England v Japan

Date:

Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London

Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)

Attendance: 81,151

England v Japan - Match Highlights

England v Japan - Match Stats

England: (10) 35
Try: Care (3'), Wilson (59'), Cokanasiga (70'), Hartley (76')
Conversion: Ford (5', 60', 72')
Penalty: Daly (28'), Ford (56', 65')

Japan: (15) 15
Try: Nakamura (22'), Leitch (31')
Conversion: Tamura (23')
Penalty: Tamura (16')

Man of the Match: Maro Itoje (England)


England v Japan - Team Line-ups

England Team

Forwards

  • 1 Alec Hepburn
  • 2 Jamie George
  • 3 Harry Williams
  • 4 Charlie Ewels
  • 5 Maro Itoje
  • 6 Courtney Lawes
  • 7 Mark Wilson
  • 8 Zach Mercer

Backs

  • 9 Danny Care
  • 10 George Ford (Captain)
  • 11 Chris Ashton
  • 12 Alex Lozowski
  • 13 Jack Nowell
  • 14 Joe Cokanasiga
  • 15 Elliot Daly

Replacements

  • 16 Dylan Hartley
  • 17 Ben Moon
  • 18 Kyle Sinckler
  • 19 Ted Hill
  • 20 Sam Underhill
  • 21 Richard Wigglesworth
  • 22 Owen Farrell
  • 23 Henry Slade

Japan Team

Forwards

  • 1 Keita Inagaki
  • 2 Atsushi Sakate
  • 3 Jiwon Koo
  • 4 Wimpie van der Walt
  • 5 Uwe Helu
  • 6 Michael Leitch (Captain)
  • 7 Masakatsu Nishikawa
  • 8 Kazuki Himeno

Backs

  • 9 Fumiaki Tanaka
  • 10 Yu Tamura
  • 11 Kenki Fukuoka
  • 12 Ryoto Nakamura
  • 13 Timothy Lafaele
  • 14 Akihito Yamada
  • 15 Willam Tupou

Replacements

  • 16 Yusuke Niwai
  • 17 Koki Yamamoto
  • 18 Asaeli Ai Valu
  • 19 Samuela Anise
  • 20 Hendrik Tui
  • 21 Shunsuke Nunomaki
  • 22 Yutaka Nagare
  • 23 Rikiya Matsuda