Japan vs. Hong Kong

Team Info

Japan

Previous Game:

East Asia Cup 2017 - Game 1 vs. Hong Kong

Next Game:

Emerging Nations World Cup 2018 - Game 5 vs. Türkiye

Out:

Ryoji Kitabayashi (wing), Kohei Ishikawa (centre), Yuki Morikami (centre), Luke Bradley (front row), Kazuki Fukushige (hooker), Amane Konishi (lock), Sean Okabe (bench)

In:

Junpei Maruno (wing), John Koji Akiba (centre), Taou Sugano (hooker), Gorka Gerediaga Etxaburu (bench), Yoshihisa Ogata (bench), Akihito Kashiwaba (bench), Tsunaki Tanaka (bench)

Changes:

Dai Fujitaka (wing to centre), Lachlan Grieve (second row to lock), Matthew Mochizuki (bench to wing), Tomohiro Setoguchi (bench to front row), Yuta Oba (bench to second row)

Hong Kong

Previous Game:

East Asia Cup 2017 - Game 1 vs. Japan

Next Game:

Emerging Nations World Cup 2018 - Game 6 vs. Poland

Out:

Kin Chong (fullback), Ben Wong (wing), Jack Muir (second row), Christopher Harris (bench), Tavita Tanielu (bench), Lawrence Tuck (bench)

In:

Tommy Wong (fullback), Ghislain Baleyte (centre), Jason Fairleigh (five-eighth), Alex Shvets (lock), Craig McMurrich (bench), Allan Newsome (bench)

Changes:

Benoit Mouclier (centre to wing), Richard Lindsay (centre to second row), Hogan Toomalatai (five-eighth to centre), Toby Lei (front row to bench), Udo Wong (lock to bench), Ben Ryan (bench to front row)