South Africa 61-7 Japan
Date:
Venue: Wembley Stadium, London
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)
Attendance: 23,243
South Africa v Japan Match Reports
The Springboks scored nine tries as they opened their autumn tour with a dominant 61-7 win over Japan at Wembley. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu starred with two tries and 16 points overall, while Kurt-Lee Arendse added a second-half brace in a one-sided contest. A selection of match reports is listed below:
South Africa v Japan - Match Highlights
South Africa v Japan - Match Stats
South Africa (26) 61
Try: Kolisi (4'), Feinberg-Mngomezulu (13', 18'), Penalty (36'), Louw (47'), Arendse (58', 67'), Esterhuizen (63'), Kriel (79')
Conversion: Feinberg-Mngomezulu (5', 14', 48'), Libbok (59', 64', 68', 80')
Japan (0) 7
Try: Yazaki (52')
Conversion: Seung-sin (53')
Man of the match: Kurt-Lee Arendse (South Africa)
South Africa v Japan - Team Line-ups
South Africa Team
Forwards
- 1 Ox Nche
- 2 Malcolm Marx
- 3 Zachary Porthen
- 4 RG Snyman
- 5 Lood de Jager
- 6 Siya Kolisi (Captain)
- 7 Franco Mostert
- 8 Jasper Wiese
Backs
- 9 Cobus Reinach
- 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
- 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse
- 12 Damian de Allende
- 13 Jesse Kriel
- 14 Ethan Hooker
- 15 Cheslin Kolbe
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 Team
Forwards
- 1 Kenta Kobayashi
- 2 Kenji Sato
- 3 Shuhei Takeuchi
- 4 Jack Cornelsen
- 5 Warner Dearns (Captain)
- 6 Ben Gunter
- 7 Kanji Shimokawa
- 8 Michael Leitch
Backs
- 9 Shinobu Fujiwara
- 10 Lee Seung-sin
- 11 Tomoki Osada
- 12 Charlie Lawrence
- 13 Dylan Riley
- 14 Kippei Ishida
- 15 Yoshitaka Yazaki
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