Wales - Japan (07/11/2026)

Upcoming Men's Nations Championship R4
PDG
Wales
Form W W W L L
Coach: Steve Tandy
Stadium: Principality Stadium, Cardiff  ·  Cloudy 11°C
Kick-off
Head-to-head
V 24-23 15/11/2025
V 31-22 12/07/2025
D 19-24 05/07/2025
V 33-30 19/11/2016
D 8-23 15/06/2013
Broadcaster: TMC
JAP
Japan
Form L W W W L
Coach: Eddie Jones
Stadium
Principality Stadium, Cardiff
Coaches
Steve Tandy (Wales) / Eddie Jones (Japan)
Broadcaster
TMC
Weather
Cloudy 11°C

Key facts before the match

Form Last 5 matches

Wales 2 losses in a row
  1. W 31-17
  2. W 33-31
  3. W 39-24
  4. L 21-35
  5. L 0-43
of wins
60%
pts scored / match
24.8
pts conceded / match
30

Biggest win 39-24 against Fidji

Heaviest defeat 0-43 against Afrique du Sud

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Japan
  1. L 17-56
  2. W 57-12
  3. W 63-14
  4. W 20-15
  5. L 28-34
of wins
60%
pts scored / match
37
pts conceded / match
26.2

Biggest win 63-14 against Etats-Unis

Heaviest defeat 17-56 against Australie

Talk about the match with the fans

Head-to-head 5 last meetings

3Wales
wins
2Japan
Last meeting 15/11/2025
24-23
avg pts Wales
23
avg pts Japan
24.4

Wales unbeaten in the last 2 meetings

Line-ups

WalesJapan
  1. 1N. Smith
  2. 2D. Lake
  3. 3A. Griffin
  4. 4D. Jenkins
  5. 5B. Carter
  6. 6A. Mann
  7. 7J. Morgan
  8. 8A. Wainwright
  9. 9T. Geraint Williams
  10. 10S. Costelow
  11. 11J. Adams
  12. 12M. Llewellyn
  13. 13E. James
  14. 14L. Rees-Zammit
  15. 15B. Murray
  1. 1Y. Kamimori
  2. 2M. Harada
  3. 3S. Takeuchi
  4. 4H. Hockings
  5. 5W. Dearns
  6. 6B. Gunter
  7. 7K. Shimokawa
  8. 8J. Cornelsen
  9. 9N. Saito
  10. 10R. Kitahara
  11. 11I. Burua
  12. 12S. Ahokovi Tua
  13. 13D. Riley
  14. 14K. Ishida
  15. 15K. Ueda
Replacements
  1. 16R. Elias
  2. 17R. Carre
  3. 18T. Francis
  4. 19T. Williams
  5. 20J. Botham
  6. 21R. Morgan-Williams
  7. 22D. Edwards
  8. 23L. Hennessey
Replacements
  1. 16K. Sato
  2. 17S. Otsuka
  3. 18O. Helu
  4. 19M. Stolberg
  5. 20T. Costley
  6. 21K. Fukuda
  7. 22S. Komura
  8. 23J. Lee
Wales
Forwards
1 Nicky Smith
2 Dewi Lake
3 Archie Griffin
4 Dafydd Jenkins
5 Ben Carter
6 Alex Mann
7 Jac Morgan
8 Aaron Wainwright
Half-backs
9 Tomos Geraint Williams
10 Sam Costelow
Backs
11 Josh Adams
12 Max Llewellyn
13 Eddie James
14 Louis Rees-Zammit
15 Blair Murray
Replacements
16 Ryan Elias
17 Rhys Carre
18 Tomas Francis
19 Teddy Williams
20 James Botham
21 Reuben Morgan-Williams
22 Dan Edwards
23 Louie Hennessey
Japan
Forwards
1 Yota Kamimori
2 Mamoru Harada
3 Shuhei Takeuchi
4 Harry Hockings
5 Warner Dearns
6 Ben Gunter
7 Kanji Shimokawa
8 Jack Cornelsen
Half-backs
9 Naoto Saito
10 Riku Kitahara
Backs
11 Inoke Burua
12 Samisoni Ahokovi Tua
13 Dylan Riley
14 Kippei Ishida
15 Kazuma Ueda
Replacements
16 Kenji Sato
17 Sojiro Otsuka
18 Opeti Helu
19 Michael Stolberg
20 Tiennan Costley
21 Kenta Fukuda
22 Shinya Komura
23 Jisu Lee