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Full time27 October 1973
France
30–18
Japan
Venue not recorded · Tour 1973Head-to-head

France won by 12 points.

Scoring

  1. –CFrance conversion · Henri Cabrol2–0
  2. –CFrance conversion · Henri Cabrol4–0
  3. –CFrance conversion · Henri Cabrol6–0
  4. –TFrance try · Jean-Michel Aguirre10–0
  5. –TFrance try · Gilles Delaigue14–0
  6. –TFrance try · Roland Bertranne18–0
  7. –TFrance try · Max Barrau22–0
  8. –TFrance try · Jean Claude Skrela26–0
  9. –TFrance try · Olivier Saisset30–0
  10. –PJapan penalty · Nobuyuki Ueyama30–3
  11. –PJapan penalty · Bunji Shimazaki30–6
  12. –TJapan try · Bunji Shimazaki30–10
  13. –TJapan try · Yoshihiro Sakata30–14
  14. –TJapan try · Kazumi Ohigashi30–18

Line-ups

France

  1. 1Jean IracabalProp
  2. 2Renee BenesisHooker
  3. 3Jacques RougerieProp
  4. 4Elie CesterSecond row
  5. 5Michel SappaSecond row
  6. 6Victor BoffelliFlanker
  7. 7Jean Claude SkrelaFlanker
  8. 8Olivier SaissetNumber 8
  9. 9Max BarrauScrum-half
  10. 10Henri CabrolFly-half
  11. 11Roland BertranneWing
  12. 12Gilles DelaigueCentre
  13. 13Jo MasoCentre
  14. 14Noel SeguierWing
  15. 15Jean-Michel AguirreFull-back

Japan

  1. 1Susumu HaraProp
  2. 2Kazumi OhigashiHooker
  3. 3Masaki ShimosonoProp
  4. 4Hiroshi OgasawaraSecond row
  5. 5Toshio TeraiSecond row
  6. 6Yoshiaki IzawaFlanker
  7. 7Junji YoshidaFlanker
  8. 8Hideo AkamaNumber 8
  9. 9Ryozo ImazatoScrum-half
  10. 10Masakatsu IguchiFly-half
  11. 11Yoshihiro SakataWing
  12. 12Akira YokoiCentre
  13. 13Bunji ShimazakiCentre
  14. 14Tadayuki ItoWing
  15. 15Nobuyuki UeyamaFull-back

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Context

All-time, France 14–0 Japan, 1 drawn in 15 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

France 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.