Michael to captain Japan in second Test against Ireland
Jun 23, 2017Japan coach Jamie Joseph has made eight changes to his starting XV for Saturday's second Test against Ireland in Tokyo with Michael captaining the side.
Japan: 15 Ryuji Noguchi, 14 Akihito Yamada, 13 Kotaro Matsushima, 12 Yu Tamura, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Jumpei Ogura, 9 Yutaka Nagare; 1 Shintaro Ishihara, 2 Yusuke Niwai, 3 Takuma Asahara, 4 Luke Thompson, 5 Uwe Helu, 6 Michael Leitch (c), 7 Shuhei Matsuhashi, 8 Amanaki Lelei Mafi.
Replacements: 16 Shota Horie, 17 Keita Inagaki, 18 Takayuki Watanabe, 19 Kotaro Yatabe, 20 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 21 Fumiaki Tanaka, 22 Rikiya Matsuda, 23 Ryohei Yamanaka
