Teddy Thomas offloads on the counter attacking to Penaud who runs in the try that gets disallowed for forward pass.

Macalou slaps the kick off back but the ball is knocked on. Japan put a box kick and France attack from deep

Tatekawa does a hard line from the scrum. Ref gives a penalty for offside by Chavancy. Tamura is kicking for the posts.

Japan 5 meter attacking scrum.

Japan go long on the line out to Kazuki. Massive tackle from Macalou.Spedding under serious pressure from a poor pass from Teddy Thomas.

Francois Trinh-Duc clears his line to the 10 meter from kick off.

Welcome to the Ultimate Rugby coverage of France vs Japans part of the Autumn Internationals. France have lost their last 3 matches, but only to teams in the top 5, and France are currently 8th in the world rankings. Japan have won 1 from their last 3 matches but also had 2 heavy defeats, Japan are currently ranked 11th in the world. Kick off is in 5 minutes, stay tuned for updates.

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