Lively Japan make Wales battle hard

By BEN JAYCOCK

Wales................... 41pts
Tries: Hughes 17, Lloyd 41, Florence 66, Edwards 76, Bradley 77, Hennessey 80 Conversions: Edwards 18, 77, 79, Wilde 80 Penalties: Edwards 4

Japan................... 19pts
Tries: Nagashima 22, 33, Oike 37 Conversions: Naramoto 23, 34
Wales U20s won for the first time in 2023 after battling past 14-man Japan.
It was a clash in sodden conditions in Stellenbosch that was much tighter than the scoreline suggests with Wales only hitting the front in the final quarter.
The Welsh youngsters were whitewashed in the Six Nations but started the tourna...

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