Rugby team
Junior Japan is a national representative rugby union team of the Japan rugby union. It is a second-tier side to the Japan national rugby union team. Junior Japan competes in the World Rugby Pacific Challenge against teams such as Samoa A, Fiji Warriors, and Argentina's Pampas XV.[1]
The Junior Japan squad was formed in 2012 from players just outside the main Japanese national squad. In the first year, the team played a match in Tokyo against the Tongan national side, before joining the Pacific Rugby Cup in 2013.[2]
Current Squad
Naoya Okubu named a 33 man squad for the World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2024.[3]
Record
Season standings
Pacific Rugby Cup
Year | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | TB | LB | Pts | Final | Notes |
2013 | 3rd | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 140 | 361 | -221 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | |
2014 | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 241 | -210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | Finished 4th in Pool A |
World Rugby Pacific Challenge
Year | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | TB | LB | Pts | Final | Notes |
2015 | 6th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 212 | -171 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | Finished 3rd in Pool A |
2016 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 94 | -36 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | Lost to Tonga A in the 3rd place play off. |
2017 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 92 | 103 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 10 | – | |
2018 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 77 | 77 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | – | |
2019 | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 97 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | – | |
2020 | 1st | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 143 | 25 | +118 | 2 | 0 | 14 | – | |
2023 | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 133 | - 33 | 2 | 0 | 6 | – | |
See also
- Japan portal
- Sports portal
References
- ^ "Junior Japan join expanded PRC in 2013". ARFU. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ "Junior Japan Sugadaira Camp". Rugby in Japan Newsletter Volume 9, No.30. 14 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ Hinato (29 March 2024). "Le groupe Japan XV pour le World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2024". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2024.
External links
- 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup News on oceaniarugby.com
Japan national rugby union team
- Japan Rugby Football Union
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