MATCH REPORT: The Springboks were too powerful for Eddie Jones’ Japan at Wembley Stadium as the world champions recorded a 61-7 win on Saturday to open their end-of-year tour.
Rassie Erasmus’ side scored nine tries in the match, with flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and wing Kurt-Lee Arendse both scoring a brace.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu showed his pedigree again with ball in hand on attack, while it was a great debut for prop Zachary Porthen, who was strong in the scrums.
There will be some concerns over Ox Nche ahead of next weekend’s showdown against France in Paris.
The big prop left the field in the 19th minute with what looked like a lower leg injury.
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The scorers:
For South Africa:
Try: Kolisi, Feinberg-Mngomezulu 2, Penalty Try, Louw, Arendse 2, Esterhuizen, Kriel
Cons: Feinberg-Mngomezulu 3, Libbok 4
For Japan:
Try: Yazaki
Con: Seung-sin
Yellow cards: Shuhei Takeuchi (Japan, 35′ – cynical play, collapsing the maul); Ben Gunter (Japan, 43′ – foul play, high tackle)
Teams:
South Africa: 15 Cheslin Kolbe, 14 Ethan Hooker, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Franco Mostert, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Lood de Jager, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Zachary Porthen, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche.
Replacements: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Ruan Nortje, 20 Andre Esterhuizen, 21 Kwagga Smith, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Manie Libbok.
Japan: 15 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 14 Kippei Ishida, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Charlie Lawrence, 11 Tomoki Osada, 10 Lee Seung-sin, 9 Shinobu Fujiwara, 8 Michael Leitch, 7 Kanji Shimokawa, 6 Ben Gunter, 5 Warner Dearns, 4 Jack Cornelsen, 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Kenji Sato, 1 Kenta Kobayashi.
Replacements: 16 Shodai Hirao, 17 Ryosuke Iwaihara, 18 Keijiro Tamefusa, 19 Tyler Paul, 20 Faulua Makisi, 21 Kenta Fukuda, 22 Sam Greene, 23 Tiennan Costley.
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Ben O’Keefe (New Zealand), Adam Leal (England)
TMO: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
AloJapan.com