Romania and Japan will hope to forget the memories of last week's thumping defeats in Britan when they meet in Bucharest this Saturday.
"We have to improve our defensive lines and play offensively against Japan," Romania captain Alin Petrache said, after their 66-7 defeat to Wales last Friday night. "I'm convinced that Romania will show its best against Japan."
"Hooker Razvan Mavrodin will replace Bogdan Zebega, who will be on the bench," said Robert Antonin. Teenage scrumhalf Valentin Calafeteanu and winger Bogdan Voicu will also face the Japanese.
Japan make changes from the side crushed 108-0 by Scotland. "Romania are a strong team but we'll try to lift ourselves to their level," Japan manager Noboru Mashimo said. "Our line-up is the best of the moment." Centre Masatoshi Mukoyama replaces Yukio Motoki and winger Hiroki Mizuno comes in for Hayato Daimon.
Teams: Romania: 15-Valentin Maftei, 14-Bogdan Voicu, 13-Cristian Sauan, 12-Romeon Gontineac, 11-Ioan Teodorescu, 10-Ionut Tofan, 9-Valentin Calafeteanu, 8-Alin Petrache (captain), 7-Marian Tudori, 6-Costica Mersoiu, 5-Cristian Petre, 4-Cornel Tatu, 3-Marcel Socaciu, 2-Razvan Mavrodin, 1-Petru Balan. Substitutes: 16-Petrisor Toderasc, 17-Bogdan Zebega, 18-Cezar Popescu, 19-George Oprisor, 20-Iulian Andrei, 21-Ionut Dimofte, 22-Danut Dumbrava.
Japan: 15-Ryohei Miki, 14-Koichiro Kubota, 13-Seiichi Shimomura, 12-Masatoshi Mukoyama, 11-Hiroki Mizuno, 10-Hideyuki Yoshida, 9-Kiyonori Tanaka, 8-Takuro Miuchi (captain), 7-Takatoyo Yamaguchi, 6-Naoya Okubo, 5-Hajime Kiso, 4-Takanori Kumagai, 3-Ryo Yamamura, 2-Takashi Yamaoka, 1-Masahito Yamamoto
Substitutes: 16-Mitsugu Yamamoto, 17-Yuichi Hisadomi, 18-Hitoshi Ono, 19-Feletliki Mau, 20-Wataru Ikeda, 21-Yukio Motoki, 22-Hayato Daimon.