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Rugby-Japan team to play Samoa

LONDON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Japan coach Eddie Jones named the following team on Thursday to play Samoa in their Rugby World Cup Pool B match in Milton Keynes on Saturday: 1-Keita Inagaki, 2-Shota Horie, 3-Kensuke Hatakeyama, 4-Luke Thompson, 5-Hitoshi Ono, 6-Michael Leitch (captain), 7-Michael Broadhurst, 8-Ryu Koliniasi Holani, 9-Fumiaki Tanaka, 10-Kosei Ono, 11-Kotaro Matsushima, 12-Harumichi Tatekawa, 13-Male Sau 14-Akihito Yamada, 15-Ayumu Goromaru Replacements: 16-Takeshi Kizu, 17-Masataka Mikami, 18-Hiroshi Yamashita, 19-Justin Ives, 20-Amanaki Mafi, 21-Hendrik Tui, 22-Atsushi Hiwasa, 23-Karne Hesketh (Reporting by Justin Palmer; Editing by David Goodman)