2025 Wales rugby union tour of Japan

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2025 Wales rugby union tour of Japan
Summary
PWDL
Total
Test match
Opponent
PWDL
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Tour chronology
Previous tour Australia 2024

The Wales national rugby union team is scheduled to tour Japan in July 2025, as part of the 2025 mid-year rugby union tests. The first test against the Japan national team is scheduled to be played at the Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu on 5 July, followed by the second test at the Noevir Stadium Kobe a week later. It will be Wales' third tour to Japan and their first since 2013, having cancelled a tour to Japan and New Zealand in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] That 2013 tour saw Japan record their only win over Wales in 14 previous meetings, including ten tests. The most recent meeting finished in a 33–30 win for Wales in Cardiff in November 2016. [2] Before the series, a Japan XV will play a match against the Māori All Blacks. [3]

Contents

Fixtures

DateVenueHomeScoreAwaySource
5 July 2025 Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Japan  Flag of Japan.svgvFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
12 July 2025 Noevir Stadium Kobe Japan  Flag of Japan.svgvFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales

Matches

Japan vs Wales (1st test)

Japan vs Wales (2nd test)

12 July 2025
Japan  Flag of Japan.svgvFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Noevir Stadium Kobe

See also

References

  1. "Wales look to reschedule postponed summer games". BBC Sport. 1 February 2025. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  2. "Wales to play two summer Tests in Japan". BBC Sport. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  3. "JRFU Announce Men's Fifteens Domestic Match Schedule". Japan Rugby Football Union. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.