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Australia v Japan: Nations Championship rugby union international – live

Updates from second Test between the Wallabies and Brave Blossoms Kick off time in Townsville is 3pm AEST/2pm JST/6am BST Any thoughts? Get in touch on email Hello everybody and welcome to live coverage of Australia v…

Updates from second Test between the Wallabies and Brave Blossoms Kick off time in Townsville is 3pm AEST/2pm JST/6am BST Any thoughts? Get in touch on email Hello everybody and welcome.

Updates from second Test between the Wallabies and Brave Blossoms
Kick off time in Townsville is 3pm AEST/2pm JST/6am BST
Any thoughts? Get in touch on email

Hello everybody and welcome to live coverage of Australia v Japan in the second and final Test of this bilateral series. Kick-off at Queensland Country Bank Stadium in Townsville is scheduled for 3.15pm.

The Wallabies snuck home in the series opener last Saturday to kick off the Les Kiss era with a morale boosting win. But in a highly entertaining contest it was 21-year-old flyhalf Ryunosuke Ito who stole the show, leading the Brave Blossoms around the field with boundless creativity.

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