The Wallabies scored five unanswered tries in the first half to put the game beyond Japan’s reach before crossing for four more after the break. “We’re really happy with probably about 60 minutes of our game, some players had really good games,” said Australia captain Michael Hooper. Replacement back Yu Tamura converted two of Japan’s tries in the second half. “Japan put 30 points on us, we’ve got to be better than that but congratulations to them. The last time the two sides met in a Test was at the 2007 World Cup, when Australia prevailed 91-3 over Japan in Lyon.

Source: The Guardian November 04, 2017 07:52 UTC