Wallabies outlast brave Japan in tour opener

Australia have opened their four-match spring tour with a scratchy 32-23 victory over Japan in Oita yesterday. The Wallabies overcame some stubborn resistance from the truly Brave Blossoms and while they never really looking like losing, the Wallabies struggled the shake off international rugby’s biggest improvers, and had to hold on in the tense closing minutes, as Japan narrowed the deficit to just four points. Aussie hooker Connal McInerney crashed over in the dying stages to seal it.