) Merceron | CONVERSIONS: Kurihara (2) | ||||
| PENALTY GOALS: Michalak (3) | PENALTY GOALS: Kurihara (5) | ||||
| DROPPED GOALS: | DROPPED GOALS: | ||||
| 15 | Clement Poitrenaud | Stade Toulousain RFC | 15 | Toru Kurihara | Suntory RFC |
| 14 | Aurelien Rougerie | Montferrand RFC | 14 | Daisuke Ohata | Montferrand RFC, France |
| 13 | Tony Marsh | Montferrand RFC | 13 | George Konia | NEC RFC |
| 12 | Damien Traille | Pau RFC | 12 | Hideki Namba | Toyota Motors RFC |
| 11 | Christophe Dominici | Stade Francais RFC | 11 | Hirotoki Onozawa | Suntory RFC |
| 10 | Frederic Michalak (20) | Stade Toulousain RFC | 10 | Andrew Miller | Kobe Steel RFC |
| 9 | Fabien Galthie (Cap) | Stade Francais RFC | 9 | Yuji Sonoda | Kobe Steel RFC |
| 8 | Christian Labit | Stade Toulousain RFC | 8 | Takeomi Ito | Kobe Steel RFC |
| 7 | Olivier Magne | Montferrand RFC | 7 | Takuro Miuchi (Cap) | Kobe Steel RFC |
| 6 | Serge Betsen (19) | Biarritz RFC | 6 | Naoya Okubo (19) | Suntory RFC |
| 5 | Olivier Brouzet | Montferrand RFC | 5 | Adam Parker | Toshiba Fuchu RFC |
| 4 | Fabien Pelous (18) | Stade Toulousain RFC | 4 | Hiroyuki Tanuma (18) | Ricoh RFC |
| 3 | Jean-Baptiste Poux (17) | Stade Toulousain RFC | 3 | Ryo Yamamura | Kanagawa RFC |
| 2 | Yannick Bru (16) | Stade Toulousain RFC | 2 | Masaaki Sakata | Suntory RFC |
| 1 | Olivier Milloud | Bourgoin-Jallieu RFC | 1 | Shin Hasegawa | Suntory RFC |
| 16 | Raphael Ibanez (2) | Saracens RFC, England | 16 | Masao Amino | NEC RFC |
| 17 | Jacques Crenca (3) | Agen RFC | 17 | Masahito Yamamoto | Toyota Motors RFC |
| 18 | David Auradou (4) | Stade Francais RFC | 18 | Koichi Kubo (4) | Yamaha Motors RFC |
| 19 | Sebastien Chabal (6) | Bourgoin-Jallieu RFC | 19 | Ryota Asano (6) | NEC RFC |
| 20 | Gerald Merceron (10) | Montferrand RFC | 20 | Takashi Tsuji | NEC RFC |
| 21 | Yannick Jauzion | Stade Toulousain RFC | 21 | Yukio Motoki | Kobe Steel RFC |
| 22 | Pepito Elhorga | Agen RFC | 22 | Takashi Yoshida | Suntory RFC |
| COACH | COACH | ||||
| MATCH NOTES | |||||