TheBreakdown
Full time27 September 1986
Scotland
33–18
Japan
Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland · Tour 1986Head-to-head

Scotland won by 15 points.

Scoring

  1. –CScotland conversion · Peter Dods2–0
  2. –CScotland conversion · Peter Dods4–0
  3. –CScotland conversion · Peter Dods6–0
  4. –PScotland penalty · Peter Dods9–0
  5. –TScotland try · Matt Duncan13–0
  6. –TScotland try · Iwan Tukalo17–0
  7. –TScotland try · Iwan Tukalo21–0
  8. –TScotland try · Iwan Tukalo25–0
  9. –TScotland try · Iwan Tukalo29–0
  10. –TScotland try · Alister Campbell33–0
  11. –PJapan penalty · Katsuhiro Matsuo33–3
  12. –TJapan try · Eiji Kutsuki33–7
  13. –TJapan try · Shinji Onuki33–11
  14. –TJapan try · Michihito Chida33–15
  15. –DJapan drop goal · Katsuhiro Matsuo33–18

Line-ups

Scotland

  1. 1David SoleProp
  2. 2Colin DeansHooker
  3. 3Norrie RowanProp
  4. 4Alister CampbellSecond row
  5. 5Iain PaxtonSecond row
  6. 6John JeffreyFlanker
  7. 7Finlay CalderFlanker
  8. 8John BeattieNumber 8
  9. 9Roy LaidlawScrum-half
  10. 10Doug WyllieFly-half
  11. 11Iwan TukaloWing
  12. 12Scott HastingsCentre
  13. 13David JohnstonCentre
  14. 14Matt DuncanWing
  15. 15Peter DodsFull-back
  16. Andy KerBench

Japan

  1. 1Osamu OtaProp
  2. 2Tsuyoshi FujitaHooker
  3. 3Masaharu AizawaProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Seiji KuriharaSecond row
  6. 6Hopoi TaioneFlanker
  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. 15Katsunori IshiiFull-back
  16. Katsufumi MiyamotoBench

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Context

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

Scotland 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.