Japan Selects for USA Match
Japan Selects for USA Match
Japan National Team Coach Eddie Jones has named his side to face the USA at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., on Saturday at 7:30pm Pacific Time.
Wing Yoshikazu Fujita has been ruled out with a shoulder injury incurred while he scored a try in his team'sstartling comeback over Canada last weekend.
Kenki Fukuoka replaces Fujita. Jones made only one other change to the team that beat Canada 34-25, with Shoji Ito replacing Hotishi Ono at second row.
Of the eight reserves named by Jones, six are forwards, as the Brave Blossoms anticipate at tough battle up front.
Japan lineup v USA:
1. Masataka Mikami
Of the eight reserves named by Jones, six are forwards, as the Brave Blossoms anticipate at tough battle up front.
Japan lineup v USA:
1. Masataka Mikami
2 Shota Horie
3 Kensuke Hatakeyama
4 Shoji Ito
5 Luke Thompson
6 Justin Ives
7 Michael Leitch (C)
8 Ryu Koliniasi Holani
9 Fumiaki Tanaka
10 Harumichi Tatekawa
11 Akihito Yamada
12 Yu Tamura
13 Male Sau
14 Kenki Fukuoka
15 Ayumu Goromaru
Reserves
Reserves
16 Hisateru Hirashima
17 Takeshi Kizu
18 Hiroshi Yamashita
19 Hitoshi Ono
20 Shinya Makabe
21 Hendrik Tui
22 Atsushi Hiwasa
23 Toshiaki Hirose
