Full time28 September 1971
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Tour 1971Head-to-head
England won by 3 points.
Scoring
- –PJapan penalty · Yoshiharu Yamaguchi3–0
- –PEngland penalty · Peter Rossborough3–3
- –PEngland penalty · Peter Rossborough3–6
Line-ups
Japan
- 1Susumu HaraProp
- 2Mitsuo AtokawaHooker
- 3Masaki ShimosonoProp
- 4Hiroshi OgasawaraSecond row
- 5Toshio TeraiSecond row
- 6Yoshiaki IzawaFlanker
- 7Yoshiharu YamaguchiFlanker
- 8Yoshiro MurataNumber 8
- 9Ryozo ImazatoScrum-half
- 10Tadamasa Fujimoto-KamoharaFly-half
- 11Yoshihiro SakataWing
- 12Koji MiyataCentre
- 13Bunji ShimazakiCentre
- 14Tadayuki ItoWing
- 15Masaharu MantaniFull-back
- KanbaraBench
England
- 1Fran CottonProp
- 2JD GrayHooker
- 3M HannellProp
- 4Budge RogersSecond row
- 5Chris RalstonSecond row
- 6Tony NearyFlanker
- 7Roger UttleyFlanker
- 8Ronald HannafordNumber 8
- 9Jan WebsterScrum-half
- 10John FinlanFly-half
- 11Peter GloverWing
- 12Chris WardlowCentre
- 13Jeremy JanionCentre
- 14Rod WebbWing
- 15Peter RossboroughFull-back
- Alan CowmanBench
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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
- Previous meeting: 24 September 1971, Japan 19–27 England
- Next meeting on record: 13 May 1979
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.