TOKYO -New Zealand kicked off their end-of-year tour with a 38-31 victory over Japan on Saturday but the makeshift All Blacks side were given a mighty scare in front of a crowd of more than 60,000 at Tokyo's National Stadium.
All Blacks number eight Hoskins Sotutu barged his way across the line on the hour mark and that proved enough of a cushion even after Retallick was shown a red card in his 99th test for his clearout on Himeno. Dylan Riley had a hand in both of Japan's first-half tries, his chip resulting in flyhalf Takuya Yamasawa's score and an outrageous offload out of the tackle sending scrumhalf Yutaka Nagare in on the stroke of halftime.
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