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
World Rugby Pacific Challenge
See also
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