Scotland v Japan

Date:

Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

Referee: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

Attendance: 67,144

Scotland v Japan Match Reports

Scotland beat Japan 29-20 at BT Murrayfield in their final autumn international of the year. Stuart Hogg's first-half try saw him become his country's leading try-scorer on 25. The home side were made to work hard for their victory, with the Brave Blossoms enjoying several dangerous spells of possession. Scotland, though, had the firepower to see off the Japanese threat, scoring four well-worked tries in front of a capacity crowd. A selection of match reports is listed below:

Scotland v Japan - Match Highlights

Scotland v Japan - Match Stats

Scotland: (19) 29
Try: van der Merwe (6'), Hogg (28'), Graham (40'), McInally (55')
Conversion: Russell (29', 41', 56')
Penalty: Russell (79')

Japan: (6) 20
Try: Tatafu (64')
Penalty: Matsuda (11', 26', 43', 47', 72')

Man of the match: Chris Harris (Scotland)


Scotland v Japan - Team Line-ups

Scotland Team

Forwards

  • 1 Jamie Bhatti
  • 2 George Turner
  • 3 Zander Fagerson
  • 4 Scott Cummings
  • 5 Grant Gilchrist
  • 6 Jamie Ritchie
  • 7 Hamish Watson
  • 8 Josh Bayliss

Backs

  • 9 Ali Price
  • 10 Finn Russell
  • 11 Duhan van der Merwe
  • 12 Sam Johnson
  • 13 Chris Harris
  • 14 Darcy Graham
  • 15 Stuart Hogg (Captain)

Replacements

  • 16 Stuart McInally
  • 17 Pierre Schoeman
  • 18 Javan Sebastian
  • 19 Sam Skinner
  • 20 Dylan Richardson
  • 21 Matt Fagerson
  • 22 George Horne
  • 23 Blair Kinghorn

Japan Team

Forwards

  • 1 Craig Millar
  • 2 Atsushi Sakate
  • 3 Asaeli Ai Valu
  • 4 Jack Cornelsen
  • 5 James Moore
  • 6 Michael Leitch
  • 7 Lappies Labuschagne (Captain)
  • 8 Kazuki Himeno

Backs

  • 9 Yutaka Nagare
  • 10 Rikiya Matsuda
  • 11 Siosaia Fifita
  • 12 Ryoto Nakamura
  • 13 Shogo Nakano
  • 14 Kotaro Matsushima
  • 15 Ryohei Yamanaka

Replacements

  • 16 Kosuke Horikoshi
  • 17 Keita Inagaki
  • 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga
  • 19 Ben Gunter
  • 20 Tevita Tatafu
  • 21 Naoto Saito
  • 22 Yu Tamura
  • 23 Dylan Riley