Match guide
England welcome Japan to Allianz Stadium in London for a Nations Championship fixture on Saturday 14 November, with kick-off at 16:40 UK time. It sits between England's home Nations Championship matches against Australia on 8 November and New Zealand on 21 November.
England have won all six meetings with Japan in our records, stretching back to May 1987, and the last five were all decided by double-figure margins. They won 59–14 at home in November 2024, five months after a 52–17 victory in Japan, and beat Japan 34–12 at the Rugby World Cup in September 2023. Earlier wins of 52–13 in 2022 and 35–15 in 2018 complete that run. Before November, England's 2026 results were mixed: Six Nations and June defeats to France, a 45–21 loss to South Africa, then July wins over Fiji (73–8) and Argentina (31–24) in the Nations Championship.