TheBreakdown
Full time21 September 1975
Japan
12–56
Wales
Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Prefecture, Higashiosaka City, Japan · Tour 1975Head-to-head

Wales won by 44 points.

Scoring

  1. –PJapan penalty · Nobuyuki Ueyama3–0
  2. –PJapan penalty · Nobuyuki Ueyama6–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Nobuyuki Ueyama9–0
  4. –PJapan penalty · Nobuyuki Ueyama12–0
  5. –CWales conversion · Steve Fenwick12–2
  6. –CWales conversion · Steve Fenwick12–4
  7. –CWales conversion · Steve Fenwick12–6
  8. –CWales conversion · Steve Fenwick12–8
  9. –CWales conversion · Steve Fenwick12–10
  10. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick12–13
  11. –PWales penalty · Steve Fenwick12–16
  12. –TWales try · Gerald Davies12–20
  13. –TWales try · Gerald Davies12–24
  14. –TWales try · Ray Gravell12–28
  15. –TWales try · Ray Gravell12–32
  16. –TWales try · JJ Williams12–36
  17. –TWales try · JJ Williams12–40
  18. –TWales try · John Bevan12–44
  19. –TWales try · Trevor Evans12–48
  20. –TWales try · Trevor Evans12–52
  21. –TWales try · Clive Shell12–56

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Tsukasa TakataProp
  2. 2Toshio KurosakaHooker
  3. 3Susumu HaraProp
  4. 4Hiroshi OgasawaraSecond row
  5. 5Toshio TeraiSecond row
  6. 6Yoshiaki IzawaFlanker
  7. 7Takeo IshizukaFlanker
  8. 8Ichiro KobayashiNumber 8
  9. 9Ryozo ImazatoScrum-half
  10. 10Masakatsu IguchiFly-half
  11. 11Ken ArugaWing
  12. 12Masao YoshidaCentre
  13. 13Shigetaka MoriCentre
  14. 14Masaru FujiwaraWing
  15. 15Nobuyuki UeyamaFull-back

Wales

  1. 1Barry LlewelynProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Charlie FaulknerProp
  4. 4Geoff WheelSecond row
  5. 5Allan MartinSecond row
  6. 6Terry CobnerFlanker
  7. 7Trevor EvansFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Gareth EdwardsScrum-half
  10. 10John BevanFly-half
  11. 11JJ WilliamsWing
  12. 12Steve FenwickCentre
  13. 13Ray GravellCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. Clive ShellBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 2–15 Wales in 17 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Wales 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.