15 George Furbank, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ollie Lawrence, 11 Tommy Freeman, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 5 George Martin, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Jamie George (c), 1 Bevan Rodd
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Joe Marler, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Charlie Ewels, 20 Tom Curry, 21 Harry Randall, 22 Fin Smith, 23 Tom Roebuck
@Machpants said in Japan v England:
No one picked up the TV contract for this to WR has put it everywhere in RugbyPass (which they now own)
World Rugby and the RFU have announced that RugbyPass TV will be the FREE and exclusive destination for fans in the UK and Ireland wishing to watch LIVE coverage of the men’s test match between Japan and England in Tokyo on 22 June (kick-off 06:50 BST).
UK & Ireland only?
Japan team to face England
Japan: 15 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 14 Jone Naikabula, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Tomoki Osada, 11 Koga Nezuka, 10 Seungsin Lee, 9 Naoto Saito, 8 Faulua Makisi, 7 Tiennan Costley, 6 Michael Leitch, 5 Warner Dearns, 4 Sanaila Waqa, 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Mamoru Harada, 1 Takayoshi Mohara
Replacements: 16 Atsushi Sakate, 17 Shogo Miura, 18 Keijiro Tamefusa, 19 Amanaki Saumaki, 20 Kai Yamamoto, 21 Shinobu Fujiwara, 22 Rikiya Matsuda, 23 Samisoni Tua
Date: Saturday, June 22
Venue: National Stadium, Tokyo
Kick-off: 14:50 local (06:50 BST, 05:50 GMT)
Referee: Luc Ramos (France)
Assistant Referees: Eoghan Cross (Ireland), Angus Mabey (New Zealand)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)
@Daffy-Jaffy said in Japan v England:
Japan team to face England
Japan: 15 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 14 Jone Naikabula, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Tomoki Osada, 11 Koga Nezuka, 10 Seungsin Lee, 9 Naoto Saito, 8 Faulua Makisi, 7 Tiennan Costley, 6 Michael Leitch, 5 Warner Dearns, 4 Sanaila Waqa, 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Mamoru Harada, 1 Takayoshi Mohara
Replacements: 16 Atsushi Sakate, 17 Shogo Miura, 18 Keijiro Tamefusa, 19 Amanaki Saumaki, 20 Kai Yamamoto, 21 Shinobu Fujiwara, 22 Rikiya Matsuda, 23 Samisoni Tua
If it’s the same guy, I saw him play for the Aussie under 19s/20s. Was pretty quick
@ACT-Crusader said in Japan v England:
Dylan Riley,
That is him. South African born, Played Oz u20 in 2017. Is now 27 and has played 14 tests for Japan since 2021.
Tiennan Costley went to Westlake, moved to Japan for university and rugby. Now is making his debut at 24.
@Machpants said in Japan v England:
VEE PEE EN Then
It would be pretty easy. I'm quite impressed with the rugbypass app for watching sevens. Just can't have it on two or more different devices at the same time under the same login... but creating a new account is easy enough.
Is rugbypass.tv working for anyone?
Nice while it lasted
England win scrum penalty
Then drive off the line out
Pick and go and over for Cunningham South
Japan 3 - 7 England
15 mins
@Tim said in Japan v England:
Is rugbypass.tv working for anyone?
VPN set to UK and https://rugbypass.tv/live/267811?showInterstitial=false
England absorb Japanese pressure and adventure and when they have their first real possession for a while they carve up the midfield and Marcus Smith goes in under the sticks untouched
Japan 3 - 14 England
25 mins
Cunningham-South is a unit.
Cunningham-South was born in Sidcup and at the age of four his family emigrated to New Zealand. His family have a farm holding in Wellsford, north of Auckland. His father, Richard, once coached him for Silverdale RFC. He did most of his ground work at Hamilton Boys' High School and attended Westlake Boys High School.[3][4]
Cunningham-South played for the North Harbour under-18s, Canterbury under-19s and Lincoln University in Christchurch, and trained with NZ Warriors in Rugby League.[3][5]
Circle the wagons or this could be a ton up for England
Weathered the early onslaught and now too big, too strong, too quick, too skilled
Femi over in the corner untouched
Eddie getting all his own shit rubbed in his nose
Japan 3 - 21 England
30 mins
Japan have some nice shapes and skills with good moves but they're looking to score off every possession
Fantastic vision from Smith to cross kick to Slade for England's 4th try
Japan 3 - 26 England
Halftime
Really surprised to see Marcus Smith being an absolute world beater against powerhouse Japan.
No sound on, was there actually a decent reason why an early tackle 5m out that results in a YC isn't a PT?
@Bones said in Japan v England:
No sound on, was there actually a decent reason why an early tackle 5m out that results in a YC isn't a PT?
Cover from England 3
Relentless pick and go from England
Accurate and impressive
Randall over
Japan 3 - 45 England
60 mins
@MiketheSnow said in Japan v England:
@Bones said in Japan v England:
No sound on, was there actually a decent reason why an early tackle 5m out that results in a YC isn't a PT?
Cover from England 3
Hilarious
