TheBreakdown
Full time25 September 1976
Scotland
34–9
Japan
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1976Head-to-head

Scotland won by 25 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Andy Irvine2–0
  2. –CScotland conversion · Andy Irvine4–0
  3. –CScotland conversion · Andy Irvine6–0
  4. –TScotland try · Andy Irvine10–0
  5. –TScotland try · Bill Gammell14–0
  6. –TScotland try · Bill Gammell18–0
  7. –TScotland try · Ian McGeechan22–0
  8. –TScotland try · David Ashton26–0
  9. –TScotland try · Alan Lawson30–0
  10. –TScotland try · Colin Fisher34–0
  11. –CJapan conversion · Nobufumi Tanaka34–2
  12. –PJapan penalty · Nobufumi Tanaka34–5
  13. –TJapan try · Masaru Fujiwara34–9

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1Jim AitkenProp
  2. 2Colin FisherHooker
  3. 3Norm PenderProp
  4. 4Alan TomesSecond row
  5. 5Dave LeslieSecond row
  6. 6Mike BiggarFlanker
  7. 7JG CarswellFlanker
  8. 8Bill WatsonNumber 8
  9. 9Alan LawsonScrum-half
  10. 10Ronald WilsonFly-half
  11. 11David AshtonWing
  12. 12Ian McGeechanCentre
  13. 13Keith RobertsonCentre
  14. 14Bill GammellWing
  15. 15Andy IrvineFull-back
  16. George MackieBench

Japan

  1. 1Tsukasa TakataProp
  2. 2Toru WadaHooker
  3. 3Toshiaki YasuiProp
  4. 4Koichi ShibataSecond row
  5. 5Toshio TeraiSecond row
  6. 6Yoshiaki IzawaFlanker
  7. 7Hideo AkamaFlanker
  8. 8Ichiro KobayashiNumber 8
  9. 9Ryozo ImazatoScrum-half
  10. 10Shigekazu HoshinoFly-half
  11. 11Ken ArugaWing
  12. 12Masao YoshidaCentre
  13. 13Shigetaka MoriCentre
  14. 14Masaru FujiwaraWing
  15. 15Nobufumi TanakaFull-back
  16. Kazuo MuraguchiBench

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Context

All-time, Scotland 11–2 Japan in 13 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Scotland 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.