Teams

Japan	Canada
Tries Hayashi, Kanaya, Toshima	Tries de Goede, McTavish
Cons Honjo 3	Cons Wyatt 2
Pens Honjo 2	Pens Wyatt 2
Team 15 FB Naohisa Tanifuji 14 W Kazuhiko Honjo 13 C Yoichiro Minamikawa 12 C Fukumi Kanaya 11 W Hideo Toshima 10 FH Yuji Matsuo 9 SH Junya Matsumoto 1 P Jiro Ishiyama 2 H Masahiro Inoue 3 P Koji Horaguchi 4 L Toshiyuki Hayashi 5 L Michihito Chida 6 F Takashi Ito 7 F Takeo Ishizuka (c) 8 N8 Kazuo Sejimo     Replacements 16 P Takeshi Nakayama 17 Toshihiro Hirai 18 Takanobu Kondo 19 Hikaru Kawachi 20 Yoshimitsu Konishi 21 Seiji Hirao	Team 15 FB Mark Wyatt 14 W Jamie Hawthorn 13 C Paul Monaghan 12 C Jim Moyes 11 W Spence McTavish (c) 10 FH Garry Hirayama 9 SH Ian MacMillan 1 P Gary Dukelow 2 H Charlie MacLaghlan 3 P Ron McInnes 4 L Ro Hindson 5 L Hans de Goede 6 F John Phelan 7 F Michael Williams 8 N8 Don Carson     Replacements 16 N8 Evan Jones 17 H Mike Luke 18 Tony Godziek 19 John Lecky 20 Bill Spofford 21 Dave Tucker

Notes

Result Japan won by a margin of 6 points

Ground name Hanazono Field, Osaka

Attendance 8000

Referee RT Burnett (Australia)

Japan Test debuts K Honjo, M Inoue

Canada Test debuts JP Hawthorn, E Jones, P Monaghan, MA Wyatt

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

Other scores

FIRA Championship D1
Italy	21 - 15	Romania	Rovigo