TheBreakdown
Full time10 June 2001
Japan
10–64
Wales
Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Prefecture, Higashiosaka City, Japan · Tour 2001Head-to-head

Wales won by 54 points.

Scoring

  1. –TJapan try · Luatangi Samurai Vatuvei5–0
  2. –TJapan try · Takeomi Ito10–0
  3. –CWales conversion · Stephen Jones10–2
  4. –CWales conversion · Stephen Jones10–4
  5. –CWales conversion · Stephen Jones10–6
  6. –CWales conversion · Stephen Jones10–8
  7. –CWales conversion · Stephen Jones10–10
  8. –CWales conversion · Stephen Jones10–12
  9. –CWales conversion · Stephen Jones10–14
  10. –TWales try · Kevin Morgan10–19
  11. –TWales try · Kevin Morgan10–24
  12. –TWales try · Mark Jones10–29
  13. –TWales try · Gareth Thomas10–34
  14. –TWales try · Adrian Durston10–39
  15. –TWales try · Shane Williams10–44
  16. –TWales try · Shane Williams10–49
  17. –TWales try · Shane Williams10–54
  18. –TWales try · Shane Williams10–59
  19. –TWales try · Andy Lloyd10–64

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Shin HasegawaProp
  2. 2Masaaki SakataHooker
  3. 3Masahiko ToyoyamaProp
  4. 4Luatangi Samurai VatuveiSecond row
  5. 5Hiroyuki TanumaSecond row
  6. 6Takeomi ItoFlanker
  7. 7Yuya SaitoFlanker
  8. 8Horoshi SugarwaraNumber 8
  9. 9Wataru MurataScrum-half
  10. 10Shotaro OnishiFly-half
  11. 11Patiliai TuidrakiWing
  12. 12Nataniela OtoCentre
  13. 13Yukio MotokiCentre
  14. 14Toru KuriharaWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Ryo YamamuraBench
  17. 17Akihito KatoBench
  18. 18Eiji YamamotoBench
  19. 19Koichi KuboBench
  20. 20Yuji SonodaBench
  21. 21Kensuke IwabuchiBench
  22. 22Hideki NambaBench

Wales

  1. 1Iestyn ThomasProp
  2. 2ALP LewisHooker
  3. 3Chris AnthonyProp
  4. 4Craig QuinnellSecond row
  5. 5Andy MooreSecond row
  6. 6Andy LloydFlanker
  7. 7Gavin ThomasFlanker
  8. 8Geraint LewisNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth CooperScrum-half
  10. 10Stephen JonesFly-half
  11. 11Shane WilliamsWing
  12. 12Adrian DurstonCentre
  13. 13Gareth ThomasCentre
  14. 14Mark JonesWing
  15. 15Kevin MorganFull-back
  16. 16Steve JonesBench
  17. 17Ben EvansBench
  18. 18Nathan BudgettBench
  19. 19Jamie RingerBench
  20. 20Dwayne PeelBench
  21. 21Gavin HensonBench
  22. 22Jamie RobinsonBench

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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.