Noves ‘ job in danger as Ishihara grabs draw for Japan

By GEORGE LAWRENCE
France……………23 Japan ……………23
SHINTARO Ishihara crossed with five minutes remaining to earn Japan a famous draw in Paris. It brings to an end a shambolic autumn for France, leaving head coach Guy Noves fighting for his job after embarrassing 38-18 and 18-17 defeats to New Zealand and South Africa respectively.
In their first game of the autumn, Jamie Joseph ‘s Japan opened the scoring with a penalty from Yu Tamura after five minutes. Francois Trinh-Duc levelled matters ten minutes late...

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