Rugby: Japan to play World XV in Oct. in Fukuoka

Japan will take on a World XV on Oct. 28 as part of their preparations for the November test window, the Japan Rugby Football Union announced Wednesday.The game, at Fukuoka's Level 5 Stadium, comes a week before the Brave Blossoms play Australia in Yokohama, and head coach Jamie Joseph said it was the ideal warm-up game."I'm really excited about the World XV game," said Joseph, who is currently in camp with his team in Fukuoka ahead of Saturday's test with Romania. "It's obviously a big match. We play it one week before we play the Wallabies and as we know from the past the World XV always …READ FULL ARTICLE