Teams

Wales XV	Japan
Tries Bowen, Brown, Dacey, Giles, Hadley	Tries Chida, Fujita, Konishi, Tanifuji
Cons Wyatt 3	Cons Kobayashi
Pens Wyatt	Pens Kobayashi 2
Team 15 FB Mark Wyatt 14 W Mark Titley 13 C Kevin Hopkins 12 C Bleddyn Bowen 11 W Adrian Hadley 10 FH Malcolm Dacey 9 SH Ray Giles 1 P Jeff Whitefoot 2 H Billy James 3 P Ian Eidman 4 L John Perkins 5 L Terry Shaw 6 F Mark Davies 7 F Mark Brown 8 N8 Eddie Butler (c)     Replacements 16 Howell Davies 17 Mark Ring 18 Mark Douglas 19 Mike Watkins 20 Rhys Morgan 21 Dai Pickering	Team 15 FB Naohisa Tanifuji 14 W Fukumi Kanaya 13 C Hideo Kobayashi 12 C Seiji Hirao 11 W Tetsuya Higashida 10 FH Yuji Matsuo (c) 9 SH Yoshimitsu Konishi 1 P Jiro Ishiyama 2 H Tsuyoshi Fujita 3 P Koji Horaguchi 5 L Toshiyuki Hayashi 4 L Atsushi Oyagi 6 F Hikaru Kawachi 7 F Michihito Chida 8 N8 Yasuharu Kawase     Replacements 16 P Yoshichiro Ikeda 17 Masahiro Inoue 18 Kazuo Sejimo 19 Takeo Ishizuka 20 Tsuyoshi Okuwaki 21 Toshiro Yoshino

Notes

Result Wales XV won by a margin of 5 points

Ground name National Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance 32000

Referee JAF Trigg (England)

Wales XV Test debuts no Test caps awarded

Japan Test debuts T Higashida

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

Other scores

Australia tour
Italy	7 - 29	Australia	Rovigo
FIRA Championship D2
Tunisia	25 - 6	Sweden	Monastir