TheBreakdown
Full time17 August 1975
Australia
50–25
Japan
Ballymore, Brisbane | Meeanjin, Australia · Tour 1975Head-to-head

Australia won by 25 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. –CAustralia conversion · Paul McLean12–0
  7. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean15–0
  8. –PAustralia penalty · Paul McLean18–0
  9. –TAustralia try · John Ryan22–0
  10. –TAustralia try · John Ryan26–0
  11. –TAustralia try · John Ryan30–0
  12. –TAustralia try · Geoff Shaw34–0
  13. –TAustralia try · Geoff Shaw38–0
  14. –TAustralia try · Rod Hauser42–0
  15. –TAustralia try · Ray Price46–0
  16. –TAustralia try · Tony Shaw50–0
  17. –CJapan conversion · Nobufumi Tanaka50–2
  18. –PJapan penalty · Nobuyuki Ueyama50–5
  19. –TJapan try · Masaru Fujiwara50–9
  20. –TJapan try · Masaru Fujiwara50–13
  21. –TJapan try · Masao Yoshida50–17
  22. –TJapan try · Ken Aruga50–21
  23. –TJapan try · Takeo Ishizuka50–25

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1Steve FinnaneProp
  2. 2Peter HortonHooker
  3. 3Ronald GrahamProp
  4. 4Reg SmithSecond row
  5. 5Brian MansfieldSecond row
  6. 6Tony ShawFlanker
  7. 7Ray PriceFlanker
  8. 8Greg CornelsenNumber 8
  9. 9Rod HauserScrum-half
  10. 10Paul McLeanFly-half
  11. 11Ian RobertsonWing
  12. 12Geoff ShawCentre
  13. 13Laurie WeatherstoneCentre
  14. 14John RyanWing
  15. 15James HindmarshFull-back

Japan

  1. 1Tsukasa TakataProp
  2. 2Toru WadaHooker
  3. 3Toshio KurosakaProp
  4. 4Hiroshi OgasawaraSecond row
  5. 5Toshio TeraiSecond row
  6. 6Yoshiaki IzawaFlanker
  7. 7Takeo IshizukaFlanker
  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
  16. Nobufumi TanakaBench

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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.