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Full time19 November 2016
Wales
33–30
Japan
Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 2016Head-to-head

Wales won by 3 points.

Scoring

  1. 6’PJapan penalty · Yu Tamura0–3
  2. 10’PJapan penalty · Yu Tamura0–6
  3. 12’TWales try · Dan Lydiate5–6
  4. 14’CWales conversion · Leigh Halfpenny7–6
  5. 24’TWales try · Jamie Roberts12–6
  6. 25’CWales conversion · Leigh Halfpenny14–6
  7. 39’TJapan try · Akihito Yamada14–11
  8. 40’CJapan conversion · Timothy Lafaele14–13
  9. 44’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny17–13
  10. 53’TWales try · Sam Warburton22–13
  11. 54’CWales conversion · Leigh Halfpenny24–13
  12. 56’TJapan try · Kenki Fukuoka24–18
  13. 58’CJapan conversion · Yu Tamura24–20
  14. 61’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny27–20
  15. 64’PJapan penalty · Yu Tamura27–23
  16. 71’PWales penalty · Leigh Halfpenny30–23
  17. 75’TJapan try · Amanaki Lotoahea30–28
  18. 76’CJapan conversion · Yu Tamura30–30
  19. 81’DWales drop goal · Sam Davies33–30

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Nicky SmithProp
  2. 2Scott BaldwinHooker
  3. 3Samson LeeProp
  4. 4Cory HillSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Dan LydiateFlanker
  7. 7Sam WarburtonFlanker
  8. 8James KingNumber 8
  9. 9Lloyd WilliamsScrum-half
  10. 10Gareth AnscombeFly-half
  11. 11Alex CuthbertWing
  12. 12Jamie RobertsCentre
  13. 13Jonathan DaviesCentre
  14. 14Leigh HalfpennyWing
  15. 15Liam WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Kristian DaceyBench
  17. 17Rhys GillBench
  18. 18Scott AndrewsBench
  19. 19Jake BallBench
  20. 20Ross MoriartyBench
  21. 21Gareth DaviesBench
  22. 22Sam DaviesBench
  23. 23Keelan GilesBench

Japan

  1. 1Satoshi NakataniProp
  2. 2Shota HorieHooker
  3. 3Kensuke HatakeyamaProp
  4. 4Kyosuke KajikawaSecond row
  5. 5Samuela AniseSecond row
  6. 6Malgene IlauaFlanker
  7. 7Shunsuke NunomakiFlanker
  8. 8Amanaki MafiNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10Yu TamuraFly-half
  11. 11Kenki FukuokaWing
  12. 12Harumichi TatekawaCentre
  13. 13Timothy LafaeleCentre
  14. 14Akihito YamadaWing
  15. 15Kotaro MatsushimaFull-back
  16. 16Takeshi HinoBench
  17. 17Koki YamamotoBench
  18. 18Heiichiro ItoBench
  19. 19Uwe HeluBench
  20. 20Shuhei MatsuhashiBench
  21. 21Yuhi MimuraBench
  22. 22Keisuke UchidaBench
  23. 23Amanaki LotoaheaBench

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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.