Scotland 29-20 Japan
Date:
Venue: BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh
Referee: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
Attendance: 67,144
Scotland v Japan Match Reports
Scotland beat Japan 29-20 at BT Murrayfield in their final autumn international of the year. Stuart Hogg's first-half try saw him become his country's leading try-scorer on 25. The home side were made to work hard for their victory, with the Brave Blossoms enjoying several dangerous spells of possession. Scotland, though, had the firepower to see off the Japanese threat, scoring four well-worked tries in front of a capacity crowd. A selection of match reports is listed below:
- Autumn Internationals: Stuart Hogg becomes Scotland's leading try-scorer in win over Japan
- BBC: Stuart Hogg breaks try record in narrow win
- Guardian: Stuart Hogg sets try record as misfiring Scotland end with win over Japan
- Daily Mail: Gregor Townsend's side round off their Autumn internationals with a hard-fought win as Stuart Hogg becomes the country's record try-scorer
- Sky Sports: Stuart Hogg becomes Scotland's leading try scorer in win over Japan
- ESPN: Stuart Hogg leads Scotland to victory over Japan
- Scotsman: Stuart Hogg makes history but Scots have to work hard for Autumn Nations Series win
Scotland v Japan - Match Highlights
Scotland v Japan - Match Stats
Scotland: (19) 29
Try: van der Merwe (6'), Hogg (28'), Graham (40'), McInally (55')
Conversion: Russell (29', 41', 56')
Penalty: Russell (79')
Japan: (6) 20
Try: Tatafu (64')
Penalty: Matsuda (11', 26', 43', 47', 72')
Man of the match: Chris Harris (Scotland)
Scotland v Japan - Team Line-ups
Scotland Team
Forwards
- 1 Jamie Bhatti
- 2 George Turner
- 3 Zander Fagerson
- 4 Scott Cummings
- 5 Grant Gilchrist
- 6 Jamie Ritchie
- 7 Hamish Watson
- 8 Josh Bayliss
Backs
- 9 Ali Price
- 10 Finn Russell
- 11 Duhan van der Merwe
- 12 Sam Johnson
- 13 Chris Harris
- 14 Darcy Graham
- 15 Stuart Hogg (Captain)
Replacements
- 16 Stuart McInally
- 17 Pierre Schoeman
- 18 Javan Sebastian
- 19 Sam Skinner
- 20 Dylan Richardson
- 21 Matt Fagerson
- 22 George Horne
- 23 Blair Kinghorn
Japan Team
Forwards
- 1 Craig Millar
- 2 Atsushi Sakate
- 3 Asaeli Ai Valu
- 4 Jack Cornelsen
- 5 James Moore
- 6 Michael Leitch
- 7 Lappies Labuschagne (Captain)
- 8 Kazuki Himeno
Backs
- 9 Yutaka Nagare
- 10 Rikiya Matsuda
- 11 Siosaia Fifita
- 12 Ryoto Nakamura
- 13 Shogo Nakano
- 14 Kotaro Matsushima
- 15 Ryohei Yamanaka
Replacements
- 16 Kosuke Horikoshi
- 17 Keita Inagaki
- 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga
- 19 Ben Gunter
- 20 Tevita Tatafu
- 21 Naoto Saito
- 22 Yu Tamura
- 23 Dylan Riley