Japan 20-36 Ireland: Much-changed Irish hold off Brave Blossom to win Nations Championship

Japan: Takuro Matsunaga; Kazuma Ueda, Dylan Riley, Yuya Heroes, Taira Men; Ryunsuke Ito, Naoto Saito; Takato Okabe, Mamoru Harada, Shuhei Takeuchi, Harry Hawkings, Warner Dierns (captain), Ben Gunter, Kanji Shimokawa, Jack Cornelsen.

Replacement: Hayate Era, Sojiro Otuska, Kejiro Tamefusa, Michael Stolberg, Michael Leitch, Tianan Costley, Itsuki Kamimura, Sam Green.

Sin-bin: Age (78)

Ireland: Jamie Osborne; Jimmy O’Brien, Robbie Henshaw, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale; Ciaran Frawley, Craig Casey; Tom O’Toole, Ronan Kelleher, Thomas Clarkson, Tadhg Beirne (capt), James Ryan, Jack Conan, Nick Timoney, Sean Jansen.

Replacement: Tom Stewart, Billy Bohan, Sam Ilo, Cormac Izuchukwu, Brian Ward, Nathan Doak, Harry Byrne, Bundy Aki.

Referee: Andrea Peardi (ETA)