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(Reuters) - Factbox on Saturday's international test between Japan and Australia:
When: Oct. 23, 1.45 p.m. (0445 GMT)
Where: Oita Stadium, Oita Prefecture (capacity: 40,000)
Referee: Paul Williams (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Takehito Namekawa (Japan), Shuhei Kubo (Japan) TMO: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)
JAPAN
World ranking: 10
Coach: Jamie Joseph
Captain: Pieter Labuschagne
Team: 15-Semisi Masirewa, 14-Lomano Lemeki, 13-Timothy Lafaele, 12-Ryoto Nakamura, 11-Siosaia Fifita, 10-Rikiya Matsuda, 9-Yutaka Nagare, 8-Kazuki Himeno, 7-Pieter Labuschagne, 6-Ben Gunter, 5-James Moore, 4-Jack Cornelsen, 3-Koo Ji-won, 2-Atsushi Sakate, 1-Keita Inagaki
Replacements: 16-Yusuke Niwai, 17-Craig Millar, 18-Asaeli Ai Valu, 19-Michael Leitch, 20-Tevita Tatafu, 21-Naoto Saito, 22-Yu Tamura, 23-Dylan Riley.
AUSTRALIA
World ranking: 3
Coach: Dave Rennie
Captain: Michael Hooper
Team: 15-Reece Hodge, 14-Tom Wright, 13-Len Ikitau, 12-Hunter Paisami, 11-Andrew Kellaway, 10-Quade Cooper, 9-Nic White, 8-Rob Valetini, 7-Michael Hooper, 6-Rob Leota, 5-Matt Philip, 4-Izack Rodda, 3-Taniela Tupou, 2-Folau Fainga'a, 1-James Slipper
Replacements: 16-Connal McInerney, 17-Angus Bell, 18-Allan Alaalatoa, 19-Darcy Swain, 20-Pete Samu, 21-Tate McDermott, 22-James O'Connor, 23-Jordan Petaia.
OVERALL RECORD
Played: 5
Australia wins: 5
Japan wins: 0
PREVIOUS MEETINGS
2017 Japan 30-63 Australia Yokohama
2007 Australia 91-3 Japan Lyon
1987 Australia 42-23 Japan Sydney
1975 Australia 50-25 Japan Brisbane
1975 Australia 37-7 Japan Sydney
(Compiled by Manasi Pathak in Bengaluru)
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