Match thread

Duluth

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

No one picked up the TV contract for this to WR has put it everywhere in RugbyPass (which they now own)

Looks like England are not blooding youngsters but getting a good practice run in before hitting the ABs

Duluth

@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?

Oh maybe you're right, I only saw an article a while ago. So no one in the UK wanted to pay for it so WR giving it for free

Duluth

Doesn't look like any coverage in NZ. That's a surprise given we're playing the Poms soon

VEE PEE EN Then

Daffy Jaffy

How to watch Japan vs England for free on RugbyPass -

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Daffy Jaffy

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)

ACT Crusader

@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

Daffy Jaffy

@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.

Tim

Tiennan Costley went to Westlake, moved to Japan for university and rugby. Now is making his debut at 24.

Bones

@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.

ARHS

Is that a top xv for Japan or just like a trial? Weak and odd selection

MiketheSnow

Yep
Straight in
Great stream

MiketheSnow

Japan with all the running in a high paced start

Japan 3 - 0 England
12 mins

MiketheSnow

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

nostrildamus

It's not over until the fat sumo star sings, Mike!