England v Japan

Date:

Venue: Twickenham Stadium, London

Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)

Attendance: 81,087

England v Japan Match Reports

England scored seven tries as they beat Japan 52-13 with a dominant performance at Twickenham. First-half tries from Freddie Steward, Marcus Smith and Guy Porter saw the home side take a 24-6 lead at the break. England continued their dominance in the second-half with Ellis Genge getting on the scoreboard and Guy Porter scoring his second try. Japan scored a try on the hour-mark when Naoto Saito crossed under the posts. The visitors' success was short-lived as England were awarded a penalty try 10 minutes later. Marcus Smith then scored his second try as England celebrated a comprehensive victory. A selection of match reports is listed below:

England v Japan - Match Highlights

England v Japan - Match Stats

England (24) 52
Try: Steward (12'), Smith (24', 74'), Porter (40', 50'), Genge (48'), Penalty Try (71')
Conversion: Farrell (14', 25', 42', 48', 52', 75')
Penalty: Farrell (5')

Japan (6) 13
Try: Saito (59')
Conversion: Lee (60')
Penalty: Yamasawa (32', 35')

Man of the match: Freddie Steward (England)


England v Japan - Team Line-ups

England Team

Forwards

  • 1 Ellis Genge
  • 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie
  • 3 Kyle Sinckler
  • 4 David Ribbans
  • 5 Jonny Hill
  • 6 Maro Itoje
  • 7 Tom Curry
  • 8 Sam Simmonds

Backs

  • 9 Jack van Poortvliet
  • 10 Marcus Smith
  • 11 Jonny May
  • 12 Owen Farrell (Captain)
  • 13 Guy Porter
  • 14 Joe Cokanasiga
  • 15 Freddie Steward

Replacements

  • 16 Jamie George
  • 17 Mako Vunipola
  • 18 Joe Heyes
  • 19 Alex Coles
  • 20 Billy Vunipola
  • 21 Ben Youngs
  • 22 Henry Slade
  • 23 Manu Tuilagi

Japan Team

Forwards

  • 1 Keita Inagaki
  • 2 Atsushi Sakate (Captain)
  • 3 Jiwon Gu
  • 4 Warner Dearns
  • 5 Jack Cornelsen
  • 6 Michael Leitch
  • 7 Kazuki Himeno
  • 8 Tevita Tatafu

Backs

  • 9 Yutaka Nagare
  • 10 Takuya Yamasawa
  • 11 Gerhard van den Heever
  • 12 Ryoto Nakamura
  • 13 Dylan Riley
  • 14 Kotaro Matsushima
  • 15 Ryohei Yamanaka

Replacements

  • 16 Kosuke Horikoshi
  • 17 Craig Millar
  • 18 Yusuke Kizu
  • 19 Wimpie van der Walt
  • 20 Pieter Labuschagne
  • 21 Naoto Saito
  • 22 Seungsin Lee
  • 23 Siosaia Fifita