TheBreakdown
Full time16 October 1993
Wales
55–5
Japan
Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff, Wales · Tour 1993Head-to-head

Wales won by 50 points.

Scoring

  1. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins2–0
  2. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins4–0
  3. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins6–0
  4. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins8–0
  5. –CWales conversion · Neil Jenkins10–0
  6. –TWales try · Tony Clement15–0
  7. –TWales try · Ieuan Evans20–0
  8. –TWales try · Ieuan Evans25–0
  9. –TWales try · Scott Gibbs30–0
  10. –TWales try · Scott Gibbs35–0
  11. –TWales try · Neil Jenkins40–0
  12. –TWales try · Rupert Moon45–0
  13. –TWales try · Emyr Lewis50–0
  14. –TWales try · Mike Rayer55–0
  15. –TJapan try · Ian Williams55–5

Line-ups

Wales

  1. 1Mike GriffithsProp
  2. 2Andrew LamertonHooker
  3. 3John DaviesProp
  4. 4Tony CopseySecond row
  5. 5Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  6. 6Stuart DaviesFlanker
  7. 7Lyn JonesFlanker
  8. 8Emyr LewisNumber 8
  9. 9Rupert MoonScrum-half
  10. 10Adrian DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Nigel WalkerWing
  12. 12Neil JenkinsCentre
  13. 13Scott GibbsCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Tony ClementFull-back
  16. 16Robert JonesBench
  17. 17Mike RayerBench
  18. 18Roger BidgoodBench
  19. 19Huw Williams-JonesBench
  20. 20Garin JenkinsBench
  21. 21Paul ArnoldBench

Japan

  1. 1Osamu OtaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Kazuaki TakahashiProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Bruce FergusonSecond row
  6. 6Samuel KaletaFlanker
  7. 7Hirofumi OuchiFlanker
  8. 8Sione LatuNumber 8
  9. 9Yoji NagatomoScrum-half
  10. 10Shinobu AokiFly-half
  11. 11Yoshihito YoshidaWing
  12. 12Eiji KutsukiCentre
  13. 13Mitsuo FujikakeCentre
  14. 14Ian WilliamsWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Ryuta OnitsukaBench
  17. 17Tupo FaamasinoBench
  18. 18Tatsuya MadeaBench
  19. 19Eiji HirotsuBench
  20. 20Masahito NakamuraBench
  21. 21Shuji NakajimaBench

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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.