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2025 Wales rugby union tour of Japan

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2025 Wales rugby union tour of Japan
Summary
P W D L
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Test match
Opponent
P W D L
 Japan
Tour chronology
Previous tourAustralia 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]

Fixtures

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Date Venue Home Score Away Source
5 July 2024 Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Japan  v  Wales
12 July 2024 Noevir Stadium Kobe Japan  v  Wales

Matches

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Japan vs Wales (1st test)

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Japan vs Wales (2nd test)

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See also

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References

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  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.