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Japan and the South African Springboks did battle in the Rugby World Cup at

The Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton at 17:45 SA Time (16:45 BST, 15:45 GMT).

This was the live match discussion Article.

The match was broadcast LIVE on SuperSport 1 on TV in SA.

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Scorers:

Japan:

  • Penalties – Ayumu Goromaru (5)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – Michael Leitch (1), Ayumu Goromaru (1), Karne Hesketh (1)
  • Conversions – Ayumu Goromaru (2)

Springboks:

  • Penalties – Pat Lambie (1), Handré Pollard (1)
  • Drop Goals – 0
  • Tries – Francois Louw (1), Bismarck du Plessis (1), Lood de Jager (1), Adriaan Strauss (1)
  • Conversions – Pat Lambie (2), Handré Pollard (1)

Teams:

Japan
South African Springboks
19 September at 17:45 SA Time
  • Team: 15 Ayumu Goromaru, 14 Akihito Yamada, 13 Male Sa’u, 12 Craig Wing, 11 Kotaro Matsushima, 10 Kosei Ono, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Hendrik Tui, 7 Michael Broadhurst, 6 Michael Leitch (Captain), 5 Hitoshi Ono, 4 Luke Thompson, 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Masataka Mikami
  • Replacements: 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Keita Inagaki, 18 Hiroshi Yamashita, 19 Shinya Makabe, 20 Amanaki Mafi, 21 Atsushi Hiwasa, 22 Harumichi Tatekawa, 23 Karne Hesketh
  • Team: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Bryan Habana, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Jean de Villiers (Captain), 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Pat Lambie, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Schalk Burger, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira
  • Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 Siya Kolisi, 21 Fourie du Preez, 22 Handré Pollard, 23 JP Pietersen

 

Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant referees: JP Doyle (England), Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)

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