TheBreakdown
Full time22 October 1983
Wales
29–24
Japan
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1983Head-to-head

Wales won by 5 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Mark Wyatt2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Mark Wyatt4–0
  3. –CWales conversion · Mark Wyatt6–0
  4. –PWales penalty · Mark Wyatt9–0
  5. –TWales try · Bleddyn Bowen13–0
  6. –TWales try · Adrian Hadley17–0
  7. –TWales try · Malcolm Dacey21–0
  8. –TWales try · Ray Giles25–0
  9. –TWales try · Mark Brown29–0
  10. –CJapan conversion · Hideo Kobayashi29–2
  11. –PJapan penalty · Hideo Kobayashi29–5
  12. –PJapan penalty · Hideo Kobayashi29–8
  13. –TJapan try · Naohisa Tanifuji29–12
  14. –TJapan try · Yoshimitsu Konishi29–16
  15. –TJapan try · Michihito Chida29–20
  16. –TJapan try · Tsuyoshi Fujita29–24

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Jeff WhitefootProp
  2. 2Billy JamesHooker
  3. 3Ian EidmanProp
  4. 4John PerkinsSecond row
  5. 5Terry ShawSecond row
  6. 6Gareth DaviesFlanker
  7. 7Mark BrownFlanker
  8. 8Eddie ButlerNumber 8
  9. 9Ray GilesScrum-half
  10. 10Malcolm DaceyFly-half
  11. 11Adrian HadleyWing
  12. 12Bleddyn BowenCentre
  13. 13Kevin HopkinsCentre
  14. 14Mark TitleyWing
  15. 15Mark WyattFull-back
  16. 16Howell DaviesBench
  17. 17Mark RingBench
  18. 18Mark DouglasBench
  19. 19Mike WatkinsBench
  20. 20Rhys MorganBench
  21. 21David PickeringBench

Japan

  1. 1Jiro IshiyamaProp
  2. 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
  3. 3Koji HoraguchiProp
  4. 4Toshiyuki HayashiSecond row
  5. 5Atsushi OyagiSecond row
  6. 6Hikaru KawachiFlanker
  7. 7Michihito ChidaFlanker
  8. 8Yasuhara KawaseNumber 8
  9. 9Yoshimitsu KonishiScrum-half
  10. 10Yuji MatsuoFly-half
  11. 11Tetsuya HigashidaWing
  12. 12Seiji HiraoCentre
  13. 13Hideo KobayashiCentre
  14. 14Fukumi KanayaWing
  15. 15Naohisa TanifujiFull-back
  16. 16Yoshichiro IkedaBench
  17. 17Masahiro InoueBench
  18. 18Kazuo SejimoBench
  19. 19Takeo IshizukaBench
  20. 20Tsutomu OkuwakiBench
  21. 21Toshiro YoshinoBench

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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.