Wales vs Japan · International Tests
International Tests · 2025Full time
24–23
Match report
Wales beat Japan 24-23 in the International Tests on Saturday, 15 November 2025.
Japan have now lost five in a row. Matthew Carley refereed.
Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.
Head to head
2
Wales wins (67%)
0
Draws (0%)
1
Japan wins (33%)
Last 3 meetings, since July 2025
Biggest Wales win
31–22
12 Jul 2025
Biggest Japan win
24–19
5 Jul 2025
Last 3 meetings
- 15 Nov 2025 · Friendly InternationalWales24Japan2315 Nov 2025Wales24–23JapanFriendly International
- 12 Jul 2025 · Friendly InternationalJapan22Wales3112 Jul 2025Japan22–31WalesFriendly International
- 5 Jul 2025 · Friendly InternationalJapan24Wales195 Jul 2025Japan24–19WalesFriendly International
Lineups
Avg. age
27.6
Avg. age
27.1
Wales
- 1Nicky Smith(32)
- 2Dewi Lake(27)
- 3Archie Griffin(25)
- 4Dafydd Jenkins(23)
- 5Adam Beard(30)
- 6Aaron Wainwright(29)
- 7Alex Mann(24)
- 8Olly Cracknell(32)
- 9Tomos Williams(31)
- 10Dan Edwards(23)
- 11Josh Adams(31)
- 12Ben Thomas(27)
- 13Max Llewellyn(27)
- 15Blair Murray(25)
Replacements
- 16Liam Belcher(30)
- 17Rhys Carré(28)
- 18Keiron Assarratti(29)
- 19Freddie Thomas(24)
- 20Taine Plumtree(26)
- 21Kieran Hardy(30)
- 22Jarrod Evans(30)
- 23Nick Tompkins(31)
Japan
- 1Kenta Kobayashi(27)
- 3Keijiro Tamefusa(25)
- 4Epineri Uluiviti(30)
- 7Kanji Shimokawa(27)
- 8Faulua Makisi(29)
- 9Naoto Saito(29)
- 11Tomoki Osada(26)
- 12Charlie Lawrence(28)
- 13Dylan Riley(29)
- 14Kippei Ishida(26)
- 15Yoshitaka Yazaki(22)
Replacements
- 18Syuhei Takeuchi(28)
- 19Harry Hockings(28)
- 20Tyler Paul(31)
- 23Kazuma Ueda(23)