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Junior Japan

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

World Rugby Pacific Challenge

See also

References

  1. ^ "Junior Japan join expanded PRC in 2013". ARFU. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Hinato (29 March 2024). "Le groupe Japan XV pour le World Rugby Pacific Challenge 2024". Asierugby (in French). Retrieved 2 April 2024.

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