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Men's Rugby World Cup 1995 · Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein · 27 May 1995Head-to-head
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Wales won by 47 points.Half-time 0–36 · Tries 2–7

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262940434560717479
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Tacklesmademissed
JPN7729
WAL8324
Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops
JPN0/20/20
WAL5/74/40
← Wales attack · Japan attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
  • Territory is not in the feed for this match.
  • Zone counts are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tackle positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Kick positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Ruck, line break, turnover, lineout and kick-from-hand positions are not in the feed for this match.
  • Tries with a dashed ring have no recorded position, so they sit in the in-goal at the end that side attacked.
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
26′WalesTry, Andy Moore, converted0–14
29′WalesTry, Ieuan Evans, converted0–21
40′WalesTry, Ieuan Evans, conversion missed0–31
43′WalesTry, Gareth Thomas, conversion missed0–36
45′WalesTry, Gareth Thomas, converted0–41
60′JapanTry, Lopeti Oto, conversion missed5–43
71′WalesTry, Gareth Thomas, converted5–48
74′WalesTry, Hemi Taylor, converted5–55
79′JapanTry, Lopeti Oto, conversion missed10–57
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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015304560HT0′20′40′60′80′
26′Andy Moore29′Ieuan Evans40′Ieuan Evans43′Gareth Thomas45′Gareth Thomas60′Lopeti Oto71′Gareth Thomas74′Hemi Taylor79′Lopeti Oto
JPN

Team stats

WAL
22%Possession78%
94Carries85
476Metres gained472
14Clean breaks16
24Defenders beaten29
130Passes129
16Offloads15
77Tackles made83
29Tackles missed24
39/44Rucks won39/44
15/24Lineouts won18/19
5/6Scrums won13/15
8/13Mauls won11/14
12Penalties conceded14
24Kicks from hand62
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 0/2, penalties 0/2 · WAL conversions 5/7, penalties 4/4. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown. This feed has team statistics but no positions for this match.

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Osamu OtaProp
  2. 2Masahiro KundaHooker
  3. 3Kazuaki TakahashiProp
  4. 4Yoshihiko SakurabaSecond row
  5. 5Bruce FergusonSecond row
  6. 6Hiroyuki KajiharaFlanker
  7. 7Sinali LatuFlanker
  8. 8Sione LatuNumber 8
  9. 9Masami HorikoshiScrum-half
  10. 10Seiji HiraoFly-half
  11. 11Terunori MasuhoWing
  12. 12Yukio MotokiCentre
  13. 13Akira YoshidaCentre
  14. 14Lopeti OtoWing
  15. 15Tsutomu MatsudaFull-back
  16. 16Wataru MurataBench
  17. 17Katsuhiro MatsuoBench
  18. 18Kiyoshi ImaizumiBench
  19. 19Eiji HirotsuBench
  20. 20Masanori TakuraBench
  21. 21Ko Izawa-NakamuraBench

Wales

  1. 1Mike GriffithsProp
  2. 2Garin JenkinsHooker
  3. 3John DaviesProp
  4. 4Derwyn JonesSecond row
  5. 5Gareth LlewellynSecond row
  6. 6Stuart DaviesFlanker
  7. 7Hemi TaylorFlanker
  8. 8Emyr LewisNumber 8
  9. 9Andy MooreScrum-half
  10. 10Adrian DaviesFly-half
  11. 11Gareth ThomasWing
  12. 12Neil JenkinsCentre
  13. 13Mike HallCentre
  14. 14Ieuan EvansWing
  15. 15Tony ClementFull-back
  16. 16Wayne ProctorBench
  17. 17David EvansBench
  18. 18Robert JonesBench
  19. 19Stuart RoyBench
  20. 20Ricky EvansBench
  21. 21Jonathan HumphreysBench

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Context

All-time, Japan 2–15 Wales in 17 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Japan going in
Wales 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.