Test Match: Giappone e World XV in campo sabato mattina a Tokyo

Svelati i quindici iniziali del match tra Giappone e World XV, in programma Sabato a Tokyo quando da noi saranno le 11 di mattina. La selezione mondiale, allenata da Robbie Deans, schiera diversi Aussie, con O’Connor, Lealiifano e Cummins dentro da subito. In mediana Ellis con Barnes, seconde linee Botha e Ali Williams, in prima linea Hayman. Dalla panchina parte Luke Burgess, mediano di mischia delle Zebre.

Giappone: 1-Masataka Mikami (Toshiba Brave Lupus, 26 caps) 2-Shota Horie (Panasonic Wild Knights, 35 caps) 3-Kensuke Hatakeyama (Suntory Sungoliath, 66 caps) 4-Luke Thompson (Kintetsu Liners, 56 caps) 5-Justin Ives (Canon Eagles, 30 caps) 6-Hendrik Tui (Suntory Sungoliath, 29 caps) 7-(c) Michael Leitch (Toshiba Brave Lupus, 40 caps) 8-Ryu Koliniasi Holani (Panasonic Wild Knights, 41 caps) 9-Fumiaki Tanaka (Panasonic Wild Knights, 46 caps) 10-Harumichi Tatekawa (Kubota Spears, 36 caps) 11-Kenki Fukuoka (Tsukuba Univ., 15 caps) 12-Male Sau (Yamaha Jubilo, 20 caps) 13-Kotaro Matsushima (Suntory Sungoliath, 10 caps) 14-Karne Hesketh (Munakata Sanix Blues, 8 caps) 15-Ayumu Goromaru (Yamaha Jubilo, 50 caps)
Riserve: 16-Hisateru Hirashima (Kobelco Steelers, 42 caps) 17-Takeshi Kizu (Kobelco Steelers, 35 caps) 18-Hiroshi Yamashita (Kobelco Steelers, 42 caps) 19-Kazuhiko Usami (Canon Eagles, 4 caps) 20-Hayden Hopgood (?, 9 caps) 21-Atsushi Hiwasa (Suntory Sungoliath, 44 caps) 22-Craig Wing (Kobelco Steelers, 8 caps) 23-Yoshikazu Fujita (Waseda Univ., 26 caps)

World XV: 15 James O’Connor, 14 Taqele Naiyaravoro, 13 Ben Tapuai, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Nick Cummins, 10 Berrick Barnes, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Bakkies Botha (c), 4 Ali Williams, 3 Carl Hayman, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Benn Robinson.
Riserve: 16 Tolu Latu, 17 Ben Alexander, 18 Petrus du Plessis, 19 Luke Jones, 20 Sean McMahon, 21 Luke Burgess, 22 Mike Harris, 23 Dom Shipperley.