
Japan head coach Eddie Jones has named his team for Saturday’s clash against the Springboks in London.
Yoshitaka Yazaki will start at fullback, and he is joined in the back three by Kippei Ishida and Tomoki Osada.
Dylan Riley, who was born in Durban, and Charlie Lawrence will form the midfield combination.
Lee Seung-sin holds onto the No.10 jersey, and his halfback partner will be Shinobu Fujiwara.
Japan’s starting front row for Saturday features loosehead prop Kenta Kobayashi, hooker Kenji Sato, who replaces the injured Hayato Era, and tighthead prop Shuhei Takeuchi.
The back row will consist of Michael Leitch, Kanji Shimokawa and Ben Gunter.
Japan: 15 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 14 Kippei Ishida, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Charlie Lawrence, 11 Tomoki Osada, 10 Lee Seung-sin, 9 Shinobu Fujiwara, 8 Michael Leitch, 7 Kanji Shimokawa, 6 Ben Gunter, 5 Warner Dearns, 4 Jack Cornelsen, 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Kenji Sato, 1 Kenta Kobayashi. Replacements: 16 Shodai Hirao, 17 Ryosuke Iwaihara, 18 Keijiro Tamefusa, 19 Tyler Paul, 20 Faulua Makisi, 21 Kenta Fukuda, 22 Sam Greene, 23 Tiennan Costley.
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