Wales 64–15 Japan, 9 October 1999

Men's Rugby World Cup 1999 · Millennium Stadium, Cardiff · 9 October 1999Head-to-head

Full-time report

WALWales64

JPNJapan15

Wales won by 49 points.Half-time 26–12 · Tries 9–2

Pitch map

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Tacklesmademissed

WAL7511

JPN9336

Kicks at goalconv.pensdrops

WAL8/81/10

JPN1/21/10

← Japan attack · Wales 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.
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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

Min	Team	What	Score
7′	Wales	Try, Allan Bateman, converted	5–0
12′	Wales	Try, Rob Howley	12–0
12′	Japan	Try, Daisuke Ohata, converted	12–5
24′	Wales	Try, converted	17–7
27′	Wales	Try, Mark Taylor, converted	24–7
39′	Japan	Try, Patiliai Tuidraki, conversion missed	26–12
47′	Wales	Try, Scott Gibbs, converted	31–15
58′	Wales	Try, Shane Howarth, converted	41–15
61′	Wales	Try, Mark Taylor, converted	48–15
68′	Wales	Try, David Llewellyn, converted	55–15
76′	Wales	Try, Gareth Thomas, converted	62–15

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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7′Allan Bateman12′Rob Howley12′Daisuke Ohata24′WAL27′Mark Taylor39′Patiliai Tuidraki47′Scott Gibbs58′Shane Howarth61′Mark Taylor68′David Llewellyn76′Gareth Thomas

WAL

Team stats

JPN

82%Possession18%

139Carries93

759Metres gained440

16Clean breaks5

36Defenders beaten11

182Passes119

25Offloads13

75Tackles made93

11Tackles missed36

58/66Rucks won47/52

14/17Lineouts won14/15

15/15Scrums won7/7

8/9Mauls won8/9

11Penalties conceded19

32Kicks from hand33

Goal kicking
WAL conversions 8/8, penalties 1/1 · JPN conversions 1/2, penalties 1/1. Pale segment = set piece lost.

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Line-ups

Wales

1Peter RogersProp
2Garin JenkinsHooker
3Dai YoungProp
4Craig QuinnellSecond row
5Mike VoyleSecond row
6Martyn WilliamsFlanker
7Brett SinkinsonFlanker
8Geraint LewisNumber 8
9Rob HowleyScrum-half
10Neil JenkinsFly-half
11Allan BatemanWing
12Scott GibbsCentre
13Mark TaylorCentre
14Jason Jones-HughesWing
15Shane HowarthFull-back
16Stephen JonesBench
17Gareth ThomasBench
18David LlewellynBench
19Chris WyattBench
20Ben EvansBench
21ALP LewisBench
22Jonathan HumphreysBench

Japan

Match officials

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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

Previous meeting: 27 May 1995, Wales 57–10 Japan
Next meeting on record: 10 June 2001

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.