Rugby: JRFU confirms Japan test against Australia on Oct. 23

Jamie Joseph's Japan men's national rugby team and Dave Rennie's Australia side will clash in their first test match since 2017 next month, the Japan Rugby Football Union said Friday.The Brave Blossoms, ranked 10th in the world, will seek to overturn their 0-5 head-to-head record against the fifth-ranked Wallabies when the two sides meet on Oct. 23 at Showa Denko Dome in Oita Prefecture, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu.It will be the first Japan-Australia test since November 2017, when Australia romped to a 63-30 win in Yokohama."As a team, we're very much aware of the significanc…READ FULL ARTICLE