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Full time28 May 1989
Japan
28–24
Scotland
Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan · Tour 1989Head-to-head

Japan won by 4 points.

Scoring

  1. –CJapan conversion · Toshitugu Yamamoto2–0
  2. –PJapan penalty · Toshitugu Yamamoto5–0
  3. –PJapan penalty · Toshitugu Yamamoto8–0
  4. –TJapan try12–0
  5. –TJapan try · Toshitugu Yamamoto16–0
  6. –TJapan try · Nofomuli Taumoefolau20–0
  7. –TJapan try · Eiji Kutsuki24–0
  8. –TJapan try · Yoshihito Yoshida28–0
  9. –CScotland conversion · Greig Oliver28–2
  10. –PScotland penalty · Greig Oliver28–5
  11. –PScotland penalty · Greig Oliver28–8
  12. –PScotland penalty · Greig Oliver28–11
  13. –PScotland penalty · Greig Oliver28–14
  14. –PScotland penalty · Greig Oliver28–17
  15. –TScotland try · Jim Hay28–21
  16. –DScotland drop goal · Doug Wyllie28–24

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Osamu OtaProp
  2. 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
  3. 3Masanori TakuraProp
  4. 4Toshihiro HayashiSecond row
  5. 5Atsushi OyagiSecond row
  6. 6Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
  7. 7Shuji NakashimaFlanker
  8. 8Sinali LatuNumber 8
  9. 9Masami HorikoshiScrum-half
  10. 10Shinobu AokiFly-half
  11. 11Yoshihito YoshidaWing
  12. 12Seiji HiraoCentre
  13. 13Eiji KutsukiCentre
  14. 14Nofomuli TaumoefolauWing
  15. 15Toshitugu YamamotoFull-back
  16. 16Tsutomu HiroseBench
  17. 17Yoshihiko SakurabaBench
  18. 18Tsutomu HiranoBench
  19. 19Haruhiro WatanabeBench
  20. 20Kojiro YoshinagaBench
  21. 21Seigou KunisadaBench

Scotland

  1. 1Alex BrewsterProp
  2. 2Jim HayHooker
  3. 3Grant WilsonProp
  4. 4Chris GraySecond row
  5. 5Damian CroninSecond row
  6. 6Derek TurnbullFlanker
  7. 7Graham MarshallFlanker
  8. 8Iain PaxtonNumber 8
  9. 9Greig OliverScrum-half
  10. 10Doug WyllieFly-half
  11. 11Iwan TukaloWing
  12. 12Sean LineenCentre
  13. 13D MacLeanCentre
  14. 14Matt DuncanWing
  15. 15Iain GlasgowFull-back
  16. 16Brian EdwardsBench
  17. 17Murry WalkerBench
  18. 18Stewart JardineBench
  19. 19Adam Buchanan SmithBench
  20. 20Peter WrightBench
  21. 21Ian GorcoranBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 2–11 Scotland in 13 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Scotland 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.