Japan's New Zealand coach John Kirwan has made two changes to his side for their final World Cup Pool B clash against Canada here on Tuesday.

Flanker Philip O'Reilly comes back into the side in place of Yasunori Watanabe, who injured a bicep against Wales on Thursday, while winger Go Aruba comes in for Hirotoki Onozawa, who drops to the bench.

Centre and kicker Shotaro Onishi has been included despite hurting his ribs against Wales, although he faces another fitness test on Monday before he can be cleared to play.

Canada coach Ric Suggitt changed his entire back row with flankers Colin Yukes and Adam Kleeberger joining number eight Aaron Carpenter as new editions to the team.

The bench also has four changes from the 22 that lost to Fiji last week with Scott Franklin, Mike Webb, Josh Jackson and Justin Mensah-Coker coming in.

Teams (15-1):

Canada

Mike Pyke; DTH Van der Merwe, Craig Culpan, David Spicer, James Pritchard; Ryan Smith, Morgan Williams (capt); Aaron Carpenter, Adam Kleeberger, Colin Yukes; Mike James, Mike Burak; Jon Thiel, Pat Riordan, Rod Snow

Substitutes: Mike Pletch, Dan Pletch, Scott Franklin, Josh Jackson, Mike Webb, Ed Fairhurst, Justin Mensah-Coker

Japan

Go Aruga; Kosuke Endo, Yuta Imamura, Shotaro Onishi, Christian Loamanu; Bryce Robins, Tomoki Yoshida; Takuro Miuchi (capt), Philip O'Reilly, Hare Makiri; Luke Thompson, Hitoshi Ono; Tomokazu Soma, Yuji Matsubara, Tatsukishi Nishiura.

Replacements: Taku Inokuchi, Ryo Yamamura, Luatangi Samurai Vatuvei, Hajime Kiso, Kim Chulwon, Koji Taira, Hirotoki Onozawa

Referee: Joel Jutge (FRA)

AFP