2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan

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2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan
Coach(es) Vern Cotter
Tour captain(s) TBA
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Tour chronology
Previous tour Americas & South Africa 2014
Next tour TBA

In June 2016, the Scotland rugby union team will tour Japan, their first tour of the Eastern Asian country since 1989. Scotland go into the tour on the back of two victories and a fourth place finish in the 2016 Six Nations Championship. While Japan enter the series following an eleventh consecutive Asia Rugby Championship title, and a test match against Canada. With the Brave Blossoms new head coach Jamie Joseph not taking over until August 2016, the Sunwolves head coach Mark Hammett will act as caretaker coach for the two-test series.

Fixtures

Date and time Venue Home Score Away
18 June 2016, 19:20 JST (UTC+09) Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi Japan  –  Scotland
25 June 2016, 19:20 JST (UTC+09) Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo Japan  –  Scotland

Squads

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 18 June, the first test match of the tour.

Japan

On 30 May, caretaker coach Mark Hammett named a 33-man squad for Japan's June tests against Canada and Scotland.[1]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
Shota Horie Hooker (1986-01-21)21 January 1986 (aged 30) 42 Japan Sunwolves
Takeshi Kizu Hooker (1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 27) 41 Japan Sunwolves
Futoshi Mori Hooker (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 28) 2 Japan Sunwolves
Kensuke Hatakeyama Prop (1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 30) 72 England Newcastle Falcons
Keita Inagaki Prop (1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 26) 10 Japan Sunwolves
Shinnosuke Kakinaga Prop (1991-12-19)19 December 1991 (aged 24) 6 Japan Sunwolves
Masataka Mikami Prop (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 28) 32 Japan Sunwolves
Naohiro Kotaki Lock (1992-06-13)13 June 1992 (aged 24) 4 Japan Toshiba Brave Lupus
Hitoshi Ono Lock (1978-05-06)6 May 1978 (aged 38) 96 Japan Sunwolves
Kazuhiko Usami Lock (1992-03-17)17 March 1992 (aged 24) 8 Japan Sunwolves
Kotaro Yatabe Lock (1986-07-29)29 July 1986 (aged 29) 4 Japan Panasonic Wild Knights
Taiyo Ando Flanker (1987-08-22)22 August 1987 (aged 28) 1 Japan Sunwolves
Yoshiya Hosoda Flanker (1987-08-05)5 August 1987 (aged 28) 0 Japan Sunwolves
Hendrik Tui Flanker (1987-12-13)13 December 1987 (aged 28) 36 Australia Queensland Reds
Hiroki Yamamoto Flanker (1992-11-17)17 November 1992 (aged 23) 4 Japan Toshiba Brave Lupus
Ryu Holani Number 8 (1981-10-25)25 October 1981 (aged 34) 44 Japan Panasonic Wild Knights
Amanaki Mafi Number 8 (1990-01-11)11 January 1990 (aged 26) 7 England Bath
Kaito Shigeno Scrum-half (1990-11-21)21 November 1990 (aged 25) 0 Japan Sunwolves
Fumiaki Tanaka Scrum-half (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 31) 53 New Zealand Highlanders
Keisuke Uchida Scrum-half (1992-02-22)22 February 1992 (aged 24) 16 Japan Sunwolves
Kosei Ono Fly-half (1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 29) 32 Japan Suntory Sungoliath
Harumichi Tatekawa Fly-half (1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 26) 43 Japan Sunwolves
Tim Bennetts Centre (1990-08-01)1 August 1990 (aged 25) 2 Japan Canon Eagles
Ryoto Nakamura Centre (1991-06-03)3 June 1991 (aged 25) 8 Japan Suntory Sungoliath
Mifiposeti Paea Centre (1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 28) 0 Japan Sunwolves
Male Sa'u Centre (1987-10-13)13 October 1987 (aged 28) 26 New Zealand Blues
Yu Tamura Centre (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 27) 35 Japan Sunwolves
Karne Hesketh Wing (1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 30) 14 Japan Munakata Sanix Blues
Kentaro Kodama Wing (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 24) 4 Japan Panasonic Wild Knights
Kotaro Matsushima Wing (1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (aged 23) 16 Australia Melbourne Rebels
Yasutaka Sasakura Wing (1988-08-04)4 August 1988 (aged 27) 0 Japan Sunwolves
Rikiya Matsuda Fullback (1994-05-03)3 May 1994 (aged 22) 0 Japan Tokai University
Ryuji Noguchi Fullback (1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 20) 4 Japan Tokai University

Scotland

On 9 May 2016, Vern Cotter named a 27-man squad for Scotland's June two-test series against Japan.[2]

On 16 May, Matt Scott was called up to the squad to replace the injured Alex Dunbar.[3]

On 19 May, Sean Lamont was called up to the squad to replace the injured Tim Visser.[4]

On 27 May, uncapped Huw Jones was called up to the squad to replace the injured Finn Russell.[5]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province
Fraser Brown Hooker (1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 26) 15 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Ross Ford Hooker (1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 32) 99 Scotland Edinburgh
Stuart McInally Hooker (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 25) 7 Scotland Edinburgh
Alasdair Dickinson Prop (1983-09-11)11 September 1983 (aged 32) 57 Scotland Edinburgh
Moray Low Prop (1984-11-28)28 November 1984 (aged 31) 32 England Exeter Chiefs
WP Nel Prop (1986-04-30)30 April 1986 (aged 30) 13 Scotland Edinburgh
Rory Sutherland Prop (1992-08-24)24 August 1992 (aged 23) 1 Scotland Edinburgh
Jonny Gray Lock (1994-03-14)14 March 1994 (aged 22) 23 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Richie Gray Lock (1989-08-24)24 August 1989 (aged 26) 56 France Castres
Tim Swinson Lock (1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 29) 22 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
John Barclay Flanker (1986-09-24)24 September 1986 (aged 29) 50 Wales Scarlets
John Hardie Flanker (1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 27) 10 Scotland Edinburgh
Josh Strauss Flanker (1986-10-23)23 October 1986 (aged 29) 8 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
David Denton Number 8 (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 26) 34 England Bath
Ryan Wilson Number 8 (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 27) 18 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Greig Laidlaw Scrum-half (1985-10-12)12 October 1985 (aged 30) 51 England Gloucester
Henry Pyrgos Scrum-half (1989-07-09)9 July 1989 (aged 26) 17 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Finn Russell Fly-half (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 23) 19 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Ruaridh Jackson Fly-half (1988-09-12)12 September 1988 (aged 27) 28 England Wasps
Alex Dunbar Centre (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 26) 16 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Peter Horne Centre (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 26) 18 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Huw Jones Centre (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 22) 0 South Africa Stormers
Matt Scott Centre (1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 25) 34 Scotland Edinburgh
Duncan Taylor Centre (1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 26) 17 England Saracens
Damien Hoyland Wing (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 22) 1 Scotland Edinburgh
Sean Lamont Wing (1981-01-15)15 January 1981 (aged 35) 104 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Sean Maitland Wing (1988-09-14)14 September 1988 (aged 27) 21 England London Irish
Tommy Seymour Wing (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 27) 27 Scotland Glasgow Warriors
Tim Visser Wing (1987-05-29)29 May 1987 (aged 29) 26 England Harlequins
Stuart Hogg Fullback (1992-06-24)24 June 1992 (aged 23) 43 Scotland Glasgow Warriors

Matches

First test

18 June 2016
19:20 JST (UTC+09)
Japan  v  Scotland
Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi [6]
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)

Second test

25 June 2016
19:20 JST (UTC+09)
Japan  v  Scotland
Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo [6]
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)

Japan warm-up match

On 11 June, Japan played away to Canada in the lead up to the Scottish series.

11 June 2016
15:00 PDT (UTC-07)
Canada  v  Japan
BC Place, Vancouver [7]
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)


See also

References

  1. ↑ 日本代表 カナダ代表戦、「リポビタンＤチャレンジカップ2016」スコットランド代表戦 メンバー
  2. ↑ ‘TIGHT’ GROUP NAMED FOR SCOTLAND SUMMER TOUR
  3. ↑ SCOTT STEPS IN FOR INJURED DUNBA
  4. ↑ LAMONT REPLACES INJURED VISSER ON SCOTLAND SUMMER TOUR
  5. ↑ HUW JONES JOINS SCOTLAND SQUAD
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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