England vs Japan: International rugby live scores
England lost to Argentina last week. They play Japan at Twickenham on Saturday at 2:15 am (AEDT). England coach Eddie Jones made five changes from the team beaten by Argentina. Guy Porter comes in at outside centre, while lock David Ribbans will make his Test debut. England have lost five of their nine games this year. Japan and England will play each other in the World Cup next year, so a defeat would be unthinkable.
England's team is: Freddie Steward, Jack Nowell, Guy Porter, Owen Farrell, Jonny May, Marcus Smith, Ellis Genge, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Kyle Sinckler, David Ribbans, Maro Itoje, Tom Curry, Sam Simmonds. Japan's squad is : Ellis, Cowans Dickie (captain), Ribbs, Hill, Smith (vice-captains), van Poortvliet, Geng, cowan, Simmond, van poortviet.
Jamie George, Mako Vunipola, Joe Heyes, Alex Coles, Billy Vunsun, Ben Youngs, Henry Slade, Manu Tuilagi are the substitutes.
Japan's team is Ryohei Yamanaka, Kotaro Matsushima, Dylan Riley, Ryoto Nakamura, Gerhard van den Heever, Takuya Yamasawa, Yutaka Nagare, Teita Tatafu, Kazuki Himeno, Michael Leitch, Jack Cornelsen, Warner Dearns, Jiwon Koo, Atsushi Sakate (captain), Keita Inagaki.
Kosuke Horikoshi, Craig Millar, Yusuke Kizu, Wimpie van der Walt, Pieter Labuschagne, Naoto Saito, Seungsin Lee, Siosaia Fifita are the substitutes.
