Sunwolves change three for Jaguares

Atsushi Hiwasa will start in the No.9 jersey in place of Yuki Yatomi in the only change to the backline from the team that lost 17-92 to the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein last week.

There are two changes in the forward pack with Yoshiya Hosoda replacing Tomás Leonardi on the side of the scrum, while Shinnosuke Kakinaga comes into the front row to replace Takuma Asahara.

Sunwolves: 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Viliami Lolohea, 13 Harumichi Tatekawa 12 Derek Carpenter, 11 Mifiposeti Paea, 10 Tusi Pisi, 9 Atsushi Hiwasa, 8 Ed Quirk, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 6 Yoshiya Hosoda, 5 Liaki Moli, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Shinnosuke Kakinaga, 2 Shota Horie (captain), 1 Masataka Mikami.

Replacements: 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Ziun Gu, 18 Takuma Asahara, 19 Faatiga Lemalu, 20 Taiyo Ando, 21 Kaito Shigeno, 22 Yu Tamura, 23 Yasutaka Sasakura.

Date: Saturday, April 23

Venue: Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo

Kick-off: 14.15 (05.15 GMT; 02.15 Argentina time)

Referee: Jamie Nutbrown

Assistant referees: Chris Pollock, Noriaki Hashimoto

TMO: Takashi Hareda