Japan scored six tries to thrash Uruguay 40-0 in Saturday's World Cup warm-up match in Tokyo.

Brave Blossoms fullback Ayumu Goromaru scored one himself and kicked five conversions.

Uruguay were reduced to 14 men early on when scrumhalf Agustin Ormaechea was yellow-carded for an off-the-ball tackle, and Japan crossed the line twice while he was off.

The hosts led 21-0 at half-time, and went on to score another three tries in the second half.

Japan – Tries: Ayumu Goromaru, Kosei Ono, Michael Broadhurst, Kotaro Matsushima, Hendrik Tui, Kenki Fukuoka. Conversions: Goromaru (5).

Japan – 15 Ayumu Goromaru, 14 Kotaro Matsushima, 13 Male Sau, 12 Craig Wing, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Kosei Ono, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Hendrik Tui, 7 Michael Broadhurst, 6 Michael Leitch (c), 5 Hitoshi Ono, 4 Luke Thompson, 3 Kensuke Hateyama, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Masataka Mikami.
Subs: 16 Takayuki Watanabe, 17 Takeshi Kizu, 18 Hiroshi Yamashita, 19 Shinya Makabe, 20 Hayden Hopgood, 21 Atsushi Hiwasa, 22 Harumichi Tatekawa, 23 Karne Hesketh.

Uruguay – 15 Gastón Mieres, 14 Leandro Leivas, 13 Joaquín Prada, 12 Andrés Vilaseca, 11 Santiago Gibernau, 10 Felipe Berchesi, 9 Agustin Ormaechea, 8 Alejandro Nieto, 7 Diego Magno, 6 Juan Gaminara, 5 Jorge Zerbino, 4 Santiago Vilaseca (c), 3 Mario Sagario, 2 Carlos Arboleya, 1 Alejo Corral.
Subs: 16 German Kessler, 17 Oscar Durán, 18 Mateo Sanguinetti, 19 Mathias Palomeque, 20 Matias Beer, 21 Juan de Freitas, 22 Alejo Durán, 23 Alberto Roman.

Photo: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP Photo