Junior Japan

Junior Japan

Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Emblem(s)	the Sakura
Founded	2012
1st kit 2nd kit

Junior Japan is a national representative rugby union team of the Japan rugby union. It is the 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	—

References

1. "Junior Japan join expanded PRC in 2013". ARFU. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 27 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.

External links

• 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup News on oceaniarugby.com