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Men's Internationals 2025 · Noevir Stadium, Kobe · 12 July 2025Head-to-head
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Wales won by 9 points.Half-time 8–21 · Tries 3–4 · JPN 1 yellow card

Pitch map

Layers

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24′49′928364059627525%Own 2266%Own half55%Opp half60%Opp 22
← 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
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
9′WalesTry, Josh Adams, converted0–5
28′WalesTry, Kieran Hardy, converted3–12
36′WalesTry, Kieran Hardy, converted3–19
40′JapanTry, Shuhei Takeuchi, converted8–21
59′JapanTry, Warner Dearns, conversion missed15–24
62′JapanTry, Dylan Riley, converted20–24
75′WalesTry, Daniel Edwards, converted22–29
24′JapanPenalty goal scored
49′WalesPenalty goal scored
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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9′Josh Adams28′Kieran Hardy36′Kieran Hardy40′Shuhei Takeuchi59′Warner Dearns62′Dylan Riley75′Daniel Edwards
JPN

Team stats

WAL
53%Possession47%
55%Territory45%
111Carries99
416Metres gained428
5Clean breaks4
18Defenders beaten19
171Passes122
4Offloads8
105Tackles made149
19Tackles missed18
82/86Rucks won63/66
15/15Lineouts won14/17
6/6Scrums won6/7
3/3Mauls won6/6
5Turnovers won9
9Penalties conceded6
30Kicks from hand33
868Kick metres1,050
Goal kicking
JPN conversions 2/3, penalties 1/1 · WAL conversions 4/4, penalties 1/1. 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.

Line-ups

Japan

  1. 1Yota KamimoriProp
  2. 2Mamoru HaradaHooker
  3. 3Keijiro TamefusaProp
  4. 4Ratu Epineri UluivitiSecond row
  5. 5Warner DearnsSecond row
  6. 6Michael LeitchFlanker
  7. 7Jack CornelsenFlanker
  8. 8Faulua MakisiNumber 8
  9. 9Naoto SaitoScrum-half
  10. 10Seungsin LeeFly-half
  11. 11Halatoa VaileaWing
  12. 12Shogo NakanoCentre
  13. 13Dylan RileyCentre
  14. 14Kippei IshidaWing
  15. 15Ichigo NakakusuFull-back
  16. 16Hayate EraBench
  17. 17Sena KimuraBench
  18. 18Shuhei TakeuchiBench
  19. 19Waisake RaratubuaBench
  20. 20Ben GunterBench
  21. 21Shinobu FujiwaraBench
  22. 22Sam GreeneBench
  23. 23Kazuma UedaBench

Wales

  1. 1Nicky SmithProp
  2. 2Dewi LakeHooker
  3. 3Archie GriffinProp
  4. 4Freddie ThomasSecond row
  5. 5Teddy WilliamsSecond row
  6. 6Alex MannFlanker
  7. 7Josh MacleodFlanker
  8. 8Aaron WainwrightNumber 8
  9. 9Kieran HardyScrum-half
  10. 10Daniel EdwardsFly-half
  11. 11Josh AdamsWing
  12. 12Ben ThomasCentre
  13. 13Johnny WilliamsCentre
  14. 14Tom RogersWing
  15. 15Blair MurrayFull-back
  16. 16Liam BelcherBench
  17. 17Gareth ThomasBench
  18. 18Chris ColemanBench
  19. 19James RattiBench
  20. 20Taine PlumtreeBench
  21. 21Tommy ReffellBench
  22. 22Reuben Morgan-WilliamsBench
  23. 23Keelan GilesBench

Match officials

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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.