TheBreakdown
Full time6 October 1973
Wales
62–14
Japan
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1973Head-to-head

Wales won by 48 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett4–0
  3. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett6–0
  4. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett8–0
  5. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett10–0
  6. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett12–0
  7. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett14–0
  8. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett16–0
  9. –CWales conversion · Phil Bennett18–0
  10. –TWales try · JPR Williams22–0
  11. –TWales try · Gerald Davies26–0
  12. –TWales try · Keith Hughes30–0
  13. –TWales try · Keith Hughes34–0
  14. –TWales try · Roy Bergiers38–0
  15. –TWales try · JJ Williams42–0
  16. –TWales try · Phil Bennett46–0
  17. –TWales try · Phil Bennett50–0
  18. –TWales try · Clive Shell54–0
  19. –TWales try · Bobby Windsor58–0
  20. –TWales try · John Taylor62–0
  21. –PJapan penalty · Iwao Yamamoto62–3
  22. –PJapan penalty · Iwao Yamamoto62–6
  23. –TJapan try · Tadayuki Ito62–10
  24. –TJapan try · Tadayuki Ito62–14

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Glyn ShawProp
  2. 2Bobby WindsorHooker
  3. 3Phil LlewellynProp
  4. 4Allan MartinSecond row
  5. 5Derek QuinnellSecond row
  6. 6Tommy DavidFlanker
  7. 7John TaylorFlanker
  8. 8Mervyn DaviesNumber 8
  9. 9Clive ShellScrum-half
  10. 10Phil BennettFly-half
  11. 11JJ WilliamsWing
  12. 12Roy BergiersCentre
  13. 13Keith HughesCentre
  14. 14Gerald DaviesWing
  15. 15JPR WilliamsFull-back
  16. 16IM LewisBench
  17. 17Glyn TurnerBench
  18. 18Alex FinlaysonBench
  19. 19Graham PriceBench
  20. 20Roy ThomasBench
  21. 21Ian RobinsonBench

Japan

  1. 1Susumu HaraProp
  2. 2Kazumi OhigashiHooker
  3. 3Kazuhito YoshinoProp
  4. 4Koichi ShibataSecond row
  5. 5Toshio TeraiSecond row
  6. 6Yoshiaki IzawaFlanker
  7. 7Junji YoshidaFlanker
  8. 8Yoshiro MurataNumber 8
  9. 9Ryozo ImazatoScrum-half
  10. 10Tadamasa Fujimoto-KamoharaFly-half
  11. 11Yoshihiro SakataWing
  12. 12Akira YokoiCentre
  13. 13Masaru FujiwaraCentre
  14. 14Tadayuki ItoWing
  15. 15Iwao YamamotoFull-back
  16. 16Mitsuo AtokawaBench
  17. 17Hiroshi OgasawaraBench
  18. 18Hideo AkamaBench
  19. 19Hiroaki ShukuzawaBench
  20. 20Masakatsu IguchiBench
  21. 21Bunji ShimazakiBench

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Context

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

Wales 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.