TheBreakdown
Full time17 November 2018
England
35–15
Japan
Twickenham, London, England · Men's Internationals 2018Head-to-head

England won by 20 points.

Scoring

  1. 4’TEngland try · Danny Care5–0
  2. 5’CEngland conversion · George Ford7–0
  3. 17’PJapan penalty · Yu Tamura7–3
  4. 23’TJapan try · Ryoto Nakamura7–8
  5. 24’CJapan conversion · Yu Tamura7–10
  6. 29’PEngland penalty · Elliot Daly10–10
  7. 32’TJapan try · Michael Leitch10–15
  8. 57’PEngland penalty · George Ford13–15
  9. 59’TEngland try · Mark Wilson18–15
  10. 60’CEngland conversion · George Ford20–15
  11. 65’PEngland penalty · George Ford23–15
  12. 71’TEngland try · Joe Cokanasiga28–15
  13. 72’CEngland conversion · George Ford30–15
  14. 77’TEngland try · Dylan Hartley35–15

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Alec HepburnProp
  2. 2Jamie GeorgeHooker
  3. 3Harry WilliamsProp
  4. 4Charlie EwelsSecond row
  5. 5Maro ItojeSecond row
  6. 6Courtney LawesFlanker
  7. 7Mark WilsonFlanker
  8. 8Zach MercerNumber 8
  9. 9Danny CareScrum-half
  10. 10George FordFly-half
  11. 11Chris AshtonWing
  12. 12Alex LozowskiCentre
  13. 13Jack NowellCentre
  14. 14Joe CokanasigaWing
  15. 15Elliot DalyFull-back
  16. 16Dylan HartleyBench
  17. 17Ben MoonBench
  18. 18Kyle SincklerBench
  19. 19Ted HillBench
  20. 20Sam UnderhillBench
  21. 21Richard WigglesworthBench
  22. 22Owen FarrellBench
  23. 23Henry SladeBench

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Atsushi SakateHooker
  3. 3Jiwon GuProp
  4. 4Wimpie van der WaltSecond row
  5. 5Uwe HeluSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Masakatsu NishikawaFlanker
  8. 8Kazuki HimenoNumber 8
  9. 9Fumiaki TanakaScrum-half
  10. 10Yu TamuraFly-half
  11. 11Kenki FukuokaWing
  12. 12Ryoto NakamuraCentre
  13. 13Timothy LafaeleCentre
  14. 14Akihito YamadaWing
  15. 15William TupouFull-back
  16. 16Yusuke NiwaiBench
  17. 17Koki YamamotoBench
  18. 18Asaeli Ai ValuBench
  19. 19Samuela AniseBench
  20. 20Hendrik TuiBench
  21. 21Shunsuke NunomakiBench
  22. 22Yutaka NagareBench
  23. 23Rikiya MatsudaBench

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Context

All-time, England 11–0 Japan in 11 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.