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Men's Rugby World Cup 2007 · Millennium Stadium, Cardiff · 20 September 2007Head-to-head
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Wales won by 54 points.Half-time 29–11 · Tries 11–2

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122025324143495358606575811227Attacks314Ball won63693030743429168138341531%Own 2248%Own half69%Opp half68%Opp 22
Totals only: no positions in the feed
Tacklesmademissed
WAL718
JPN8426
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
WAL7/71/10
JPN1/12/20
← Japan attack · Wales 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
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
12′WalesTry, Alun Wyn Jones, converted5–3
20′JapanTry, Kosuke Endo7–8
25′WalesTry, James Hook, converted15–8
32′WalesTry, Thomas Rhys Thomas, converted22–8
41′WalesTry, Kevin Morgan29–11
43′WalesTry, Mike Phillips, converted34–11
49′WalesTry, Shane Williams41–11
53′WalesTry, Dafydd James, converted46–11
58′JapanTry, Hirotoki Onozawa, converted48–16
60′WalesTry, Gareth Cooper53–18
65′WalesTry, Martyn Williams, converted58–18
75′WalesTry, Martyn Williams, converted65–18
81′WalesTry, Shane Williams72–18
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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020406080HT0′20′40′60′80′
12′Alun Wyn Jones20′Kosuke Endo25′James Hook32′Thomas Rhys Thomas41′Kevin Morgan43′Mike Phillips49′Shane Williams53′Dafydd James58′Hirotoki Onozawa60′Gareth Cooper65′Martyn Williams75′Martyn Williams81′Shane Williams
WAL

Team stats

JPN
56%Possession44%
61%Territory39%
119Carries69
760Metres gained354
26Defenders beaten8
147Passes81
25Offloads5
71Tackles made84
8Tackles missed26
60/61Rucks won64/66
20/21Lineouts won6/8
2/3Mauls won1/1
5Turnovers won12
4Penalties conceded8
Goal kicking
WAL conversions 7/7, penalties 1/1 · JPN conversions 1/1, penalties 2/2. 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. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Duncan JonesProp
  2. 2Thomas Rhys ThomasHooker
  3. 3Chris HorsmanProp
  4. 4Will JamesSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Colin CharvisFlanker
  7. 7Martyn WilliamsFlanker
  8. 8Alix PophamNumber 8
  9. 9Mike PhillipsScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12James HookCentre
  13. 13Jamie RobinsonCentre
  14. 14Dafydd JamesWing
  15. 15Kevin MorganFull-back
  16. 16Huw BennettBench
  17. 17Gethin JenkinsBench
  18. 18Ian EvansBench
  19. 19Michael OwenBench
  20. 20Gareth CooperBench
  21. 21Ceri SweeneyBench
  22. 22Tom ShanklinBench

Japan

  1. 1Tatsukichi NishiuraProp
  2. 2Yuji MatsubaraHooker
  3. 3Tomokazu SomaProp
  4. 4Hitoshi OnoSecond row
  5. 5Luke ThompsonSecond row
  6. 6Yasunori WatanabeFlanker
  7. 7Hare MakiriFlanker
  8. 8Takuro MiuchiNumber 8
  9. 9Tomoki YoshidaScrum-half
  10. 10Bryce RobinsFly-half
  11. 11Hirotoki OnozawaWing
  12. 12Shotaro OnishiCentre
  13. 13Yuta ImamuraCentre
  14. 14Kosuke EndoWing
  15. 15Christian LoamanuFull-back
  16. 16Taku InokuchiBench
  17. 17Ryo YamamuraBench
  18. 18Hajime KisoBench
  19. 19Ryota AsanoBench
  20. 20Chulwon KimBench
  21. 21Koji TairaBench
  22. 22Tatsuya KusumiBench

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Context

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

Wales going in
Japan 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.