TOKYO :Japan coach Eddie Jones has made six changes to his starting side for the test against Australia on Saturday, including bringing Michael Leitch and Ben Gunter into the back row for the clash with his former team.

Totemic former skipper Leitch will line up at number eight to win his 90th cap, while Gunter starts at blindside flanker with Kanji Shimokawa on the openside.

Gunter is one of four Australian-raised players in the matchday squad along with centre Dylan Riley, lock Jack Cornelsen and replacement outside back Sam Greene.

In other changes from the Brave Blossoms team that lost to Fiji in the Pacific Nations Cup final last month, Yoshitaka Yazaki starts at fullback and Kippei Ishida returns on the right wing.

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