Japan wary of Samoa backlash in key World Cup game

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"We will be hoping to target the bonus point," said winger Kotaro Matsushima, mindful that Scotland loom in their final group fixture.Samoa began with a comfortable 34-9 win over Russia but were hammered 34-0 by Scotland in their next game.

Talismanic leader Michael Leitch returns to Japan's back row after being dropped to the bench against Ireland. Pieter Labuschagne retains the captaincy after an impressive first outing as skipper but Joseph insisted Leitch was still the leader in the dressing room."But the first reason why we put Michael on the bench last week is we really focused on him getting his rugby right -- and it worked particularly well."

 

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