{"id":30777,"date":"2026-07-17T09:04:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/punters\/?p=30777"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:49:39","slug":"japan-vs-france-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/punters\/2026\/07\/japan-vs-france-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan vs France Tips, Predictions &amp; Odds"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"entain-block teams-tip-block hoverable\">\n  <div class=\"teams-tip-header\">\n    <div class=\"teams-tip-header-meta\">\n      <!--div class=\"teams-tip-header-meta__inner\"-->\n        <div class=\"team-vs-team\" style=\"display:flex\">\n          <span class=\"icon\"><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><!----><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/punters\/wp-content\/themes\/punters\/assets\/brand-icons\/tabnz\/svg-sports-country-flags-icon.svg?v=20260909a#japan\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n          <div style=\"display:flex; flex-direction:row; flex-wrap:wrap; justify-content:center; align-items:center; text-align:center; column-gap:5px; font-weight: 700\">\n            <div class=\"team_1\" style=\"flex-direction:column;\">Japan<\/div>\n            <div class=\"versus\" style=\"font-weight:normal;font-style:italic;\">vs<\/div>\n            <div class=\"team_2\">France<\/div>\n                        <div class=\"info\">Saturday 18th July 8:40 PM (NZST) at Japan National Stadium, Tokyo<\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"bet-on\" style=\"margin-top:0\">France -27.5 @ $1.90<\/div>\n                                  <\/div>\n          <span class=\"icon\"><svg width=\"32\" height=\"32\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><!----><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/punters\/wp-content\/themes\/punters\/assets\/brand-icons\/tabnz\/svg-sports-country-flags-icon.svg?v=20260909a#france\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span>\n        <\/div>\n      <!--\/div -->\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n      <div class='teams-tip-content'>\n      <p>The beauty of this tournament is that it shines a light on the second-tier nations like Japan. They have a win over Italy before losing to Ireland last week, and although they deserve plenty of credit for those performances, France could give them a rude awakening. France lost their opener to New Zealand before handing Australia a one-sided loss. They have played best in the second half, but they should dominate Japan from the outset to cover the -27.5 line, which is a fair assessment of this game from line setters.<\/p>\n        <div class=\"teams-tip-button\">\t\t\t\n          <a class=\"track-me btn-standard bet-now-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/sports\/rugby-union\/nations-championship\/japan-v-france\/8655a6a1-2a04-4722-8d0b-e6b5297a475f\" target=\"_blank\" \n          data-tr-event=\"blog\" data-tr-method=\"bet now button\" data-tr-action=\"open sport_event\" data-tr-label=\"8655a6a1-2a04-4722-8d0b-e6b5297a475f\" data-tr-event-id=\"8655a6a1-2a04-4722-8d0b-e6b5297a475f\"  \n          >Japan vs France<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Japan vs France Odds &amp; Popular Betting Markets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick look at the current odds and popular betting markets for the Japan vs France matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>*odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-league=\"Nations Championship\" data-event=\"spin-VF9fOELP2KFkn0dzzwA_DjPLrpE\" data-market=\"Line {{27.5}}\" data-sport=\"rugby_union\" class=\"sport-data\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div data-league=\"Nations Championship\" data-event=\"spin-VF9fOELP2KFkn0dzzwA_DjPLrpE\" data-market=\"Winning Margin\" data-sport=\"rugby_union\" class=\"sport-data\"><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The beauty of this tournament is that it shines a light on the second-tier nations like Japan. They have a win over Italy before losing to Ireland last week, and although they deserve plenty of credit for those performances, France could give them a rude awakening. France lost their opener to New Zealand before handing Australia a one-sided loss. They have played best in the second half, but they should dominate Japan from the outset to cover the -27.5 line, which is a fair assessment of this game from line setters. Japan vs France Japan vs France Odds &amp; Popular&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":30619,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[751],"tags":[],"hub_post_cat":[],"class_list":["post-30777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby-union-head-to-head"],"acf":{"md_tip_date":"","md_tip_date_end":"","md_market_url":"","tip_date":"17\/07\/2026","event_country":"New Zealand"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Japan vs France Tips, Predictions &amp; Odds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tab.co.nz\/punters\/2026\/07\/japan-vs-france-predictions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_NZ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Japan vs France Tips, Predictions &amp; Odds\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The beauty of this tournament is that it shines a light on the second-tier nations like Japan. 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