Junior Japan

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Junior Japan
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UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Emblem(s)the Sakura
Founded2012
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2nd kit

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]

International matches[]

Matches against national teams or national 'A" teams up to and including 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup:

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[]

Pacific Rugby Cup

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 –  

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. ^ "Junior Japan". Rugby in Japan Newsletter Volume 9, No.25. 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.

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