1973 Japan rugby union tour of Wales, England and France

Summary

P	W	D	L

Total

11	2	0	9

Test match

3	0	0	3

Opponent

P	W	D	L

Wales XV

1	0	0	1

England U23

1	0	0	1

France

1	0	0	1

The 1973 Japan rugby union tour of England, Wales and France was a series of eleven matches played by the Japan national rugby union team in Wales, England and France in September and October 1973. The Japanese team won only of two of their matches and lost the other nine. Neither Wales nor France awarded full international caps for their games against Japan.

Matches

Scores and results list Japan's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue
East Glamorgan	11	23	September 22	Graig Park, Penygraig
Monmouthshire	16	26	September 26	Pontypool Park, Pontypool
West Glamorgan	6	19	September 29	The Gnoll, Neath
Western Counties (Wales)	12	9	October 2	Stradey Park, Llanelli
Wales XV	14	62	October 6	Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
Midland Counties (England)	6	10	October 9	Welford Road, Leicester
England Under-23	10	19	October 13	Twickenham, London
French Regional XV	19	51	October 17	Avignon
French Regional XV	18	29	October 21	Perpignan
French Regional XV	19	8	October 24	Brive
France	18	30	October 27	Bordeaux

In popular culture

The good-natured and friendly mood of the tour was capture by Max Boyce in the song "Asso Asso Yogoshi" on the album Live at Treorchy.

References

Vivian Jenkins, ed. (1974). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1974-75. Queen Anne Press. pp. 27–32. ISBN 0-362-00173-1.

Japan rugby union tours

Argentina and South America	1993 2005

Australia	1975

New Zealand	1974

British Isles	1973 1976 1983 1986 1993 2000 2004

France	1973 1976 2000

Italy	1976

Romania	2004

North America	1986

Rugby union tours of England

Argentina	1978 1990 1999 2000 2006

Australia	1908-09 1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1973 1975-76 1981-82 1984 1988 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2008 2009 2013

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1935-36 1953-54 1963-64 1967 1972-73 1974 (no test) 1978 1979 1983 1993 1997 2000 2002 2005 2006 2008

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1931-32 1951-52 1960-61 1969-70 1996 ("A" team) 1997 1998 2001 2002 2004 2006 2008

Romania	1984-85

Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1986

Fiji	1982 (no test) 1985 (no test) 1989

Samoa	1989 (no test) 1995 1996 (no test) 2005

Tonga	1997 (no test)

Pacific Islanders	2008

Canada	1979 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1994 1999 2004

United States	1977 (no test) 1999

Maori All Blacks	1888-89 1926-27

Rugby union tours of France

Argentina	1975 1982 1988 1992 1998 2004 2006 2008

Australia	1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1971 1976 1983 1989 1993 1998 2000 2001 2004 2005 2008

Canada	1979 1994 2002 2005

Fiji	1964 1989 no test 1990 2001

Ireland	1988

Japan	1973 2000

Maori All Blacks	1926-27

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1953-54 1963-64 1972-73 1977 1986 1981 1990 1995 2000 2002 2004 2006

Pacific Islanders	2008

Samoa	1989 (no test)

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1951-52 1960-61 1996 1997 2001 2002 2005

Tonga	2005

Rugby union tours of Wales

Argentina	1976 (no test) 1978 (no test) 1998 2001

Australia	1908-09 1927-28 (Waratahs) 1947-48 1957-58 1966-67 1973 1975-76 1981-82 1984 1992 1996 2001 2005 2006 2008 2009 2013

New Zealand	1905 1924-25 1935-36 1953-54 1963-64 1967 1972-73 1974 (no test) 1978 1980 1989 1997 1998 2000 ("A" team) 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008

NZ Maori	1888-89 (NZ Natives) 1926-27 1982

South Africa	1906-07 1912-13 1931-32 1951-52 1960-61 1969-70 1994 1996 2000 2004 2005 2007 2008

Romania	1979 2002

Fiji	1964 1985 1995 2002 2005

Samoa	1988 1996 (no test) 2000

Tonga	1997 2001

Pacific Islanders	2006

Japan	1973 (no test) 1976 (no test) 1983 (no test) 1993 2004

Canada	1979 (no test) 1999 2002 2008

United States	1987 1997 1999 (no test) 2000

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