Japan name team for Tonga match

James Alridge

James Alridge

September 19, 2011 - 6:43am

Story and Photo: www.rugbyworldcup.com

AUCKLAND, 19 Sept. - Japan head coach John Kirwan on Monday announced his team to play their third Pool A match against Tonga at Northland Events Centre, Whangarei on Wednesday, 21 September.

Japan: 

1. Hisateru Hirashima 
2. Shota Horie 
3. Kensuke Hatakeyama 
4. Luke Thompson 
5. Toshizumi Kitagawa 
6. Itaru Taniguchi 
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. Nozomu Fujita 
18. Hitoshi Ono 
19. Sione Talikavili Vatuvei 
20. Atsushi Hiwasa 
21. Takehisa Usuzuki 
22. Murray Williams