Rugby-'Big-game player' Yamada back for Japan against England


  • Rugby
  • Friday, 16 Nov 2018

Rugby Union - Sunwolves v Force - Super Rugby - Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo, Japan - 07/05/16. Sunwolves' Akihito Yamada scores try against Force. REUTERS/Issei Kato

LONDON (Reuters) - Experienced winger Akihito Yamada returns to the Japan team to face England at Twickenham on Saturday as one of eight changes from the side beaten by New Zealand two weeks ago.

The 33-year-old Yamada, one of the survivors of the 2015 World Cup upset win over South Africa, missed the 69-31 defeat by the All Blacks but comes back on the right wing, with Kenki Fukuoka on the left.

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