2017 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan

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2017 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan
Coach(es)Joe Schmidt
Tour captain(s)Rhys Ruddock
Top test point scorer(s)Paddy Jackson (23)
Top test try scorer(s)
Four players
Summary
P W D L
Total
02 02 00 00
Test match
02 02 00 00
Opponent
P W D L
 Japan
2 2 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tourSouth Africa 2016
Next tourAustralia 2018

In June 2017, Ireland played a two-test series against Japan as part of the 2017 mid-year rugby union tests. It was the first time Ireland had played a test series against Japan in Japan since 2005. The series was part of the fifth year of the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.[1]

Fixtures[]

Date and time Venue Home Score Away
17 June 2017, 14:00 JST (UTC+09) Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka Japan  22–50  Ireland
24 June 2017, 14:40 JST (UTC+09) Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo Japan  13–35  Ireland

Squads[]

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 17 June, the first test match of the tour.

Ireland[]

On 16 May 2017, Joe Schmidt named a 31-man squad for the 2017 Summer Tour.[2] On 22 May, Connacht lock Quinn Roux was added to the squad.[3] On 31 May, Tommy O'Donnell was ruled out of the tour due to an ankle injury.[4] Following an ankle injury sustained in the test against the United States, fly-half Joey Carbery was ruled out of the remainder of the tour. Ulster's Sean Reidy was also called up to replace Tommy O'Donnell.[5]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Dave Heffernan Hooker (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 31) 1 Connacht
Niall Scannell Hooker (1992-04-08) 8 April 1992 (age 29) 5 Munster
James Tracy Hooker (1991-04-02) 2 April 1991 (age 30) 2 Leinster
Finlay Bealham Prop (1991-10-09) 9 October 1991 (age 30) 6 Connacht
Cian Healy Prop (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 34) 68 Leinster
Dave Kilcoyne Prop (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 33) 18 Munster
Andrew Porter Prop (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 26) 1 Leinster
John Ryan Prop (1988-08-02) 2 August 1988 (age 33) 7 Munster
Quinn Roux Lock (1990-10-30) 30 October 1990 (age 31) 2 Connacht
James Ryan Lock (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 (age 25) 1 Leinster
Devin Toner Lock (1986-06-29) 29 June 1986 (age 35) 48 Leinster
Kieran Treadwell Lock (1995-11-06) 6 November 1995 (age 26) 0 Ulster
Dan Leavy Flanker (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 27) 3 Leinster
Tommy O'Donnell Flanker (1987-06-21) 21 June 1987 (age 34) 12 Munster
Sean Reidy Flanker (1989-05-10) 10 May 1989 (age 32) 1 Ulster
Rhys Ruddock (c) Flanker (1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 (age 31) 14 Leinster
Josh van der Flier Flanker (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 28) 8 Leinster
Jack Conan Number 8 (1992-07-29) 29 July 1992 (age 29) 2 Leinster
Jack O'Donoghue Number 8 (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 27) 1 Munster
John Cooney Scrum-half (1990-05-01) 1 May 1990 (age 31) 0 Connacht
Kieran Marmion Scrum-half (1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 (age 29) 14 Connacht
Luke McGrath Scrum-half (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 28) 3 Leinster
Joey Carbery Fly-half (1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 (age 26) 4 Leinster
Paddy Jackson Fly-half (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 30) 23 Ulster
Luke Marshall Centre (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 (age 30) 10 Ulster
Garry Ringrose Centre (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 (age 27) 9 Leinster
Rory Scannell Centre (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 (age 27) 1 Munster
Andrew Conway Wing (1991-07-11) 11 July 1991 (age 30) 1 Munster
Keith Earls Wing (1987-10-02) 2 October 1987 (age 34) 60 Munster
Rory O'Loughlin Wing (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 28) 0 Leinster
Jacob Stockdale Wing (1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 (age 25) 1 Ulster
Tiernan O'Halloran Fullback (1991-02-26) 26 February 1991 (age 30) 4 Connacht
Simon Zebo Fullback (1990-03-16) 16 March 1990 (age 31) 34 Munster

Japan[]

On 29 May, Jamie Joseph named a 33-man squad ahead of their two-test series against Ireland and one-off test match against Romania.[6]

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Yusuke Niwai Hooker (1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 30) 1 Japan Sunwolves
Takeshi Hino Hooker (1990-01-20) 20 January 1990 (age 32) 4 Japan Sunwolves
Shota Horie (c) Hooker (1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 (age 36) 50 Japan Sunwolves
Takuma Asahara Prop (1987-09-07) 7 September 1987 (age 34) 6 Japan Sunwolves
Prop (1990-11-18) 18 November 1990 (age 31) 6 Japan Toshiba Brave Lupus
Shintaro Ishihara Prop (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 31) 4 Japan Suntory Sungoliath
Keita Inagaki Prop (1990-06-02) 2 June 1990 (age 31) 14 Japan Sunwolves
Heiichiro Ito Prop (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 31) 5 Japan Sunwolves
Koki Yamamoto Prop (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 31) 4 Japan Sunwolves
Kyosuke Kajikawa Lock (1987-09-05) 5 September 1987 (age 34) 4 Japan Sunwolves
Uwe Helu Lock (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 (age 31) 4 Japan Sunwolves
Shinya Makabe Lock (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 (age 34) 34 Japan Sunwolves
Kotaro Yatabe Lock (1986-07-29) 29 July 1986 (age 35) 13 Japan Sunwolves
Yoshitaka Tokunaga Flanker (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 29) 5 Japan Sunwolves
Hendrik Tui Flanker (1987-12-13) 13 December 1987 (age 34) 39 Australia Queensland Reds
Michael Leitch Flanker (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988 (age 33) 48 New Zealand Chiefs
Amanaki Mafi Number 8 (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 32) 14 Australia Melbourne Rebels
Shuhei Matsuhashi Number 8 (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 28) 6 Japan Sunwolves
Fumiaki Tanaka Scrum-half (1985-01-03) 3 January 1985 (age 37) 59 Japan Sunwolves
Yutaka Nagare Scrum-half (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 29) 4 Japan Sunwolves
Keisuke Uchida Scrum-half (1992-02-22) 22 February 1992 (age 29) 22 Japan Sunwolves
Rikiya Matsuda Fly-half (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 27) 7 Japan Panasonic Wild Knights
Jumpei Ogura Fly-half (1992-07-11) 11 July 1992 (age 29) 3 Japan Sunwolves
Yu Tamura Fly-half (1989-01-09) 9 January 1989 (age 33) 43 Japan Sunwolves
Harumichi Tatekawa (c) Centre (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 32) 51 Japan Sunwolves
Derek Carpenter Centre (1988-07-26) 26 July 1988 (age 33) 1 Japan Sunwolves
Timothy Lafaele Centre (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 30) 5 Japan Sunwolves
Will Tupou Centre (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 31) 0 Japan Sunwolves
Shota Emi Wing (1991-12-08) 8 December 1991 (age 30) 0 Japan Sunwolves
Kenki Fukuoka Wing (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 29) 20 Japan Sunwolves
Akihito Yamada Wing (1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 36) 22 Japan Panasonic Wild Knights
Kotaro Matsushima Fullback (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 28) 23 Japan Sunwolves
Ryuji Noguchi Fullback (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 26) 9 Japan Tokai University

Matches[]

First Test[]

17 June 2017
14:00 JST (UTC+09)
Japan  22–50  Ireland
Try: Noguchi 59' c
Fukuoka 76' m
Nagare 78' c
Con: Matsuda (2/3) 60', 79'
Pen: Tamura (1/1) 14'
Report Try: Earls (2) 11' c, 70' m
Leavy (2) 24' c, 28' c
Conan (2) 30' c, 45' c
Ringrose 65' c
Con: Jackson (5/5) 12', 25', 29', 32', 46'
R. Scannell (1/2) 66'
Pen: Jackson (1/1) 6'
FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi
RW 14 Kotaro Matsushima
OC 13 Will Tupou
IC 12 Derek Carpenter downward-facing red arrow 66'
LW 11 Kenki Fukuoka
FH 10 Yu Tamura downward-facing red arrow 58'
SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka downward-facing red arrow 54'
N8 8 Amanaki Mafi downward-facing red arrow 40'
OF 7 Yoshitaka Tokunaga
BF 6 Michael Leitch
RL 5 Uwe Helu downward-facing red arrow 54'
LL 4 Kotaro Yatabe
TP 3 Heiichiro Ito yellow card 24' to 34' downward-facing red arrow 58'
HK 2 Shota Horie (c) downward-facing red arrow 54'
LP 1 Keita Inagaki downward-facing red arrow 40'
Replacements:
HK 16 Yusuke Niwai upward-facing green arrow 54'
PR 17 Shintaro Ishihara upward-facing green arrow 40'
PR 18 Takuma Asahara upward-facing green arrow 58'
FL 19 Hendrik Tui upward-facing green arrow 40'
N8 20 Shuhei Matsuhashi upward-facing green arrow 54'
SH 21 Yutaka Nagare upward-facing green arrow 54'
CE 22 Ryohei Yamanaka upward-facing green arrow 66'
FB 23 Rikiya Matsuda upward-facing green arrow 58'
Coach:
New Zealand Jamie Joseph
FB 15 Simon Zebo downward-facing red arrow 40'
RW 14 Andrew Conway yellow card 51' to 61'
OC 13 Garry Ringrose downward-facing red arrow 67'
IC 12 Rory Scannell
LW 11 Keith Earls
FH 10 Paddy Jackson downward-facing red arrow 61'
SH 9 Luke McGrath
N8 8 Jack Conan downward-facing red arrow 75'
OF 7 Dan Leavy downward-facing red arrow 53' upward-facing green arrow 58'
BF 6 Rhys Ruddock (c) downward-facing red arrow 63' upward-facing green arrow 72'
RL 5 Devin Toner downward-facing red arrow 61'
LL 4 Quinn Roux
TP 3 John Ryan downward-facing red arrow 61' upward-facing green arrow 78'
HK 2 Niall Scannell downward-facing red arrow 54'
LP 1 Cian Healy downward-facing red arrow 58'
Replacements:
HK 16 James Tracy upward-facing green arrow 54'
PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne upward-facing green arrow 58'
PR 18 Finlay Bealham upward-facing green arrow 61' downward-facing red arrow 78'
LK 19 Kieran Treadwell upward-facing green arrow 61'
N8 20 Jack O'Donoghue upward-facing green arrow 53' downward-facing red arrow 58' upward-facing green arrow 63' downward-facing red arrow 72' upward-facing green arrow 75'
SH 21 Kieran Marmion upward-facing green arrow 67'
WG 22 Rory O'Loughlin upward-facing green arrow 61'
FB 23 Tiernan O'Halloran upward-facing green arrow 40'
Coach:
New Zealand Joe Schmidt

Touch judges:
JP Doyle (England)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
(New Zealand)

Notes:

Second Test[]

24 June 2017
14:40 JST (UTC+09)
Japan  13–35  Ireland
Try: Matsushima 23' m
Yamada 61' m
Pen: Ogura (1/1) 14'
Report Try: Ringrose 2' c
van der Flier 10' c
Marmion 16' c
Ruddock 30' c
Reidy 77' c
Con: Jackson (5/5) 3', 11', 18', 31', 78'
Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 29,354
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi downward-facing red arrow 67'
RW 14 Akihito Yamada
OC 13 Kotaro Matsushima
IC 12 Yu Tamura
LW 11 Kenki Fukuoka
FH 10 Jumpei Ogura downward-facing red arrow 40'
SH 9 Yutaka Nagare downward-facing red arrow 52'
N8 8 Amanaki Mafi
OF 7 Shuhei Matsuhashi downward-facing red arrow 67'
BF 6 Michael Leitch (c)
RL 5 Uwe Helu downward-facing red arrow 63'
LL 4 Luke Thompson
TP 3 Takuma Asahara downward-facing red arrow 40'
HK 2 Yusuke Niwai downward-facing red arrow 40'
LP 1 Shintaro Ishihara downward-facing red arrow 47'
Replacements:
HK 16 Shota Horie upward-facing green arrow 40'
PR 17 Keita Inagaki upward-facing green arrow 47'
PR 18 upward-facing green arrow 40'
LK 19 Kotaro Yatabe upward-facing green arrow 63'
FL 20 Yoshitaka Tokunaga upward-facing green arrow 67'
SH 21 Fumiaki Tanaka upward-facing green arrow 52'
FH 22 Rikiya Matsuda upward-facing green arrow 40'
CE 23 Ryohei Yamanaka upward-facing green arrow 67'
Coach:
New Zealand Jamie Joseph
FB 15 Andrew Conway
RW 14 Keith Earls downward-facing red arrow 54'
OC 13 Garry Ringrose downward-facing red arrow 78'
IC 12 Luke Marshall
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale
FH 10 Paddy Jackson
SH 9 Kieran Marmion downward-facing red arrow 72'
N8 8 Jack Conan
OF 7 Josh van der Flier downward-facing red arrow 67'
BF 6 Rhys Ruddock (c) downward-facing red arrow 54' upward-facing green arrow 60'
RL 5 Devin Toner
LL 4 Kieran Treadwell downward-facing red arrow 51'
TP 3 John Ryan downward-facing red arrow 60'
HK 2 James Tracy downward-facing red arrow 51'
LP 1 Cian Healy downward-facing red arrow 60'
Replacements:
HK 16 Niall Scannell upward-facing green arrow 51'
PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne upward-facing green arrow 60'
PR 18 Andrew Porter upward-facing green arrow 60'
LK 19 James Ryan upward-facing green arrow 51'
FL 20 Sean Reidy upward-facing green arrow 54' downward-facing red arrow 60' upward-facing green arrow 67'
SH 21 John Cooney upward-facing green arrow 72'
FH 22 Rory Scannell upward-facing green arrow 78'
FB 23 Tiernan O'Halloran upward-facing green arrow 54'
Coach:
New Zealand Joe Schmidt

Touch judges:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
(New Zealand)

Notes:

Statistics[]

Key

  • Con: Conversions
  • Pen: Penalties
  • DG: Drop goals
  • Pts: Points

See also[]

  • 2017 mid-year rugby union internationals

References[]

  1. ^ "Rugby Week". Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  2. ^ "Eight Uncapped Players In Ireland Summer Tour Squad". irishrugby.ie. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Quinn Roux Added To Ireland Summer Tour Squad". irishrugby.ie. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  4. ^ "O'Donnell Ruled Out Of USA & Japan Tour". munsterrugby.ie. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Joey Carbery injury woe as he is ruled out for remainder of Ireland's Summer Tour". independent.ie. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  6. ^ Le groupe japonais pour les tests matchs de juin 2017
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