Junior Japan
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| Union | Japan Rugby Football Union | ||
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| Emblem(s) | the Sakura | ||
| Founded | 2012 | ||
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Junior Japan is a national representative rugby union team of the Japan rugby union. It is the 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]
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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]
International matches
Matches against national teams or national 'A" teams up to and including 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup:
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15-06-2012 Junior Japan 24–45 Tonga Chichibu, Tokyo.[3] 18-03-2014 Junior Japan 13–99 Fiji Warriors Bond University, Gold Coast
Record
Season standings
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Year Pos Pld W D L F A +/- TB LB Pts Final Notes 2014 4th 3 0 0 3 26 241 -210 0 0 0 — Finished 4th in Pool A 2013 3rd 6 0 0 6 140 361 -221 3 0 3 —
References
External links
- 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup News on oceaniarugby.com
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