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