Ireland: Flood; Parsons, McGann, Higgins, Elmes Kinlan; O’Brien, Reilly; O’Dowd, Jones, Cahill; Wall, Tuite-O’Sullivan; Hogan, King (capt), Adams Verling.
Replacements: Buttimer, McGrath, Djougang, Clohessy, Moore, Lane, Dalton, Gallagher.
Japan: Nishi; S Nishimura, Kataoka, Furuta, Imakugi; Harada, Tsukui (capt); Komaki, Nagaoka, Kitano; Kawamura, Sato; Asari, Korai, Nduka.
Replacements: Nagata, Yoshida, Fuji, Yoshimura, M Nishimura, Seo, Yamamoto, Havili Kagawa.