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Men's Internationals 2025 · Mikuni World Stadium, Kitakyushu · 5 July 2025Head-to-head
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Japan won by 5 points.Half-time 7–19 · Tries 3–3 · JPN 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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64′4162022597044%Own 2230%Own half60%Opp half76%Opp 22
← Wales attack · Japan attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
4′WalesTry, Ben Thomas, converted0–5
16′JapanTry, Takuro Matsunaga, converted5–7
20′WalesTry7–14
22′WalesTry, Tom Rogers, conversion missed7–19
59′JapanTry, Ichigo Nakakusu, converted12–19
70′JapanTry, Halatoa Vailea, converted22–19
64′JapanPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 JPN card
4′Ben Thomas16′Takuro Matsunaga20′WAL22′Tom Rogers59′Ichigo Nakakusu70′Halatoa Vailea
JPN

Team stats

WAL
47%Possession53%
49%Territory51%
90Carries88
269Metres gained267
7Clean breaks3
19Defenders beaten16
128Passes115
4Offloads2
107Tackles made122
16Tackles missed19
65/70Rucks won72/72
13/15Lineouts won15/19
7/7Scrums won7/10
3/3Mauls won2/4
1Turnovers won7
9Penalties conceded9
22Kicks from hand32
633Kick metres586
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 3/3, penalties 1/1 · WAL conversions 1/2, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Yota KamimoriProp
  2. 2Mamoru HaradaHooker
  3. 3Shuhei TakeuchiProp
  4. 4Ratu Epineri UluivitiSecond row
  5. 5Warner DearnsSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Jack CornelsenFlanker
  8. 8Amato FakatavaNumber 8
  9. 9Shinobu FujiwaraScrum-half
  10. 10Seungsin LeeFly-half
  11. 11Malo TuitamaWing
  12. 12Shogo NakanoCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Kippei IshidaWing
  15. 15Takuro MatsunagaFull-back
  16. 16Hayate EraBench
  17. 17Sena KimuraBench
  18. 18Keijiro TamefusaBench
  19. 19Waisake RaratubuaBench
  20. 20Ben GunterBench
  21. 21Shuntaro KitamuraBench
  22. 22Ichigo NakakusuBench
  23. 23Halatoa VaileaBench

Wales

  1. 1Nicky SmithProp
  2. 2Dewi LakeHooker
  3. 3Keiron AssirattiProp
  4. 4Ben CarterSecond row
  5. 5Teddy WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Alex MannFlanker
  7. 7Josh MacleodFlanker
  8. 8Taulupe FaletauNumber 8
  9. 9Kieran HardyScrum-half
  10. 10Sam CostelowFly-half
  11. 11Josh AdamsWing
  12. 12Ben ThomasCentre
  13. 13Johnny WilliamsCentre
  14. 14Tom RogersWing
  15. 15Blair MurrayFull-back
  16. 16Liam BelcherBench
  17. 17Gareth ThomasBench
  18. 18Archie GriffinBench
  19. 19James RattiBench
  20. 20Aaron WainwrightBench
  21. 21Tommy ReffellBench
  22. 22Rhodri WilliamsBench
  23. 23Joe RobertsBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 2–15 Wales in 17 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Wales going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.