2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan

In June 2016, the Scotland rugby union team toured Japan, their first tour of the Eastern Asian country since 1989. Scotland went into the tour on the back of two victories and a fourth-place finish in the 2016 Six Nations Championship while Japan entered the series following an eleventh consecutive Asia Rugby Championship title, and a test match against Canada. With the Brave Blossoms new head coach Jamie Joseph not taking over until August 2016, the Sunwolves head coach Mark Hammett acted as caretaker coach for the two-test series.

2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan
Coach(es)Vern Cotter
Tour captain(s)Greig Laidlaw
Top test point scorer(s)Greig Laidlaw (28)
Top test try scorer(s)WP Nel (1)
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 tourAmericas & South Africa 2014
Next tourAustralia, Fiji & Singapore 2017

Fixtures edit

Date and time Venue Home Score Away
18 June 2016, 19:20 JST (UTC+09) Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi Japan   13–26   Scotland
25 June 2016, 19:20 JST (UTC+09) Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo Japan   16–21   Scotland

Squads edit

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 18 June, the first test match of the tour.

Japan edit

On 30 May, caretaker coach Mark Hammett named a 33-man squad for Japan's June tests against Canada and Scotland.[1]

On 1 June, Kyosuke Horie and Shokei Kin were added to the squad for the Canadian test on 11 June.[2]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Shota Horie Hooker (1986-01-21)21 January 1986 (aged 30) 42   Sunwolves
Takeshi Kizu Hooker (1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 27) 42   Sunwolves
Futoshi Mori Hooker (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 28) 2   Sunwolves
Kensuke Hatakeyama Prop (1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 30) 73   Newcastle Falcons
Keita Inagaki Prop (1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 26) 11   Sunwolves
Shinnosuke Kakinaga Prop (1991-12-19)19 December 1991 (aged 24) 6   Sunwolves
Masataka Mikami Prop (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 28) 32   Sunwolves
Naohiro Kotaki Lock (1992-06-13)13 June 1992 (aged 24) 5   Toshiba Brave Lupus
Hitoshi Ono Lock (1978-05-06)6 May 1978 (aged 38) 96   Sunwolves
Kazuhiko Usami Lock (1992-03-17)17 March 1992 (aged 24) 9   Sunwolves
Kotaro Yatabe Lock (1986-07-29)29 July 1986 (aged 29) 5   Panasonic Wild Knights
Taiyo Ando Flanker (1987-08-22)22 August 1987 (aged 28) 2   Sunwolves
Kyosuke Horie Flanker (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 25) 3   Yamaha Júbilo
Yoshiya Hosoda Flanker (1987-08-05)5 August 1987 (aged 28) 1   Sunwolves
Shokei Kin Flanker (1991-10-03)3 October 1991 (aged 24) 4   NTT Communications Shining Arcs
Hendrik Tui Flanker (1987-12-13)13 December 1987 (aged 28) 36   Queensland Reds
Hiroki Yamamoto Flanker (1992-11-17)17 November 1992 (aged 23) 4   Toshiba Brave Lupus
Koliniasi Holani Number 8 (1981-10-25)25 October 1981 (aged 34) 44   Panasonic Wild Knights
Amanaki Mafi Number 8 (1990-01-11)11 January 1990 (aged 26) 7   Bath
Kaito Shigeno Scrum-half (1990-11-21)21 November 1990 (aged 25) 1   Sunwolves
Fumiaki Tanaka Scrum-half (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 31) 54   Highlanders
Keisuke Uchida Scrum-half (1992-02-22)22 February 1992 (aged 24) 16   Sunwolves
Kosei Ono Fly-half (1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 29) 33   Suntory Sungoliath
Harumichi Tatekawa Fly-half (1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 26) 44   Sunwolves
Tim Bennetts Centre (1990-08-01)1 August 1990 (aged 25) 3   Canon Eagles
Ryoto Nakamura Centre (1991-06-03)3 June 1991 (aged 25) 8   Suntory Sungoliath
Mifiposeti Paea Centre (1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 28) 1   Sunwolves
Male Sa'u Centre (1987-10-13)13 October 1987 (aged 28) 26   Blues
Yu Tamura Centre (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 27) 36   Sunwolves
Karne Hesketh Wing (1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 30) 14   Munakata Sanix Blues
Kentaro Kodama Wing (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 24) 4   Panasonic Wild Knights
Kotaro Matsushima Wing (1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (aged 23) 17   Melbourne Rebels
Yasutaka Sasakura Wing (1988-08-04)4 August 1988 (aged 27) 1   Sunwolves
Rikiya Matsuda Fullback (1994-05-03)3 May 1994 (aged 22) 1   Tokai University
Ryuji Noguchi Fullback (1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 20) 4   Tokai University

Scotland edit

On 9 May 2016, Vern Cotter named a 27-man squad for Scotland's June two-test series against Japan.[3]

On 16 May, Matt Scott was called up to the squad to replace the injured Alex Dunbar.[4]

On 19 May, Sean Lamont was called up to the squad to replace the injured Tim Visser.[5]

On 27 May, uncapped Huw Jones was called up to the squad to replace the injured Finn Russell.[6]

On 19 June, Gordon Reid was called up to the squad to replace the injured Alasdair Dickinson.[7]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Fraser Brown Hooker (1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 26) 15   Glasgow Warriors
Ross Ford Hooker (1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 32) 99   Edinburgh
Stuart McInally Hooker (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 25) 7   Edinburgh
Alasdair Dickinson Prop (1983-09-11)11 September 1983 (aged 32) 57   Edinburgh
Moray Low Prop (1984-11-28)28 November 1984 (aged 31) 32   Exeter Chiefs
WP Nel Prop (1986-04-30)30 April 1986 (aged 30) 13   Edinburgh
Gordon Reid Prop (1987-03-04)4 March 1987 (aged 29) 17   Glasgow Warriors
Rory Sutherland Prop (1992-08-24)24 August 1992 (aged 23) 1   Edinburgh
Jonny Gray Lock (1994-03-14)14 March 1994 (aged 22) 23   Glasgow Warriors
Richie Gray Lock (1989-08-24)24 August 1989 (aged 26) 56   Castres
Tim Swinson Lock (1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 29) 22   Glasgow Warriors
John Barclay Flanker (1986-09-24)24 September 1986 (aged 29) 50   Scarlets
John Hardie Flanker (1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 27) 10   Edinburgh
Josh Strauss Flanker (1986-10-23)23 October 1986 (aged 29) 8   Glasgow Warriors
David Denton Number 8 (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 26) 34   Bath
Ryan Wilson Number 8 (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 27) 18   Glasgow Warriors
Greig Laidlaw Scrum-half (1985-10-12)12 October 1985 (aged 30) 51   Gloucester
Henry Pyrgos Scrum-half (1989-07-09)9 July 1989 (aged 26) 17   Glasgow Warriors
Finn Russell Fly-half (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 23) 19   Glasgow Warriors
Ruaridh Jackson Fly-half (1988-09-12)12 September 1988 (aged 27) 28   Wasps
Alex Dunbar Centre (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 26) 16   Glasgow Warriors
Peter Horne Centre (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 26) 18   Glasgow Warriors
Huw Jones Centre (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 22) 0   Stormers
Matt Scott Centre (1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 25) 34   Edinburgh
Duncan Taylor Centre (1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 26) 17   Saracens
Damien Hoyland Wing (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 22) 1   Edinburgh
Sean Lamont Wing (1981-01-15)15 January 1981 (aged 35) 104   Glasgow Warriors
Sean Maitland Wing (1988-09-14)14 September 1988 (aged 27) 21   London Irish
Tommy Seymour Wing (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 27) 27   Glasgow Warriors
Tim Visser Wing (1987-05-29)29 May 1987 (aged 29) 26   Harlequins
Stuart Hogg Fullback (1992-06-24)24 June 1992 (aged 23) 43   Glasgow Warriors

Matches edit

First test edit

18 June 2016
19:20 JST (UTC+09)
Japan  13–26  Scotland
Try: Horie 8' c
Con: Tamura (1/1) 9'
Pen: Tamura (2/3) 28', 55'
Report[8]Try: Penalty try 37' c
Nel 41' c
Con: Laidlaw (2/2) 38', 43'
Pen: Laidlaw (4/4) 4', 15', 19', 62'
Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi[9]
Attendance: 24,113
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
FB 15 Kotaro Matsushima   15'
RW 14 Mifiposeti Paea
OC 13 Tim Bennetts
IC 12 Harumichi Tatekawa
LW 11 Yasutaka Sasakura
FH 10 Yu Tamura
SH 9 Kaito Shigeno   48'
N8 8 Amanaki Mafi
OF 7 Shokei Kin
BF 6 Hendrik Tui   34' to 44'   78'
RL 5 Naohiro Kotaki
LL 4 Hitoshi Ono
TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama   51'
HK 2 Shota Horie (c)
LP 1 Keita Inagaki
Replacements:
HK 16 Takeshi Kizu
PR 17 Masataka Mikami
PR 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga   51'
LK 19 Kotaro Yatabe
FL 20 Hiroki Yamamoto   78'
SH 21 Keisuke Uchida   48'
FH 22 Kosei Ono
FB 23 Rikiya Matsuda   37' to 47'   15'
Coach:
  Mark Hammett
FB 15 Stuart Hogg
RW 14 Tommy Seymour
OC 13 Duncan Taylor   66'
IC 12 Matt Scott
LW 11 Damien Hoyland   56'
FH 10 Ruaridh Jackson
SH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)
N8 8 Ryan Wilson   64'
OF 7 John Hardie
BF 6 John Barclay
RL 5 Jonny Gray
LL 4 Richie Gray   66'
TP 3 WP Nel   64'
HK 2 Stuart McInally   47'
LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson   3'
Replacements:
HK 16 Fraser Brown   47'
PR 17 Rory Sutherland   3'
PR 18 Moray Low   64'
LK 19 Tim Swinson   66'
N8 20 David Denton   64'
SH 21 Henry Pyrgos
CE 22 Peter Horne   66'
WG 23 Sean Maitland   56'
Coach:
  Vern Cotter

Touch judges:
Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Brendan Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Ian Smith (Australia)

Second test edit

25 June 2016
19:20 JST (UTC+09)
Japan  16–21  Scotland
Try: Shigeno 20' c
Con: Tamura (1/1) 21'
Pen: Tamura (3/3) 6', 29', 49'
Report[10]Pen: Pyrgos (3/4) 2', 15', 25'
Laidlaw (4/4) 52', 60', 70', 77'
Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo[9]
Attendance: 34,073
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
FB 15 Rikiya Matsuda   77'
RW 14 Male Sa'u
OC 13 Tim Bennetts   55'
IC 12 Harumichi Tatekawa
LW 11 Yasutaka Sasakura
FH 10 Yu Tamura
SH 9 Kaito Shigeno   61'
N8 8 Amanaki Mafi
OF 7 Shokei Kin
BF 6 Hendrik Tui   60'
RL 5 Naohiro Kotaki
LL 4 Hitoshi Ono   65'
TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama   55'
HK 2 Shota Horie (c)   60'
LP 1 Keita Inagaki   71'
Replacements:
HK 16 Takeshi Kizu   60'
PR 17 Masataka Mikami   71'
PR 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga   55'
LK 19 Kotaro Yatabe   65'
N8 20 Koliniasi Holani   60'
SH 21 Keisuke Uchida   61'
FH 22 Kosei Ono   55'
CE 23 Mifiposeti Paea   77'
Coach:
  Mark Hammett
FB 15 Stuart Hogg
RW 14 Tommy Seymour
OC 13 Matt Scott
IC 12 Peter Horne
LW 11 Sean Maitland   79'
FH 10 Ruaridh Jackson   57'
SH 9 Henry Pyrgos (c)   49'
N8 8 Ryan Wilson   44'
OF 7 John Barclay   67'
BF 6 Josh Strauss
RL 5 Jonny Gray
LL 4 Richie Gray
TP 3 Moray Low   40'
HK 2 Stuart McInally   40'
LP 1 Rory Sutherland   40'
Replacements:
HK 16 Fraser Brown   40'
PR 17 Gordon Reid   40'
PR 18 WP Nel   40'
LK 19 Tim Swinson   67'
FL 20 John Hardie   44'
SH 21 Greig Laidlaw   49'
CE 22 Huw Jones   57'
WG 23 Sean Lamont   79'
Coach:
  Vern Cotter

Touch judges:
Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Brendan Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Ian Smith (Australia)

Notes:

  • Huw Jones (Scotland) made his international debut.
  • The 31,392 crowd was a record home crowd for a Japanese rugby international.

Japan warm-up match edit

On 11 June, Japan played away to Canada in the lead up to the Scottish series.

11 June 2016
15:00 PDT (UTC-07)
Canada  22–26  Japan
Try: Paris 6' m
Barkwill 20' c
Cudmore 45' m
Carpenter 79' m
Con: McRorie (1/4) 21'
Report[11]Try: Kizu 34' c
Matsushima 69' c
Con: Tamura (2/2) 35', 70'
Pen: Tamura (4/4) 11', 40', 51', 76'
BC Place, Vancouver[12]
Attendance: 10,250[13]
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)

Notes:

Statistics edit

Key

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

See also edit

References edit

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  6. ^ "Huw Jones joins Scotland squad - Scottish Rugby". thescotlandteam.com. 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Reid jets out to replace injured Dickinson - Scottish Rugby". thescotlandteam.com. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Japan vs Scotland - Report - Scotland tour 2016 2016 - 19 Jun, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Scotland to be reacquainted with World Cup foe". 7 December 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Japan vs Scotland - Report - Scotland tour 2016 2016 - 26 Jun, 2016 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  11. ^ "Japan edge out Canada - Planet Rugby". planetrugby.com. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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