Japan 20 lost to Hong Kong 32
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)
Match Notes
Japan's Itaru Matsuo changed to #16 after his jersey was ripped in the first half.
Contributions:
Andrew Ferguson, Max Turner