Rikiya Matsuda

Rikiya Matsuda (松田 力也, Matsuda Rikiya, born 3 May 1994) is a Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Japan Rugby League One club Saitama Wild Knights and the Japan national team.[1][2]

Rikiya Matsuda
Matsuda representing the Sunwolves during Super Rugby
Date of birth (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994
Place of birthKyoto, Japan
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
SchoolFushimi Tech High School
UniversityTeikyo University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half, Fullback
Current team Saitama Wild Knights
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017–2019 Sunwolves 10 (15)
2017– Panasonic Wild Knights 70 (588)
Correct as of 28 August 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–2014 Japan U20 11 (90)
2016– Japan 33 (83)
2023 Japan XV 2 (6)
Correct as of 28 August 2023

Club career

Matsuda is currently a student at Teikyo University in Tokyo and has appeared for them in both the All-Japan University Rugby Championship and the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.[2] After graduating from university he will join up with the Panasonic Wild Knights in 2017.[3]

International career

Matsuda represented Japan at Under-20 level from 2012 through to 2014, making 7 appearances in total at the World Rugby Under 20 Championships.[4] He made his senior international debut as a replacement in a match against Canada in Vancouver on 11 June 2016. He went on to make 2 more appearances in the home tests against Scotland during the 2016 mid-year rugby union internationals series, coming on as a substitute in the first test in Toyota and then starting in the second in Tokyo.[1]

References
  1. "Rikiya Matsuda ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. "Rikiya Matsuda Brave Blossoms Player Profile" (in Japanese). Rugby Japan. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. "Rikiya Matsuda rejoindra Panasonic Wild Knights en 2017!" (in French). Japon Rugby. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  4. "Rikiya Matsuda itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
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