TheBreakdown
Full time13 May 1979
Japan
19–21
England
Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Prefecture, Higashiosaka City, Japan · Tour 1979Head-to-head

England won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Yuji Matsuo2–0
  2. –PJapan penalty · Yuji Matsuo5–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Yuji Matsuo8–0
  4. –TJapan try · Shigetaka Mori12–0
  5. –TJapan try · Ichiro Kobayashi16–0
  6. –DJapan drop goal · Yuji Matsuo19–0
  7. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare19–2
  8. –CEngland conversion · Dusty Hare19–4
  9. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare19–7
  10. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare19–10
  11. –PEngland penalty · Dusty Hare19–13
  12. –TEngland try · Peter Squires19–17
  13. –TEngland try · Peter Wheeler19–21

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Toshiaki YasuiProp
  2. 2Toru WadaHooker
  3. 3Koji HoraguchiProp
  4. 4Takeshi HatakeyamaSecond row
  5. 5Ryutaro FukurodateSecond row
  6. 6Kyoichi ToyoyamaFlanker
  7. 7Takeo IshizukaFlanker
  8. 8Ichiro KobayashiNumber 8
  9. 9Akio UedaScrum-half
  10. 10Yuji MatsuoFly-half
  11. 11Hirotaka UjinoWing
  12. 12Yoichiro MinamikawaCentre
  13. 13Masaru FujiwaraCentre
  14. 14Shigetaka MoriWing
  15. 15Naohisa TanifujiFull-back
  16. 16Manabu SasadaBench
  17. 17Toxhihiko KitaharaBench
  18. 18Naoshi KumagaiBench
  19. 19Takashi Kudo-NakayamaBench
  20. 20Shigekazu HoshinoBench
  21. 21Yoshiaki MochidaBench

England

  1. 1Colin SmartProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4TJ AllchurchSecond row
  5. 5Bill BeaumontSecond row
  6. 6JL ButlerFlanker
  7. 7Mike RafterFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9IG PeckScrum-half
  10. 10Nellie BennettFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13Richard CardusCentre
  14. 14Peter SquiresWing
  15. 15Dusty HareFull-back

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Context

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

Japan going in
England 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.