TOKYO - Veteran forward Michael Leitch, Toulouse scrumhalf Naoto Saito and Japan Rugby League One rookie of the year Shunsuke Uenobo were among 35 players named Wednesday by head coach Eddie Jones in the Brave Blossoms' training squad for the slate of test matches starting next month.
The 66-year-old coach began his press conference in Tokyo by reading an apology for his "verbal abuse" of local match officials during the Japan under-23 side's April tour of Australia that led to the Japan Rugby Football Union slapping him with a suspension and pay cut.
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