Rugby World Cup , Pool D - Millennium Stadium, 9 October 1999, 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT
Wales (26) 64 - 15 (15) Japan (FT)

Match coverage:  Report

Timeline

Time Wales  Score  Japan
5 Bateman - try
NR Jenkins - conversion		 7 - 0
10 Howley - try 12 - 0
18 12 - 7 Hirose - conversion
Ohata - try
23 NR Jenkins - conversion
penalty try		 19 - 7
25 Taylor - try
NR Jenkins - conversion		 26 - 7
37 Bateman - sub off
Thomas - sub on
39 26 - 12 Tuidraki - try
40 Kunda - sub off
Sakata - sub on
40+4 26 - 15 Hirose - penalty goal
46 Gibbs - try
NR Jenkins - conversion		 33 - 15
52 NR Jenkins - penalty goal 36 - 15
57 NR Jenkins - conversion
Howarth - try		 43 - 15
60 Hasegawa - sub off
Nakamichi - sub on
61 NR Jenkins - conversion
Taylor - try		 50 - 15
63 ALP Lewis - sub on
Howley - sub off
Rogers - sub off
Llewellyn - sub on
66 Humphreys - sub on
GR Jenkins - sub off
67 Jones - sub on
Howarth - sub off
68 NR Jenkins - conversion
Llewellyn - try		 57 - 15
70 Bachop - sub off
Murata - sub on
Okubo - sub off
Ito - sub on
73 Young - sub off
Evans - sub on
75 Thomas - try
NR Jenkins - conversion		 64 - 15
76 Gordon - sub off
Sakuraba - sub on
79 Sinkinson - sub off
Wyatt - sub on

Notes

 
Result Wales won by a margin of 49 points
Rugby World Cup points Wales 2, Japan 0
 
Ground name Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance 72500
 
Referee J Dume (France)
 
Wales Test debuts none
Japan Test debuts none

Teams

Wales Japan
Tries Bateman (5), Howley (10), Penalty try (23), Taylor (25, 61), Gibbs (46), Howarth (57), Llewellyn (68), Thomas (75) Tries Ohata (18), Tuidraki (39)
Cons NR Jenkins (5, 23, 25, 46, 57, 61, 68, 75) Cons Hirose (18)
Pens NR Jenkins (52) Pens Hirose (40)
    Team
15 FB
Shane Howarth
14 W
Jason Jones-Hughes
13 C
Mark Taylor
12 C
Scott Gibbs
11 W
Allan Bateman
10 FH
Neil Jenkins
9 SH
Rob Howley (c)
1 P
Peter Rogers
2 H
Garin Jenkins
3 P
Dai Young
4 L
Craig Quinnell
5 L
Mike Voyle
6 F
Martyn Williams
7 F
Brett Sinkinson
8 N8
Geraint Lewis
    Replacements
16 FH
Stephen Jones
17 UB
Gareth Thomas
18 SH
David Llewellyn
19 L
Chris Wyatt
20 P
Ben Evans
21 P
Andrew Lewis
22 H
Jonathan Humphreys
    Team
15 FB
Takafumi Hirao
14 W
Daisuke Ohata
13 C
Andrew McCormick (c)
12 C
Yukio Motoki
11 W
Pat Tuidraki
10 FH
Keiji Hirose
9 SH
Graeme Bachop
1 P
Shin Hasegawa
2 H
Masahiro Kunda
3 P
Naoto Nakamura
4 L
Robert Gordon
5 L
Hiroyuki Tanuma
6 F
Naoya Okubo
7 F
Greg Smith
8 N8
Jamie Joseph
    Replacements
16 SH
Wataru Murata
17 BR
Takeomi Ito
18 L
Yoshihiko Sakuraba
19 P
Toshikazu Nakamichi
20 H
Masaaki Sakata
21
Terunori Masuho
22
Akira Yoshida

Match stats

Wales   Japan
9 (1 penalty try) Tries 2
8 from 8 Conversion goals 1 from 1
1 from 1 Penalty goals 1 from 1
100.0% Kick at goal success 100.0%
0 Dropped goals 0
Kick/pass/run
19 Kicks from hand 21
182 Passes 119
139 Runs 93
759 Metres run with ball 440
Attacking
82% (67%/100%) Possession (1H/2H) 18% (33%/0%)
16 Clean breaks 5
36 Defenders beaten 11
30 Offloads 19
58 from 63 (92.1%) Rucks won 47 from 53 (88.7%)
0 from 0 Mauls won 0 from 0
19 Turnovers conceded 24
Defensive
75/11 Tackles made/missed 94/36
87.0% Tackling success rate 72.0%
Set pieces
15 won, 0 lost (100.0%) Scrums on own feed 7 won, 0 lost (100.0%)
14 won, 3 lost (82.4%) Lineouts on own throw 14 won, 1 lost (93.3%)
Discipline
11 Penalties conceded 20
0/0 Yellow/red cards 0/0

Wales stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Howarth 1/2 5 2/14/16 130 2 6 4 1 0/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Jones-Hughes 0/0 0 0/7/8 41 1 3 4 2 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
C Taylor 2/0 10 2/11/15 86 4 9 5 3 1/0 0/0 1 0/0
C Gibbs 1/1 5 0/9/10 65 1 2 3 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
W Bateman 1/0 5 0/1/3 7 1 2 1 1 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
FH NR Jenkins 0/1 19 11/34/6 15 0 1 1 1 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
SH Howley 1/0 5 3/49/12 79 1 1 0 1 5/0 0/0 1 0/0
P Rogers 0/0 0 0/4/2 4 0 0 0 0 2/0 0/0 2 0/0
H GR Jenkins 0/0 0 0/2/12 28 0 1 1 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Young 0/0 0 0/0/3 2 0 0 0 0 4/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Quinnell 0/1 0 0/4/8 46 0 0 2 2 3/0 5/0 0 0/0
L Voyle 0/0 0 0/3/7 19 0 0 3 0 3/1 9/0 0 0/0
F Williams 0/0 0 1/3/5 26 1 1 1 3 10/0 0/0 0 0/0
F Sinkinson 0/0 0 0/4/7 20 1 2 0 0 14/1 0/0 2 0/0
N8 G Lewis 0/0 0 0/14/10 55 1 3 3 1 7/0 0/0 1 0/0
(FH) Jones 0/0 0 0/2/4 13 0 0 1 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(UB) Thomas 1/0 5 0/4/5 114 2 3 1 1 2/0 0/0 1 0/0
(SH) Llewellyn 1/0 5 0/15/4 8 1 1 0 0 3/2 0/0 1 0/0
(L) Wyatt 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 1 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Evans 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
(P) ALP Lewis 0/0 0 0/1/2 1 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(H) Humphreys 0/0 0 0/1/0 0 0 1 0 0 2/1 0/0 0 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

JPN stats

Pos   T/A Pts K/P/R MR CB DB OL TO Tack LO Pen Y/R
FB Hirao 0/0 0 3/4/7 71 0 1 2 1 2/2 0/0 0 0/0
W Ohata 1/0 5 1/6/6 68 2 2 0 1 2/4 0/0 0 0/0
C McCormick 0/0 0 1/3/10 27 0 1 0 1 13/5 0/0 4 0/0
C Motoki 0/0 0 0/13/6 14 0 2 2 2 5/5 0/0 0 0/0
W Tuidraki 1/0 5 1/6/11 107 2 3 5 2 7/0 0/0 2 0/0
FH Hirose 0/0 5 8/18/3 11 0 0 1 1 5/5 0/0 1 0/0
SH Bachop 0/2 0 6/39/10 23 0 0 5 2 2/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Hasegawa 0/0 0 0/1/1 0 0 0 0 0 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
H Kunda 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
P Nakamura 0/0 0 0/0/1 1 0 0 0 0 6/0 0/0 0 0/0
L Gordon 0/0 0 0/0/6 3 0 0 0 3 9/2 1/0 0 0/0
L Tanuma 0/0 0 0/6/0 0 0 0 0 2 5/2 9/2 2 0/0
F Okubo 0/0 0 0/0/5 29 0 0 0 2 5/3 4/0 1 0/0
F Smith 0/0 0 0/3/6 32 0 2 2 1 7/2 0/0 2 0/0
N8 Joseph 0/0 0 0/9/11 21 0 0 2 2 9/3 0/0 3 0/0
(SH) Murata 0/0 0 1/8/3 20 0 0 0 1 3/0 0/0 0 0/0
(BR) Ito 0/0 0 0/1/5 11 1 0 0 3 1/0 0/0 0 0/0
(L) Sakuraba 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/0
(P) Nakamichi 0/0 0 0/0/0 0 0 0 0 0 3/1 0/0 1 0/0
(H) Sakata 0/0 0 0/2/2 2 0 0 0 0 6/2 0/0 2 0/0
Key:  T/A Tries / Try Assists Pts Points scored
K/P/R Kick / Pass / Run MR Metres Run with ball
CB Clean Breaks DB Defenders Beaten OL OffLoads TO TurnOvers
Tack Tackles made / missed LO LineOuts won on throw / stolen on opp throw
Pen Penalties conceded Y/R Yellow / Red cards

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