TheBreakdown
Full time11 October 1986
England
39–12
Japan
Twickenham, London, England · Tour 1986Head-to-head

England won by 27 points.

Scoring

  1. –CEngland conversion · Marcus Rose2–0
  2. –CEngland conversion · Marcus Rose4–0
  3. –CEngland conversion · Marcus Rose6–0
  4. –CEngland conversion · Marcus Rose8–0
  5. –CEngland conversion · Marcus Rose10–0
  6. –CEngland conversion · Marcus Rose12–0
  7. –PEngland penalty · Marcus Rose15–0
  8. –TEngland try · Mark Bailey19–0
  9. –TEngland try · Jamie Salmon23–0
  10. –TEngland try · Rory Underwood27–0
  11. –TEngland try · Dean Richards31–0
  12. –TEngland try · Gary Rees35–0
  13. –TEngland try · John Hall39–0
  14. –CJapan conversion · Katsuhiro Matsuo39–2
  15. –PJapan penalty · Katsuhiro Matsuo39–5
  16. –PJapan penalty · Katsuhiro Matsuo39–8
  17. –TJapan try · Yoshimitsu Konishi39–12

Line-ups

England

  1. 1Gareth ChilcottProp
  2. 2Brian MooreHooker
  3. 3Gary PearceProp
  4. 4Nigel RedmanSecond row
  5. 5Steve BainbridgeSecond row
  6. 6John HallFlanker
  7. 7Gary ReesFlanker
  8. 8Dean RichardsNumber 8
  9. 9Richard HillScrum-half
  10. 10Stuart BarnesFly-half
  11. 11Rory UnderwoodWing
  12. 12Simon HallidayCentre
  13. 13Jamie SalmonCentre
  14. 14Mark BaileyWing
  15. 15Marcus RoseFull-back

Japan

  1. 1Toshitaki KimuraProp
  2. 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
  3. 3Masaharu AizawaProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Seiji KuriharaSecond row
  6. 6Katsufumi MiyamotoFlanker
  7. 7Toshiyuki HayashiFlanker
  8. 8Michihito ChidaNumber 8
  9. 9Yoshimitsu KonishiScrum-half
  10. 10Katsuhiro MatsuoFly-half
  11. 11Shinji OnukiWing
  12. 12Seiji HiraoCentre
  13. 13Eiji KutsukiCentre
  14. 14Nofomuli TaumoefolauWing
  15. 15Shogo MukaiFull-back

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Context

All-time, England 11–0 Japan in 11 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

England 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.