{"id":819693,"date":"2026-10-31T11:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/819693\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T11:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:24:10","slug":"wxv-global-series-reaction-as-wales-earn-five-try-win-over-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/819693\/","title":{"rendered":"WXV Global Series – reaction as Wales earn five-try win over Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goodbyepublished at 09:14 GMT<\/p>\n

09:14 GMT<\/p>\n

FT: Japan 5-29 Wales<\/p>\n

\"WalesImage source, Getty Images<\/p>\n

That was well worth the early start – Wales finish 2026 on a high by winning successive Tests for the first time since 2024.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a tough ask to make it a hat-trick – England are next up – but the signs are promising ahead of the Six Nations.<\/p>\n

Sean Lynn\u2019s side will aim to claim some scalps in the championship in April and May.<\/p>\n

The head coach has strong options and better competition for starts, that after giving opportunities to the likes of Amy Williams, Seren Lockwood, Branwen and Nel Metcalfe and Jorja Aiono.<\/p>\n

They have been backed up by an experienced core – forwards Sisilia Tuipulotu, Kate Williams and Alex Callender have been immense and are right in the mix for next year’s Lions tour to New Zealand.<\/p>\n

It was an encouraging four-Test block in the WXV Global Series with a thumping win against South Africa and this convincing victory against Japan after they ground it out in tough conditions in Tokyo last weekend.<\/p>\n

The only disappointment was defeat by USA, but that was a narrow one against an Eagles side that beat Ireland and Italy (twice), and gave England a few problems last night.<\/p>\n

Things are looking up as Wales build towards the 2029 World Cup.<\/p>\n

That was a lovely start to another bumper sporting day – enjoy it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Goodbyepublished at 09:14 GMT 09:14 GMT FT: Japan 5-29 Wales Image source, Getty Images That was well worth…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819694,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-819693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}