The All Blacks will kick off their five-Test Northern Tour with a clash against Japan, competing for the Lipovitan-D Challenge Cup in Yokohama.
The All Blacks will face Japan at Yokohama’s Nissan Stadium, a 72,000-capacity venue and a key location during the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
- Event: Japan vs NZ All Blacks Rugby
- Date: Saturday 26 October 2024
- Venue: International Stadium Yokohama, Japan
- Time: 6:50pm NZT | 2:50pm JST
- Last time: All Blacks 38, Japan 31, 29 October 2022, National Stadium, Tokyo
- Japan vs All Blacks Live Stream: WATCH NOW
Japan vs All Blacks Team News:
All Blacks (Caps in brackets)
1. Tamaiti Williams (14) 2. Asafo Aumua (15) 3. Pasilio Tosi (3) 4. Sam Darry (5) 5. Patrick Tuipulotu (46) (Captain) 6. Samipeni Finau (4) 7. Sam Cane (100) (Vice-Captain) 8. Wallace Sititi (5) 9. Cam Roigard (5) 10. Damian McKenzie (56) 11. Mark Tele’a (15) 12. Anton Lienert-Brown (79) (Vice-Captain) 13. Billy Proctor (1) 14. Sevu Reece (30) 15. Stephen Perofeta (5)
Substitutes: 16. George Bell (1) 17. Ofa Tu’ungafasi (63) 18. Fletcher Newell (20) 19. Josh Lord (6) 20. Peter Lakai* 21. TJ Perenara (87) 22. David Havili (28) 23. Ruben Love*
Japan
1.Takato Okabe, 2. Atsushi Sakate, 3. Shuhei Takeuchi, 4. Sanaila Waqa, 5. Warner Dearns, 6. Amato Fakatava, 7. Kazuki Himeno, 8. Faulua Makisi, 9. Shinobu Fujiwara, 10. Harumichi Tatekawa (captain), 11. Malo Tuitama, 12. Nicholas McCurran, 13. Dylan Riley, 14. Jone Naikabula, 15. Yoshitaka Yazaki.
Substitutes: 16. Mamoru Harada, 17. Takayoshi Mohara, 18. Opeti Helu, 19. Epenari Uluiviti, 20. Kanji Shimokawa, 21. Taiki Koyama, 22. Tomoki Osada, 23. Takuro Matsunaga.
