Japan make 5 changes to face Samoa in Rugby World Cup

Japan make 5 changes to face Samoa in Rugby World Cup

Japan head coach Eddie Jones (R) attends a press conference with team captain Michael Leitch in a suburb of Warwick, England, on Oct. 1, 2015, to release the squad's starting lineup in the Rugby World Cup Pool B match against Samoa on Oct. 3. "It's our most important game of the World Cup and we've managed to pick our strongest team," Jones said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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