Leitch among 13 Rugby World Cup veterans to start against Sunwolves

Flanker Michael Leitch on Thursday was named to captain Japan's first national team since the Brave Blossoms exited the 2019 Rugby World Cup in a quarterfinal loss to eventual world champions South Africa.National team head coach Jamie Joseph named 13 veterans of Japan's World Cup team to start Saturday's game against the Sunwolves, Japan's defunct Super Rugby entry, at Shizuoka's Ecopa Stadium, the site of Japan's historic 2019 pool stage victory over Ireland. The two non-World Cup members in the starting squad are flanker Naoki Ozawa and Japan debutant Gerhard van den Heever.The Sunwolve…READ FULL ARTICLE