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Full time4 October 1980
Netherlands
15–13
Japan
Venue not recorded · Tour 1980Head-to-head

Netherlands won by 2 points.

Scoring

  1. –CNetherlands conversion · B Kasteel2–0
  2. –PNetherlands penalty · B Kasteel5–0
  3. –PNetherlands penalty · B Kasteel8–0
  4. –PNetherlands penalty · B Kasteel11–0
  5. –TNetherlands try · A Michel15–0
  6. –CJapan conversion · Shinichi Oikawa15–2
  7. –PJapan penalty · Shinichi Oikawa15–5
  8. –TJapan try · Masaru Fujiwara15–9
  9. –TJapan try · Shigetaka Mori15–13

Line-ups

Netherlands

  1. 1H VermeulenProp
  2. 2J SchaapHooker
  3. 3C KoemansProp
  4. 4M Van der LoosSecond row
  5. 5J DudincSecond row
  6. 6D AltinkFlanker
  7. 7J Von AltenaFlanker
  8. 8K HuysmanNumber 8
  9. 9F DuquesnoyScrum-half
  10. 10B KasteelFly-half
  11. 11A MichelWing
  12. 12C JacobsCentre
  13. 13J DongelmansCentre
  14. 14G Von Del BornWing
  15. 15C ZwisterFull-back
  16. 16W RijsdmBench
  17. 17M VisserBench
  18. 18P EngelhardBench
  19. 19P DorrestijnBench
  20. 20M JorritsmaBench

Japan

  1. 1Jiro IshiyamaProp
  2. 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
  3. 3Takeshi NakayamaProp
  4. 4Hikaru KawachiSecond row
  5. 5Ryutaro FukurodateSecond row
  6. 6Takashi ItoFlanker
  7. 7Takeo IshizukaFlanker
  8. 8Kazuo SejimoNumber 8
  9. 9Junya MatsumotoScrum-half
  10. 10Shinichi OikawaFly-half
  11. 11Hirotaka UjinoWing
  12. 12Yoichiro MinamikawaCentre
  13. 13Shigetaka MoriCentre
  14. 14Masaru FujiwaraWing
  15. 15Hideo ToshimaFull-back
  16. 16Toru WadaBench
  17. 17Koji HoraguchiBench
  18. 18Kyoichi ToyoyamaBench
  19. 19Yoshimitsu KonishiBench
  20. 20Mitsunobu SunamuraBench
  21. 21Nobufumi TanakaBench

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Context

All-time, Netherlands 1–0 Japan in 1 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Netherlands going in
Japan going in

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