Junior Japan

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]

Junior Japan
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Emblem(s)the Sakura
Founded2012
1st kit
2nd kit

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 Japan24–45TongaChichibu, Tokyo.[3]
18-03-2014  Junior Japan13–99Fiji 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 300326241-210000 –  Finished 4th in Pool A
2013 3rd 6006140361-221303 – 

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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