TheBreakdown
Full time23 November 1974
Sri Lanka
6–44
Japan
Venue not recorded · Asian Championship 1974Head-to-head

Japan won by 38 points.

Scoring

  1. –PSri Lanka penalty3–0
  2. –PSri Lanka penalty6–0
  3. –CJapan conversion · Nobuyuki Ueyama6–2
  4. –CJapan conversion · Nobuyuki Ueyama6–4
  5. –CJapan conversion · Nobuyuki Ueyama6–6
  6. –CJapan conversion · Nobuyuki Ueyama6–8
  7. –TJapan try · Susumu Kurihara6–12
  8. –TJapan try · Osamu Koyabu6–16
  9. –TJapan try · Yoshiro Murata6–20
  10. –TJapan try · Yoshiro Murata6–24
  11. –TJapan try · Susumu Hara6–28
  12. –TJapan try6–32
  13. –TJapan try6–36
  14. –TJapan try6–40
  15. –TJapan try6–44

Line-ups

Sri Lanka

  1. 1OmarProp
  2. 2RodorigoHooker
  3. 3FerneandoProp
  4. 4GunasekeraSecond row
  5. 5TennekoonSecond row
  6. 6I CoomarasuanyFlanker
  7. 7BenedictFlanker
  8. 8SamadNumber 8
  9. 9AbdeenScrum-half
  10. 10SabaratnanFly-half
  11. 11SheriffWing
  12. 12DealmeidaCentre
  13. 13De JohgCentre
  14. 14JawardeneWing
  15. 15DL WigewaedenaFull-back

Japan

  1. 1Susumu HaraProp
  2. 2Kazumi OhigashiHooker
  3. 3Toshio KurosakaProp
  4. 4Koichi ShibataSecond row
  5. 5Shigeru ToyodaSecond row
  6. 6Osamu YamashitaFlanker
  7. 7Takeo IshizukaFlanker
  8. 8Yoshiro MurataNumber 8
  9. 9Yuji MatsuoScrum-half
  10. 10Osamu KoyabuFly-half
  11. 11Nobufumi TanakaWing
  12. 12Hitoshi KanoCentre
  13. 13Shigetaka MoriCentre
  14. 14Susumu KuriharaWing
  15. 15Nobuyuki UeyamaFull-back

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Context

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

Sri Lanka 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.