Teams

Australia	Japan
Tries McLean 2, Osborne, Robertson 2, Wright	Tries Aruga
Cons McLean 5	Cons none
Pens McLean	Pens Ueyama
Team 15 FB Paul McLean 14 W Douglas Osborne 13 C John Weatherstone 12 C Geoff Shaw 11 W Ian Robertson 10 FH Ken Wright 9 SH John Hipwell (c) 1 P Steve Finnane 2 H Peter Horton 3 P Ron Graham 4 L Reg Smith 5 L Garrick Fay 6 F Dick Cocks 7 F Ray Price 8 N8 Mark Loane     Replacements 16 SH Rod Hauser	Team 15 FB Nobuyuki Ueyama 14 W Masaru Fujiwara 13 C Shigetaka Mori 12 C Masao Yoshida 11 W Ken Aruga 10 FH Masakatsu Iguchi 9 SH Ryozo Imazato (c) 1 P Tsukasa Takada 2 H Toshio Kurosaka 3 P Asura Hara 4 L Hiroshi Ogasawara 5 L Koichi Shibata 6 F Yoshiaki Izawa 7 F Hideo Akama 8 N8 Ichiro Kobayashi

Notes

Result Australia won by a margin of 30 points

Ground name Sydney Cricket Ground

Attendance 9533

Referee WM Cooney

Australia Test debuts RG Hauser, IJ Robertson

Japan Test debuts I Kobayashi

Points scoring rules try 4, conversion 2, penalty goal 3, drop goal 3, goal from a mark 3

Other scores

Tonga tour
New Zealand Maori	37 - 7	Tonga	Auckland