Japan, Wales
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Japan vs. Wales is available to live stream for free on BBC iPlayer.
In a streak of lows, last week’s 24-19 defeat to Eddie Jones’ Japan is surely the lowest, despite strong competition from this year’s 68-14 pummelling by England, defeats to Italy, Fiji, and let’s not forget the 29-17 World Cup quarter final defeat to Argentina that kicked off this miserable run.
Wales players will face more intense conditions on Saturday when the roof of Noevir Stadium in Kobe will be shut.
Wales led the Brave Blossoms 19-7 at one stage last week, but too much went wrong for them to make them worth backing at odds-on in Kobe and they have been dealt a couple of extra blows on top.