Australia had a minor scare late within the sport however held on to launch their end-of-season tour with a 32-23 victory over Japan in Oita on Saturday and prolong their successful streak to 5 Tests.
Wingers Tom Wright and Jordan Petaia crossed for tries within the first half, whereas forwards Taniela Tupou, Rob Leota and Connal McInerney added scores after the break to keep up Australia’s 100 report report in six Tests in opposition to Japan.
Japan, who scored tries by way of Lomano Lemeki and Ryoto Nakamura, drew inside 4 factors of the lead at 27-23 with 5 minutes remaining however debutant hooker McInerney touched down off the again of rolling maul to snuff out house hopes of an upset.
“It was a really competitive game,” mentioned Australia captain Michael Hooper. “They tested us in a lot of areas and it was a really close game in the end,” he mentioned. “They’ve just been improving every year.”
Although removed from an ideal efficiency, the Wallabies might be happy to have prolonged their successful streak after back-to-back victories over each world champions South Africa and Argentina to conclude the Rugby Championship.
Outhalf Quade Cooper had a combined match, sending Wright by way of to open the scoring within the seventh minute with a neat inside go but in addition lofting up the go that allowed Japan centre Ryoto Nakamura an intercept strive within the second half.
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