Japan face off against Samoa in Rugby World Cup on Sat 5th October 2019 at . Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 11:30. In South Africa it’s at 12:30 SAST, 23:30 NZST in New Zealand, 20:30 AEST in Australia and 03:30 EST in the US.
Japan won the last encounter but Samoa are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Japan sits at 12 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Samoa holds 19.
The two sides are separated by 7 places in the rankings with Japan in position 12 and Samoa in position 19 as such Japan are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Japan vs Samoa will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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