Scotland v Japan Match Reports
Scotland put six tries past Japan as they ran out comfortable 42-17 winners in their opening Autumn International Test match at Murrayfield. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- BBC: Scotland 42-17 Japan
- Guardian: Scotland see off Japan with Seymour and Swinson offering hope for future
- Telegraph: Scotland 42 Japan 17: match report
- Daily Mail: Seymour dives over twice as hosts enjoy easy win
- Sky Sports: Scotland beat Japan at Murrayfield with second half surge
- ESPN: Scotland hit Brave Blossoms for six
- Scotsman: Scots ease past Japan
- Sydney Morning Herald: Scots survive scares to beat Japan
Scotland v Japan - All the tries from Scotland's 42-17 win over Japan
Scotland v Japan Match Statistics
SCOTLAND (11) 42
Tries: Seymour 2, Laidlaw, Dickinson, Weir, Lamont
Conversions: Laidlaw 2, Weir
Penalties: Laidlaw 2
JAPAN (3) 17
Tries: Fukuoka 2
Conversions: Goromaru 2
Penalties: Goromaru
Man of the Match: Tim Swinson (Scotland)
Scotland v Japan Team Line-ups
Scotland Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1. Ryan Grant
- 2. Ross Ford
- 3. Euan Murray
- 4. Tim Swinson
- 5. Alastair Kellock
- 6. Alasdair Strokosch
- 7. Kelly Brown (Captain)
- 8. David Denton
Backs
- 9. Greig Laidlaw
- 10. Ruaridh Jackson
- 11. Sean Lamont
- 12. Matt Scott
- 13. Nick De Luca
- 14. Tommy Seymour
- 15. Sean Maitland
Replacements
- 16. Pat MacArthur
- 17. Alasdair Dickinson
- 18. Geoff Cross
- 19. Richie Gray
- 20. John Barclay
- 21. Henry Pyrgos
- 22. Duncan Weir
- 23. Duncan Taylor
Japan Team Line-up
Forwards
- 1. Masataka Mikami
- 2. Shota Horie
- 3. Kensuke Hatakeyama
- 4. Luke Thompson
- 5. Shinya Makabe
- 6. Hendrik Tui
- 7. Michael Broadhurst
- 8. Ryu Koliniasi Holani
Backs
- 9. Fumiaki Tanaka
- 10. Kosei Ono
- 11. Kenki Fukuoka
- 12. Craig Wing
- 13. Male Sau
- 14. Toshiaki Hirose (Captain)
- 15. Ayumu Goromaru
Replacements
- 16. Yusuke Aoki
- 17. Yusuke Nagae
- 18. Hiroshi Yamashita
- 19. Hitoshi Ono
- 20. Takashi Kikutani
- 21. Atsushi Hiwasa
- 22. Yu Tamura
- 23. Yoshikazu Fujita