England men · Rugby World Cup
Japan
v England
7–60
Full time
Japan v England finished 7–60.
- England
- Rory Underwood 31', Gary Rees 38', Jamie Salmon 47', Dean Richards 49', Rory Underwood 56', Kevin Simms 62', Mike Harrison 66', Mike Harrison 68', Nigel Redman 76', Mike Harrison 78'
- Japan
- Katsufumi Miyamoto 42'
- Date
- Saturday 30 May 1987 · England in 1987
- Venue
- Concord Oval, Sydney
- Competition
- Rugby World Cup
Last checked 21 October 2026
Team sheets
Line-ups
England
Starting XV
- No. 1, Paul Rendall Prop
- No. 2, Brian Moore Hooker
- No. 3, Gareth Chilcott Prop
- No. 4, Nigel Redman Lock
- No. 5, Steve Bainbridge Lock
- No. 6, Peter Winterbottom Flanker
- No. 7, Gary Rees Flanker
- No. 8, Dean Richards Number 8
- No. 9, Richard Harding Scrum Half
- No. 10, Peter Williams Fly Half Off in the 77'
- No. 11, Rory Underwood Wing
- No. 12, Jamie Salmon Centre
- No. 13, Kevin Simms Centre Off in the 68'
- No. 14, Mike Harrison (c) Wing
- No. 15, Jonathan Webb Full Back
Replacements
- No. 16, Francis Clough On in the 68'
- No. 17, Rob Andrew On in the 77'
- No. 18, Richard Hill (not used)
- No. 19, Micky Skinner (not used)
- No. 20, Graham Dawe (not used)
- No. 21, Gary Pearce (not used)
Japan
Starting XV
- No. 1, Toshitaki Kimura Prop
- No. 2, Tsuyoshi Fujita Hooker
- No. 3, Koji Horaguchi Prop
- No. 4, Atsushi Oyagi Lock
- No. 5, Seiji Kurihara Lock
- No. 6, Katsufumi Miyamoto Flanker
- No. 7, Toshiyuki Hayashi (c) Flanker
- No. 8, Michihito Chida Number 8
- No. 9, Mitsutake Hagimoto Scrum Half
- No. 10, Seiji Hirao Fly Half
- No. 11, Shinji Onuki Wing
- No. 12, Katsuhiro Matsuo Centre
- No. 13, Eiji Kutsuki Centre
- No. 14, Nofomuli Taumoefolau Wing
- No. 15, Daijiro Murai Full Back
Replacements
- No. 16, Tsutomu Hirose (not used)
- No. 17, Masaharu Aizawa (not used)
- No. 18, Yasuhara Kawase (not used)
- No. 19, Hisataka Ikuta (not used)
- No. 20, Kojiro Yoshinaga (not used)
- No. 21, Shogo Mukai (not used)
Referee: Rene Hourquet. A replacement who came on is shown with the minute.
Official meetings since 1987
England v Japan stats
Meetings6In our results database
England wins6England perspective
Draws0Level at full time
Japan wins0Japan victories
England have scored 292 points to Japan's 78 across these meetings.
Individual fixture records
Who has scored most?
England · Fixture leader
3Mike Harrison
3 tries against Japan in matches we hold scorer data for.
Japan · Fixture leader
2Naoto Saito
Japan's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.