TheBreakdown
Full time24 September 1971
Japan
19–27
England
Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Prefecture, Higashiosaka City, Japan · Tour 1971Head-to-head

England won by 8 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Yoshiharu Yamaguchi
  2. –PJapan penalty · Yoshiharu Yamaguchi
  3. –PJapan penalty · Yoshiharu Yamaguchi
  4. –PJapan penalty · Yoshiharu Yamaguchi
  5. –TJapan try · Makoto Mizutani
  6. –TJapan try · Yoshiro Murata
  7. –CEngland conversion · Peter Rossborough
  8. –CEngland conversion · Alan Cowman
  9. –PEngland penalty · Alan Cowman
  10. –TEngland try · Rod Webb
  11. –TEngland try · Jeremy Janion
  12. –TEngland try · Peter Glover
  13. –TEngland try · Alan Cowman
  14. –TEngland try · Alan Cowman

The scoring record for this Test does not add up to the final score, so running scores are hidden.

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Susumu HaraProp
  2. 2Mitsuo AtokawaHooker
  3. 3Masaki ShimosonoProp
  4. 4Hiroshi OgasawaraSecond row
  5. 5Toshio TeraiSecond row
  6. 6Yoshiaki IzawaFlanker
  7. 7Yoshiharu YamaguchiFlanker
  8. 8Yoshiro MurataNumber 8
  9. 9Ryozo ImazatoScrum-half
  10. 10Tadamasa Fujimoto-KamoharaFly-half
  11. 11Yoshihiro SakataWing
  12. 12Akira YokoiCentre
  13. 13Koji MiyataCentre
  14. 14Makoto MizutaniWing
  15. 15Masaharu MantaniFull-back
  16. Bunji ShimazakiBench

England

  1. 1Fran CottonProp
  2. 2Peter WheelerHooker
  3. 3JM BroderickProp
  4. 4Tony NearySecond row
  5. 5Chris RalstonSecond row
  6. 6Roger UttleyFlanker
  7. 7D RobinsonFlanker
  8. 8Ronald HannafordNumber 8
  9. 9Nigel Starmer-SmithScrum-half
  10. 10Alan CowmanFly-half
  11. 11Peter GloverWing
  12. 12Bob LloydCentre
  13. 13Jeremy JanionCentre
  14. 14Rod WebbWing
  15. 15Peter RossboroughFull-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.