TheBreakdown
Full time31 January 1982
Japan
18–12
Hong Kong China
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, JapanHead-to-head

Japan won by 6 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Nobufumi Tanaka2–0
  2. –CJapan conversion · Nobufumi Tanaka4–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Nobufumi Tanaka7–0
  4. –TJapan try · Nobufumi Tanaka11–0
  5. –TJapan try · Yoshimitsu Konishi15–0
  6. –DJapan drop goal · Yuji Matsuo18–0
  7. –PHong Kong China penalty · Anthony Wolfe18–3
  8. –PHong Kong China penalty · Anthony Wolfe18–6
  9. –PHong Kong China penalty · Anthony Wolfe18–9
  10. –PHong Kong China penalty · Anthony Wolfe18–12

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Jiro IshiyamaProp
  2. 2Toshihiro HiraiHooker
  3. 3Koji HoraguchiProp
  4. 4Michihito ChidaSecond row
  5. 5Kenzou SagawaSecond row
  6. 6Takashi ItoFlanker
  7. 7Takeo IshizukaFlanker
  8. 8Kazuo SejimoNumber 8
  9. 9Yoshimitsu KonishiScrum-half
  10. 10Yuji MatsuoFly-half
  11. 11Hirotaka UjinoWing
  12. 12Fukumi KanayaCentre
  13. 13Yoichiro MinamikawaCentre
  14. 14Hideo ToshimaWing
  15. 15Nobufumi TanakaFull-back
  16. 16Takeshi NakayamaBench
  17. 18Noritoshi ToyodaBench
  18. 19Junya MatsumotoBench
  19. 20Kazuhiko HonjoBench

Hong Kong China

  1. 1Peter SindenProp
  2. 2Brian LeachHooker
  3. 3Andrew StevensProp
  4. 4Bruce VogelSecond row
  5. 5Chris Weston SimonsSecond row
  6. 6G SellersFlanker
  7. 7Charles YeomansFlanker
  8. 8Tony TylerNumber 8
  9. 9Tony PennyScrum-half
  10. 10Anthony WolfeFly-half
  11. 11D HandleyWing
  12. 12Michael BracherCentre
  13. 13John JenkinsCentre
  14. 14Charles GregoryWing
  15. 15G BlackwoodFull-back
  16. 16Phil StavelyBench
  17. 17Andrew WalkerBench
  18. 18Timothy DenneBench
  19. 19John SealBench
  20. 20Peter ElseBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 31–5 Hong Kong China, 1 drawn in 37 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Hong Kong China 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.