TheBreakdown
Full time20 May 1979
Japan
18–38
England
National Kasumigaoka Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Tour 1979Head-to-head

England won by 20 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Yuji Matsuo2–0
  2. –TJapan try · Yoichiro Minamikawa6–0
  3. –TJapan try · Yuji Matsuo10–0
  4. –TJapan try · Yuji Matsuo14–0
  5. –TJapan try · Yuji Matsuo18–0
  6. –CEngland conversion · Huw Davies18–2
  7. –CEngland conversion · Huw Davies18–4
  8. –CEngland conversion · Huw Davies18–6
  9. –CEngland conversion · Huw Davies18–8
  10. –PEngland penalty · Huw Davies18–11
  11. –PEngland penalty · Huw Davies18–14
  12. –TEngland try · John Carleton18–18
  13. –TEngland try · John Carleton18–22
  14. –TEngland try · Paul Dodge18–26
  15. –TEngland try · Paul Dodge18–30
  16. –TEngland try · NJC Pomphrey18–34
  17. –TEngland try · NJC Pomphrey18–38

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Takeshi NakayamaProp
  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. 13Testuro YajimaCentre
  14. 14Shigetaka MoriWing
  15. 15Naohisa TanifujiFull-back
  16. 17Kenzou SagawaBench
  17. 18Mitsuru SakamotoBench
  18. 19Junya MatsumotoBench
  19. 20Shigekazu HoshinoBench
  20. 21Masaru FujiwaraBench
  21. Manabu SasadaBench

England

  1. 1John DoubledayProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Bill BeaumontSecond row
  5. 5NJC PomphreySecond row
  6. 6Mike RafterFlanker
  7. 7JL ButlerFlanker
  8. 8John ScottNumber 8
  9. 9IG PeckScrum-half
  10. 10Huw DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Mike SlemenWing
  12. 12Paul DodgeCentre
  13. 13AL McMillanCentre
  14. 14John CarletonWing
  15. 15Alastair HignellFull-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.