Japan change one for All Blacks

Japan head coach Jamie Joseph has made just one alteration to his starting line-up for their Test against the All Blacks in Tokyo on Saturday.

Joseph has been forced to make a change to his run-on side which suffered a narrow 31-28 defeat to a World XV in Osaka last weekend with Ryohei Yamanaka coming in at full-back for Lomano Lemeki, who is injured.

The Brave Blossoms will be captained by blindside flanker Michael Leitch.

Japan: 15 Ryohei Yamanaka, 14 Jamie Henry, 13 Will Tupou, 12 Tim Lafaele, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Yu Tamura, 9 Yutaka Nagare, 8 Hendrik Tui, 7 Shunsuke Nunomaki, 6 Michael Leitch (c), 5 Samuela Anise, 4 Wimpie van der Walt, 3 Hiroshi Yamashita, 2 Yusuke Niwai, 1 Keita Inagaki
Replacements: 16 Yusuki Niwai, 17 Masataka Mikami, 18 Asaeli Valu, 19 Uwe Helu, 20 Vaka Nakajima, 21 Fumiaki Tanaka, 22 Rikiya Matsuda 23 Ryoto Nakamura

Date: Saturday, November 3
Venue: Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo
Kick-off: 14:45 local (05:45 GMT)
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Assistant Referees: Damon Murphy (Australia), Graham Cooper (Australia)
TMO: Damien Mitchelmore (Australia)


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