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It's all over! The referee has blown his whistle to end the game.

80'

Hiroshi Yamashita comes on for Japan.

75'

Jiwon Koo leaves the field.

75'

Kosuke Horikoshi comes on.

75'

Atsushi Sakate comes off.

75'

Sergey Trishin comes on.

73'

Danil Potikhanov comes off.

73'

Yu Tamura misses the conversion.

73'

Yusuke Kajimura comes on.

72'

Ryoto Nakamura comes off.

72'
Try

Michael Leitch scores a try for Japan.

71'

Drop goal attempt from Yu Tamura has the distance but not the direction.

69'

Russia decide to make a substitution, with Dmitry Perov getting some game time.

68'

Russia decide to make a substitution, with Vasilii Dorofeev being replaced.

68'
Penalty Goal

The Japan supporters go wild as Yu Tamura successfully kicks the penalty goal.

67'

Russia make a substitution with Anton Drozdov coming on.

66'

Russia make a substitution with Vladimir Podrezov coming off.

66'

Japan sub Masataka Mikami comes onto the field.

66'

Keita Inagaki departs for Japan.

66'

Anton Sychev comes on for Russia.

64'

Nikita Vavilin leaves the field.

64'

Sergey Sekisov comes on.

64'

Valery Morozov comes off.

64'

VakautaIsileli Nakajima comes on.

61'

Hendrik Tui comes off.

61'

Yuya Odo comes on.

61'

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Wimpie van der Walt comes off.

61'

Russia decide to make a substitution, with Evgeny Matveev getting some game time.

59'

Russia decide to make a substitution, with Stanislav Sel'skiy being replaced.

59'

Japan make a substitution with Yu Tamura coming on.

59'

Japan make a substitution with Amanaki Lotoahea coming off.

59'

Conversion attempt from Ramil Gaisin has the distance but not the direction.

59'
Try

Stanislav Sel'skiy scores a try for Russia.

58'
Conversion

Rikiya Matsuda does the business as his conversion attempt goes over.

55'
Try

Hendrik Tui scores a try for Japan.

54'

Japan sub Yutaka Nagare comes onto the field.

52'

Kaito Shigeno departs for Japan.

52'
Conversion

Rikiya Matsuda makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.

44'
Try

Kenki Fukuoka scores a try for Japan.

43'

The second half is underway.

40'

The half-time whistle blows and both teams’ head for the dressing rooms.

40'
Penalty Goal

The touch judges raise their flags as Ramil Gaisin kicks the penalty goal.

37'
Penalty Goal

Ramil Gaisin adds the points for Russia.

36'
Yellow Card

Masakatsu Nishikawa (Japan) is shown a yellow card.

35'

Ramil Gaisin comes on for Russia.

32'

Yury Kushnarev leaves the field.

32'
Conversion

Rikiya Matsuda converts the try.

31'
Try

Michael Leitch scores a try for Japan.

30'
Penalty Goal

Rikiya Matsuda does the business as his penalty goal attempt goes over.

25'
Conversion

Yury Kushnarev has kicked a conversion.

22'

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Try

Vladimir Ostrushko scores a try for Russia.

21'
Penalty Goal

Yury Kushnarev makes no mistake with that penalty goal attempt.

18'

Alexander Ilin comes on.

14'

Andrey Garbuzov comes off.

14'
Penalty Goal

Yury Kushnarev kicks the penalty.

8'
Penalty Goal

Yury Kushnarev has kicked a penalty goal.

4'

We are underway as the referee blows his whistle.

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Match Details

Russia v Japan
Russia v Japan
Sat 24th November 2018, 06:05am PST
Sat 24th November 2018, 06:05am PST

Points Flow Chart

Japan win +5
Russia
Japan
Russia
Time in lead
Japan
59
Mins in lead
13
74%
% Of Game In Lead
16%
0%
Possession Last 10 min
%
0
Points Last 10 min

Key Events

Full Time
Leitch
71'
27 - 32
Tamura
67'
27 - 27
Sel'skiy
27 - 24
58'
Matsuda
55'
22 - 24
Tui
54'
22 - 22
Matsuda
44'
22 - 17
Fukuoka
43'
22 - 15
Half Time
Gaisin
22 - 10
37'
Gaisin
19 - 10
36'
Nishikawa
35'
16 - 10
Matsuda
31'
16 - 10
Leitch
30'
16 - 8
Matsuda
25'
16 - 3
Kushnarev
16 - 0
22'
Ostrushko
14 - 0
21'
Kushnarev
9 - 0
18'
Kushnarev
6 - 0
8'
Kushnarev
3 - 0
4'
Start

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Defence Profile

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Russia vs Japan Kick Off Times & TV Channel

Russia face off against Japan in Internationals on Sat 24th November 2018 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 14:05. In South Africa it’s at 16:05 SAST, 03:05 NZST in New Zealand, 01:05 AEST in Australia and 06:05 EST in the US.

Japan won the last encounter but Japan are in the best form of their last 5 games.

World Rankings

Heading into the fixture, Japan sits at 12 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Russia holds 32.

The two sides are separated by 20 places in the rankings with Russia in position 32 and Japan in position 12 as such Japan are favourites on paper.

Russia vs Japan Squads

The official squads for Russia vs Japan will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.

Other Fixtures

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39 - 21
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