Watch: Kotaro Matsushima's brilliant hat-trick

Japan recovered from a rough start on Friday to begin their home Rugby World Cup campaign with victory over Russia in Tokyo.

 

 

Kotaro Matsushima scored a superb hat-trick as hosts Japan overcame a brief first-half scare to beat Russia 30-10 in the Rugby World Cup opener.

The home side made a sloppy start and consequently trailed to 20th-ranked Russia and Kirill Golosnitskiy's converted try for much of the opening period in Tokyo.