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Japan face off against Uruguay in Internationals on Fri 17th June 2022 at Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 07:00. In South Africa it’s at 08:00 SAST, 18:00 NZST in New Zealand, 16:00 AEST in Australia and 23:00 EST in the US.
Japan won the last encounter but Japan are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Japan sits at 12 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Uruguay holds 18.
The two sides are separated by 6 places in the rankings with Japan in position 12 and Uruguay in position 18 as such Japan are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Japan vs Uruguay 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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Felipe Etcheverry has kicked a conversion.
A wonderful passing move by Uruguay is finished off by Manuel Ardao
Takeshi Hino scores the try from close range.
The Japan supporters go wild as Yu Tamura successfully kicks the conversion.
The Japan pack has powered over for Takeshi Hino to score the try.
Nothing was going to stop Diego Magno from scoring as they record the try for Uruguay.
Yu Tamura adds the two points for Japan.
Slick passing by Japan leads to a try for Kosuke Horikoshi.
Yu Tamura adds the two points for Japan.
What an effort there by Tevita Tatafu as they score the try.
The Uruguay supporters go wild as Felipe Etcheverry successfully kicks the penalty goal.
Seiya Ozaki (Japan) is shown a yellow card
Yu Tamura does the business as their penalty goal attempt goes over.
Lucas Bianchi (Uruguay) is shown a yellow card
A series of passes by Japan results in a try for Koga Nezuka