Saturday 9 October 1999

Wales 64 Japan 15

Neil Jenkins equalled the world points-scoring record as his side overwhelmed a naive Japanese side 64-15.

Jenkins hit eight conversions and 30-metre penalty to take his international record with Wales and the British Lions to 511, equal with Australian legend Michael Lynagh.

Despite tries in the corners from wing Daisuke Ohasa and inside centre Pat Tuidraki, they just couldn't get into a a big, red machine, bayed on by a 72,000 crowd at the new Millennium Stadium.

The Teams:

Wales:  1 Peter Rogers, 2 Garin Jenkins, 3 Dai Young, 4 Craig Quinnell, 5 Mike Voyle, 6 Brett Sinkinson, 7 Martyn Williams, 8 Geraint Lewis, 9 Rob Howley (c), 10 Neil Jenkins, 11 Jason Jones-Hughes, 12 Scott Gibbs, 13 Mark Taylor, 14 Allan Bateman, 15 Shane Howarth
Reserves:  David Llewellyn, Ben Evans, Jonathan Humphreys, Stephen Jones, Andrew Lewis, Gareth Thomas, Chris Wyatt

Japan:  1 Shin Hasegawa, 2 Masahiro Kunda, 3 Naoto Nakamura, 4 Robert Gordon, 5 Hiroyuki Tanuma, 6 Naoya Okubo, 7 Greg Smith, 8 Jamie Joseph, 9 Graeme Bachop, 10 Keiji Hirose, 11 Daisuke Ohata, 12 Andrew McCormick (c), 13 Yukio Motoki, 14 Patiliai Tuidraki, 15 Tsuyoshi Hirao
Reserves:  Takeomi Ito, Wataru Murata, Toshikazu Nakamichi, Yoshihiko Sakuraba, Masaaki Sakata
Unused:  Terunori Masuho, Akira Yoshida

Referee:  Dume j

Points Scorers:

Wales
Tries:  Llewellyn D.S. 1, Penalty Try 1, Bateman A.G. 1, Gibbs I.S. 1, Howley R. 1, Howarth S.P. 1, Taylor M. 2, Thomas G. 1
Conv:  Jenkins N.R. 8
Pen K.:  Jenkins N.R. 1

Japan
Tries:  Ohata D. 1, Tuidraki P. 1
Conv:  Hirose K. 1
Pen K.:  Hirose K. 1

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