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Well, that's it from a thriller in Cardiff where Wales sneaked victory in their second autumn international.

Japan will feel that they should have enjoyed a famous victory that would have lifted them above Wales in the world rankings.

Tries by wing Kippei Ishida and number eight Faulua Makisi plus 13 points from fly-half Seungsin Lee put them within sight of a major scalp.

However, Jarrod Evans stayed calm just minutes after coming off the bench to slot the winner from the kicking tee.

Wales scored tries through fly-half Dan Edwards, wing Louis Rees-Zammit and centre Nick Tompkins, all converted by Edwards, but it's the Harlequins playmaker who will be the toast of Cardiff this evening.

Wales have the first win of the Steve Tandy era and ended a 10-Test losing streak at Principality Stadium that went back to the World Cup warm-up win against England in 2023.

Huge relief but it promises to be a tough end to November on that evidence.

Next week they face a New Zealand side smarting from defeat to England and then they host world champions South Africa when Tandy will be without his players that are with clubs in England and France.

Join us for those fixtures as Wales hunt performances that suggest they can be tougher opposition in the Six Nations.

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Wales head coach Steve Tandy speaking to S4C: "Credit to Japan, I thought the way they played was really impressive, but I was disappointed with some of our performance.

"I said before, I wanted a better performance than we did last week, I don't think we got that.

"I thought there were some aspects of the game - the drives and the way we managed the game towards the back end - but I thought we didn't capitalise on them going down to two yellow cards. We didn't go forward and I don't think we were accurate enough in those periods.

"I love working with this group, they are class to work with, I know there's inexperience in certain parts, but we do expect more."

Wales captain Dewi Lake speaking to S4C: "It's a huge relief. The crowd here deserved to have something like that to watch.

"To be honest I wasn't watching the game when I was on the bench, my head was down, I couldn't watch. I'm so proud of the boys, they've shown great toughness, and they built from last week's performance.

"Our target is to keep building on our foundations. We want to play the best teams in the world, we want to be back at the top of the world, and we need to play the best teams to do that.

"To me our accuracy in the 22 needs to be better. There was plenty of instances in the first-half where we weren't ruthless enough, we create opportunity's we just need to take them now."

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Dan Edwards speaking to S4C: "That was a tough game, we made it hard for ourselves.

"Full credit to Jarrod Evans, that wasn't an easy kick.

"It was a fast game, we knew they wanted to play quick, but it was a great game.

"It was a bit of a mess in the air, that's the way the game is now. When we were in their 22 we were very clinical."This will give us confidence, but it's true 'winning is a habit' and we need to make that a habit from here."

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The relief for Wales will be huge.

This was the must-win game of the autumn and they burgled the spoils from Japan, who will be rueing that late penalty against Harry Hockings.

Wales had to play from deep to escape their half in the closing stages before that penalty.

That set up the chance for Jarrod Evans to be the last-gasp hero.

Wales needed that because it's going to be VERY tough over the next two Saturdays against New Zealand and South Africa.

Gareth Delve
Former Wales international on BBC Radio Wales

You've got to give credit to Jarrod Evans, he's not long been on the pitch.

Credit to the boys, with little time on the clock they worked from their own 5m line.

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Wales number eight Olly Cracknell is named as official man of the match on his first international start.

Goes to a member of the winning side but there are some Japanese players who arguably edged him.

Wales snatch it at the death thanks to Jarrod Evans' kick at the death.

They have the first win of the Steve Tandy era and they end a 10-Test losing streak in Cardiff.

The head coach swiftly leaves his box, with WRU head of performance Dave Reddin waiting by the door to congratulate him.

Japan are stunned - they probably deserved to win that. They won't leapfrog Wales in the world rankings.

It's good! The Harlequins man, fresh from the bench, is mobbed by his team-mates.

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Wales drive on after Belcher hits his man. ANOTHER penalty after it was dragged down.

Wales will be five metres out but they are going for the posts.

What a moment for Jarrod Evans...

Jarrod Evans kicks to the 22. It was out of his range.

Japan lock Harry Hockings is high and he doesn't look to have wrapped. Alex Mann is rocked back.

It's a yellow card, so Wales will have a penalty and Japan will finish down to 14 men.

Wales work their way into the Japan half and there's a big hit on Alex Mann. Looks a bit high.

The TMO will have a look at that.

Wales knock on just outside the 22. This will be a huge decision...

Wales are faced by strong Japanese defence and then Dan Edwards is intercepted.

A kick to the 22 pins the hosts close to their line when they need to be at least 50 metres further up field.

Just 90 seconds remaining as Jarrod Evans comes on.

Excellent defensive work by Taine Plumtree to earn a line-out but it's in Welsh territory.

Liam Belcher and Freddie Thomas come on for the last three minutes.

Wales need to get down the other end to try and steal the spoils.

Tyler Paul gets onto the ball for Japan after an Olly Cracknell carry.

Penalty for Japan around halfway - but fly-half Seungsin Lee has to leave for a head injury assessment!

Replacement Shinya Komura kicks to the 22 instead of trying to stretch the lead from the tee.

James Hook
Former Wales fly-half on BBC Radio Wales

This is end-to-end stuff.

The Japanese work rate in attack and defence has to be commended, they don't stop!

Great burst by Olly Cracknell and then Tomos Williams carries it on.

However, the ball goes loose at the breakdown and Williams slaps it along, with Japan then hacking clear.

Wales pinned back down the other end.

It's shaping up to be a tense finish and there are 61,324 fans in here to see it.

Can Wales record the first win of the Steve Tandy era?

Gareth Delve
Former Wales international on BBC Radio Wales

The teams that have managed to beat Japan this year have beaten them physically.

Wales need to find that disciplined violence if they want to win here.