Japan team to face the Lions contains 10 World Cup quarter-final starters
There are plenty of familiar faces from the 2019 World Cup in the Japan team that will face the Lions this Saturday in Edinburgh.
Liam Heagney
24 Jun 2021, 10:53
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Japanese stalwart on track for fourth World Cup
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