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Japan v Wales LIVE

Japan v Wales LIVE

Japan have never tasted victory over Wales in seven attempts, but with two key players added from the southern hemisphere’s showpiece tournament, Eddie Jones’s side is sniffing an upset at Hanazono Field tomorrow in Osaka (KO 6am).

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Super 15 stars, Highlanders scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka and Melbourne Rebels hooker Shota Horie, both start for Japan as they look to take Robin McByrde’s men by surprise.

Wales caretaker coach Robin McBryde has named four uncapped players in his starting XV for the first Test as well as four more amongst the replacements with Cardiff Blues second row Bradley Davies leading  Wales for the first time.

Teenage winger Dafydd Howells, Cardiff Blues centre Owen Williams, Scarlets hooker Emyr Phillips and Ospreys flanker James King will all make their international bow this weekend.

By clicking on the above link, you will be able to follow the action every step of the way.

Japan: 15 Ayumu Goromaru, 14 Yoshikazu Fujita, 13 Male Sau, 12 Craig Wing, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Harumichi Tatekawa, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Takashi Kikutani (capt), 7 Michael Broadhurst, 6 Hendrik Tui, 5 Shoji Ito, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Hiroshi Yamashita, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Masataka Mikami.
Replacements: 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Yusuke Nagae, 18 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 19 Toshizumi Kitagawa, 20 Ryuta Yasui, 21 Atsushi Hiwasa, 22 Yu Tamura, 23 Hirotoki Onozawa.

Wales: 15 Liam Williams, 14 Harry Robinson, 13 Owen Williams, 12 Jonathan Spratt, 11 Dafydd Howells, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Lloyd Williams, 8 Rob McCusker, 7 James King, 6 Andrew Coombs, 5 Lou Reed, 4 Bradley Davies (capt), 3 Scott Andrews, 2 Emyr Phillips, 1 Ryan Bevington.
Replacements: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Rhys Gill, 18 Rhodri Jones, 19 Andries Pretorius, 20 Dan Baker, 21 Tavis Knoyle, 22 Rhys Patchell, 23 Tom Prydie.

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