RECAP: Scotland v Japan

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our live coverage of the year-end international between Scotland and Japan at Murrayfield.

Scotland and Japan have played each other on eight occasions, with their first meeting coming back in 1991;.

Scotland has won seven matches, whilst Japan has won just once.

Japan’s solitary victory against Scotland came in their most recent meeting, at the 2019 World Cup, with the Brave Blossoms winning by seven points in Yokohama (28-21).

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Teams: 

Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg (captain), 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Sam Johnson, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price, 8 Josh Bayliss, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 George Turner, 1 Jamie Bhatti.

Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Sam Skinner, 20 Dylan Richardson, 21 Matt Fagerson, 22 George Horne, 23 Blair Kinghorn.

Japan: 15 Ryohei Yamanaka, 13 Shogo Nakano, 12 Ryoto Nakamura, 11 Siosaia Fifita, 10 Rikiya Matsuda, 9 Yutaka Nagare, 8 Kazuki Himeno, 7 Pieter Labuschagne (captain), 6 Michael Leitch, 5 James Moore, 4 Jack Cornelsen, 3 Asaeli Ai Valu, 2 Atsushi Sakate, 1 Craig Millar.

Replacements: 16 Kosuke Horikoshi, 17 Keita Inagaki, 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga, 19 Ben Gunter, 20 Tevita Tatafu, 21 Naoto Saito, 22 Yu Tamura, 23 Dylan Riley.

Referee: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

Assistant referees: Paul Williams (New Zealand), Andrea Piardi (Italy)

TMO: Stuart Berry (South Africa)