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Monday, 12 February 2007, 14:57 GMT

Wales v Japan: Full record

Eastern Promise: Guide to Japanese rugby

Non-cap games:
Wales 62-14 Japan, Cardiff Arms Park, 06-10-73

Japan 12-56 Wales, Hanazono Stadium, Osaka, 21-09-75

Japan 6-82 Wales, Tokyo Olympic Stadium, 24-09-75

Wales 29-24 Japan, Cardiff Arms Park, 22-10-83


Full Tests:

Wales 55-5 Japan, Cardiff Arms Park, 16-10-93

Scorers - Wales: Tries: Ieuan Evans (2), Scott Gibbs (2), Neil Jenkins, Rupert Moon, Emyr Lewis, Mike Rayer, Tony Clement; Cons: Jenkins (5)

Japan: Try: Ian Williams

Teams - Wales: A Clement (Swansea); IC Evans (Llanelli, capt), IS Gibbs (Swansea), NR Jenkins (Pontypridd), NK Walker (Cardiff); A Davies (Cardiff), RHStJB Moon (Llanelli); M Griffiths (Cardiff), AE Lamerton (Llanelli), JD Davies (Neath), AH Copsey (Llanelli), GO Llewellyn (Neath), S Davies (Swansea), EW Lewis (Llanelli), RL Jones (Llanelli). Reps: RA Bidgood (Newport) for Evans; MA Rayer (Cardiff) for Walker.

Japan: T Matsuda; I Williams, M Fujikake, E Kutsuki, Y Yoshida; A Aoki, Y Nagatomo; O Ota, M Kunda (capt), T Takahashi, Y Sakuraba, B Ferguson, S Kaleta, S Latu, H Ouchi.

Referee: Ed F Morrison (England)


Wales 57-10 Japan, Springbok Park, Bloemfontein, 27-05-95

Scorers - Wales: Tries: Gareth Thomas (3), Ieuan Evans (2), Hemi Taylor, Andy Moore; Cons: Jenkins (5); Pens: Jenkins (4)

Japan: Tries: Lupeti Oto (2)

Teams - Wales: A Clement (Swansea); IC Evans (Llanelli), MR Hall (Cardiff, capt), NR Jenkins (Pontypridd), G Thomas (Bridgend); A Davies (Cardiff), Andy P Moore (Cardiff); M Griffiths (Cardiff), GR Jenkins (Swansea), JD Davies (Neath), D Jones (Cardiff), GO Llewellyn (Neath), S Davies (Swansea), EW Lewis (Cardiff), HT Taylor (Cardiff). Reps: DW Evans (Treorchy) for A Davies; WS Roy (Cardiff) for Jones..

Japan: T Matsuda; L Oto, A Yoshida, Y Motoki, T Masuho; S Hirao, M Horikoshi; O Ota, M Kunda (capt), K Takahashi, Y Sakuraba, B Ferguson, H Kajihara, Sione Latu, Sinali Latu.

Referee: Ephraim J Sklar (Argentina)


Wales 64-15 Japan, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, 09-10-99

Scorers - Wales: Tries: Mark Taylor (2), Gareth Thomas, Robert Howley, Scott Gibbs, Shane Howarth, David Llewellyn, Allan Bateman, Pen; Cons: Neil Jenkins (8); Pen: Jenkins

Japan: Tries: Daisuke Ohata, Patillai Tuidraki; Con: Keiji Hirose; Pen: Hirose

Teams - Wales: SP Howarth (Newport); J Jones-Hughes (Newport), M Taylor (Swansea), IS Gibbs (Swansea), AG Bateman (Northampton); NR Jenkins (Cardiff), R Howley (Cardiff, capt); PJD Rogers (Newport), GR Jenkins (Swansea), D Young (Cardiff), JC Quinnell (Cardiff), MJ Voyle (Llanelli), ME Williams (Cardiff), G Lewis (Pontypridd), BD Sinkinson (Neath). Reps: G Thomas (Cardiff) for Bateman; DS Llewellyn (Newport) for Howley; ALP Lewis (Cardiff) for Rogers; JM Humphreys (Cardiff) for GR Jenkins; BR Evans (Swansea) for Young; CP Wyatt (Llanelli) for Sinkinson.

Japan: T Hirao; D Ohata, Y Motoki, A McCormick (capt), P Tuidraki; K Hirose, GTM Bachop; S Hasegawa, M Kunda, N Nakamura, R Gordon, H Tanuma, N Okubo, JW Joseph, G Smith. Reps: W Murata for Bachop; T Nakamichi for Hasegawa; M Sakata for Kunda; Y Sakuraba for Gordon, T Ito for Okubo.

Referee: Joel Dume (France)


Japan 10-64 Wales: Osaka, 10-06-01

Match report: Japan 10-64 Wales


Japan 30-53 Wales: Tokyo, 17-06-01

Match report: Japan 30-53 Wales


Wales 98-0 Japan: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, 26-11-04

Match report: Wales 98-0 Japan


Wales 72-18 Japan: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, 20-11-07

Match report: Wales 72-18 Japan



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