TheBreakdown
Full time12 August 1975
Australia
37–7
Japan
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Gadigal, Australia · Tour 1975Head-to-head

Australia won by 30 points.

Scoring

  1. –CAustralia conversion · Paul McLean2–0
  2. –CAustralia conversion · Paul McLean4–0
  3. –CAustralia conversion · Paul McLean6–0
  4. –CAustralia conversion · Paul McLean8–0
  5. –CAustralia conversion · Paul McLean10–0
  6. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean13–0
  7. –TAustralia try · Paul McLean17–0
  8. –TAustralia try · Paul McLean21–0
  9. –TAustralia try · Douglas Osborne25–0
  10. –TAustralia try · Ian Robertson29–0
  11. –TAustralia try · Ian Robertson33–0
  12. –TAustralia try · Ken Wright37–0
  13. –PJapan penalty · Nobuyuki Ueyama37–3
  14. –TJapan try · Ken Aruga37–7

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Steve FinnaneProp
  2. 2Peter HortonHooker
  3. 3Ronald GrahamProp
  4. 4Reg SmithSecond row
  5. 5Garrick FaySecond row
  6. 6Richard CocksFlanker
  7. 7Ray PriceFlanker
  8. 8Mark LoaneNumber 8
  9. 9John HipwellScrum-half
  10. 10Ken WrightFly-half
  11. 11Ian RobertsonWing
  12. 12Geoff ShawCentre
  13. 13Laurie WeatherstoneCentre
  14. 14Douglas OsborneWing
  15. 15Paul McLeanFull-back
  16. Rod HauserBench

Japan

  1. 1Tsukasa TakataProp
  2. 2Toshio KurosakaHooker
  3. 3Susumu HaraProp
  4. 4Hiroshi OgasawaraSecond row
  5. 5Koichi ShibataSecond row
  6. 6Yoshiaki IzawaFlanker
  7. 7Hideo AkamaFlanker
  8. 8Ichiro KobayashiNumber 8
  9. 9Ryozo ImazatoScrum-half
  10. 10Masakatsu IguchiFly-half
  11. 11Ken ArugaWing
  12. 12Masao YoshidaCentre
  13. 13Shigetaka MoriCentre
  14. 14Masaru FujiwaraWing
  15. 15Nobuyuki UeyamaFull-back

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Context

All-time, Australia 9–0 Japan in 9 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia 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.