Bakkies Botha captained the World XV to a 45-20 win against Japan in Tokyo on Saturday.

Wallabies wing Taqele Naiyaravoro scored a hat-trick for the World XV, with his first coming after a great offload by former Bok No 8 Pierre Spies.

All Blacks scrumhalf Andy Ellis crossed the line twice, with the rest of the team's points coming from the boot of former Wallabies flyhalf Berrick Barnes.

The World XV led 19-7 at the break.

Japan – Tries: Karne Hesketh, penalty try. Conversions: Ayumu Goromaru, Harumichi Tatekawa. Penalties: Goromaru (2).
World XV – Tries: Taqele Naiyaravoro (3), Andy Ellis (2). Conversions: Berrick Barnes (3), Mike Harris. Penalty: Barnes (4).

Japan – 15 Ayumu Goromaru, 14 Karne Hesketh, 13 Kotaro Matsushima, 12 Male Sau, 11 Kenki Fukuoka, 10 Harumichi Tatekawa, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Fumiaki Tanaka, 7 Michael Leitch (c), 6 Hendrik Tui, 5 Justin Ives, 4 Luke Thompson, 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama, 2 Shota Horie, 1 Masataka Mikami.
Subs: 16 Hisateru Hirashima, 17 Takeshi Kizu, 18 Hiroshi Yamashita, 19 Kazuhiko Usami, 20 Hayden Hopgood, 21 Atsushi Hiwasa, 22 Craig Wing, 23 Yoshikazu Fujita.

World XV – 15 James O'Connor, 14 Taqele Naiyaravoro, 13 Ben Tapuai, 12 Christian Lealiifano, 11 Nick Cummins, 10 Berrick Barnes, 9 Andy Ellis, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Liam Gill, 6 Adam Thomson, 5 Bakkies Botha (c), 4 Ali Williams, 3 Carl Hayman, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Benn Robinson.
Subs: 16 Tolu Latu, 17 Ben Alexander, 18 Petrus du Plessis, 19 Luke Jones, 20 Sean McMahon, 21 Luke Burgess, 22 Mike Harris, 23 Dom Shipperley.

Photo: Kaori Matsumoto/Japan Rugby Magazine