Japan name team for Canada match

Japan head coach John Kirwan on Sunday announced his team to play their final match in Pool A against Canada at McLean Park, Napier, on Tuesday, 27 September.

Japan:

1. Hisateru Hirashima
2. Shota Horie
3. Nozomu Fujita
4. Luke Thompson
5. Toshizumi Kitagawa
6. Sione Talikavili Vatuvei
7. Michael Leitch
8. Takashi Kikutani (c)
9. Fumiaki Tanaka
10. James Arlidge
11. Hirotoki Onozawa
12. Ryan Nicholas
13. Alisi Tupuailai
14. Kosuke Endo
15. Shaun Webb

Replacements:

16. Yusuke Aoki
17. Kensuke Hatakeyama
18. Hitoshi Ono
19. Toetuu Taufa
20. Atsushi Hiwasa
21. Murray Williams
22. Bryce Robins