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Full time26 June 2021
British & Irish Lions
28–10
Japan
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 2021Head-to-head

British & Irish Lions won by 18 points.

Scoring

  1. 13’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Josh Adams5–0
  2. 15’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Dan Biggar7–0
  3. 19’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Duhan van der Merwe12–0
  4. 21’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Dan Biggar14–0
  5. 24’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Robbie Henshaw19–0
  6. 25’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Dan Biggar21–0
  7. 50’CBritish & Irish Lions conversion · Dan Biggar23–0
  8. 50’TBritish & Irish Lions try · Tadhg Beirne28–0
  9. 60’TJapan try · Kazuki Himeno28–5
  10. 62’CJapan conversion · Yu Tamura28–7
  11. 70’PJapan penalty · Yu Tamura28–10

Line-ups

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Rory SutherlandProp
  2. 2Ken OwensHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4Iain HendersonSecond row
  5. 5Alun Wyn JonesSecond row
  6. 6Tadhg BeirneFlanker
  7. 7Justin TipuricFlanker
  8. 8Jack ConanNumber 8
  9. 9Conor MurrayScrum-half
  10. 10Dan BiggarFly-half
  11. 11Duhan van der MerweWing
  12. 12Bundee AkiCentre
  13. 13Robbie HenshawCentre
  14. 14Josh AdamsWing
  15. 15Liam WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16Jamie GeorgeBench
  17. 17Wyn JonesBench
  18. 18Kyle SincklerBench
  19. 19Courtney LawesBench
  20. 20Taulupe FaletauBench
  21. 21Ali PriceBench
  22. 22Owen FarrellBench
  23. 23Anthony WatsonBench

Japan

  1. 1Keita InagakiProp
  2. 2Atsushi SakateHooker
  3. 3Jiwon GuProp
  4. 4Wimpie van der WaltSecond row
  5. 5James MooreSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Pieter LabuschagneFlanker
  8. 8Amanaki MafiNumber 8
  9. 9Kaito ShigenoScrum-half
  10. 10Yu TamuraFly-half
  11. 11Siosaia FifitaWing
  12. 12Ryoto NakamuraCentre
  13. 13Timothy LafaeleCentre
  14. 14Kotaro MatsushimaWing
  15. 15Ryohei YamanakaFull-back
  16. 16Kosuke HorikoshiBench
  17. 17Craig MillarBench
  18. 18Asaeli Ai ValuBench
  19. 19Jack CornelsenBench
  20. 20Kazuki HimenoBench
  21. 21Tevita TatafuBench
  22. 22Naoto SaitoBench
  23. 23Rikiya MatsudaBench

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Context

All-time, British & Irish Lions 1–0 Japan in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

British & Irish Lions going in
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    Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.