JPN

No.

Name

15Lemeki Lomano Lava, FB

14Kotaro Matsushima, W

13Dylan Riley, C

12Ryoto Nakamura, C

11Jone Naikabula, W

10Rikiya Matsuda, FH 23

9Naoto Saito, SH

1Keita Inagaki, P

2Shota Horie, H

3Jiwon Gu, P

4Jack Cornelsen, L

5Amato Fakatava, L

6Michael Leitch, FL

7Pieter Labuschagne, FL

8Kazuki Himeno, N8

Replacements

16Atsushi Sakate, R

17Craig Millar, R

18Asaeli Ai Valu, R

19Warner Dearns, R

20Kanji Shimokawa, R

21Kenta Fukuda, R

22Seungsin Lee, R

23Tomoki Osada, R

Standings

Rugby World Cup 2027 News

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Wallabies' Tupou: 'Experienced 10' would have helped in France
Angus Bell and Taniela Tupou have lamented Australia's woeful World Cup campaign, pointing to injuries to key forwards and the non-selection of an "experienced 10" as the chief reasons behind a maiden pool-stage exit.
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79'		28-22 Conversion - Christian Leali'ifano , Samoa
78'		28-20 Try - Christian Leali'ifano , Samoa
76'		Substitute on - Seungsin Lee , Japan