Japan coach Jamie Joseph opted Thursday to start Michael Leitch but keep Pieter Labuschagne as game captain for the Rugby World Cup Pool A game against Samoa at the weekend.Joseph named a side for Saturday's game at City of Toyota Stadium that shows three changes and one positional switch from the team that beat Ireland last weekend.Leitch starts at blindside flanker with Kazuki Himeno moving to No. 8 to replace Amanaki Lelei Mafi, Wimpie van der Walt comes in at lock for Luke Thompson, while Atsushi Sakate starts at hooker with Shota Horie on the bench.The backs remain unchanged with last …READ FULL ARTICLE