Wales breeze past drained Japan

By BEN JAYCOCK

On the attack: Wales winger Nel Metcalfe

Wales ............... 19
Japan .............. 10
WALES survived the threat of relegation to WXV 3 by running out comfortable winners over a demoted Japan. Nel Metcalfe, Keira Bevan and Jasmine Joyce ran in the tries for Wales as Japan looked a shadow of the side seen in the previous two rounds.
But they finished with a flurry, with Misaki Matsumura and Ayasa Otsuka scoring late tries.
Wales head coach Ioan Cunningham said: “We’re delighted to get the win. Japan are a great side who are well coached but Iȁ...

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