Head coach Eddie Jones named four uncapped players in an inexperienced Japan starting XV to face his former team England in Saturday’s Test in Tokyo.
The new faces include a university student in full-back Yoshitaka Yazaki, as Jones prepares for a battle of wits with his former assistant Steve Borthwick, now England head coach.For his first match in charge in his second spell with Japan, Jones retains only three starting players from the 39-27 loss to Argentina at last year’s World Cup that confirmed their first-round exit.
Loose forward Michael Leitch, who played under Jones during the Australian’s first stint as Japan head coach from 2012-15, was named captain. South Africa-born loose forward Lappies Labuschagne was left out after playing for his adoptive country against Argentina at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.15 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 14 Jone Naikabula, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Tomoki Osada, 11 Koga Nezuka, 10 Seungsin Lee, 9 Naoto Saito, 8 Faulua Makisi, 7 Tiennan Costley, 6 Michael Leitch, 5 Warner Dearns, 4 Sanaila Waqa, 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Mamoru Harada, 1 Takayoshi Mohara.
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