RiJ Volume
7, No.16
Contents:
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Asian Five Nations
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Odds & Sods:
s IRB Ranking: 13 (70.59, 19 April 2010)
s The Think-tank:
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Looking Ahead:
s Sanix Youth; HSBC Asian Five
Nations 2010; IRB JWT 2010; ANZ PNC 2010
HSBC Asian Five Nations 2010
The 2010 HSBC Asian Five
Nations also doubles as the final Asian qualification round for the 2011
Rugby World Cup in
In preparation for the test
against
The squad will fly out of
Date: Saturday, 1 May 2010.
Venue: Gyeongsang
Stadium,
Kick-off: 14:00 (local Korean
time is the same as
Date: Saturday, 8 May 2010.
Venue: Prince Chichibu
Memorial Rugby Ground,
Kick-off 14:00.
Date: Saturday, 15 May 2010.
Venue: Prince Chichibu
Memorial Rugby Ground,
Kick-off 14:00.
Date: Saturday, 22 May 2010.
Venue: Prince Chichibu
Memorial Rugby Ground,
Kick-off 14:00.
The
Position |
Name |
Club |
Age |
Hgt/Wgt |
Caps |
Loose head prop |
Hisateru HIRASHIMA |
|
27 |
180/115 |
10 |
Hookers |
Shota HORIE |
Sanyo
Wild Knights |
24 |
180/104 |
2 |
|
Takeshi
KIZU |
|
21 |
183/110 |
1 |
|
Hiroki
YUHARA |
Toshiba
Brave Lupus |
26 |
173/105 |
- |
Tight head props |
Kensuke
HATAKEYAMA |
Suntory
Sungoliath |
24 |
178/122 |
10 |
|
Shinsuke NAKAMURA |
Suntory
Sungoliath |
22 |
190/115 |
2 |
|
Nozomu FUJITA |
Honda
Heat |
25 |
191/115 |
- |
Locks |
Hitoshi
ONO |
Toshiba
Brave Lupus |
31 |
192/105 |
37 |
|
Toshizumi KITAGAWA |
|
29 |
195/110 |
25 |
|
Luke
THOMPSON |
Kintetsu Liners |
29 |
195/108 |
18 |
|
Shinya
MAKABE |
Suntory
Sungoliath |
23 |
192/110 |
1 |
Flankers |
Takashi KIKUTANI (c) |
|
30 |
187/100 |
28 |
|
Toetu’u TAUFA |
Kintetsu Liners |
29 |
183/108 |
9 |
|
Michael
LEITCH |
|
21 |
189/99 |
9 |
|
Sione VATUVEI |
Sanyo
Wild Knights |
27 |
189/100 |
- |
No8s |
Ryu Koliniasi HOLANI |
Sanyo
Wild Knights |
28 |
188/111 |
8 |
|
Masakazu
|
Coca-Cola
Red Sparks |
23 |
189/108 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Halfbacks |
Tomoki
YOSHIDA |
Toshiba
Brave Lupus |
28 |
172/78 |
20 |
|
Fumiaki
TANAKA |
Sanyo
Wild Knights |
25 |
166/75 |
14 |
|
Koji
WADA |
|
25 |
173/78 |
- |
Five-eighths |
James
ARLIDGE |
|
30 |
187/93 |
16 |
|
Shaun
WEBB |
Coca-Cola
Red Sparks |
28 |
180/90 |
16 |
|
Ryohei YAMANAKA |
|
21 |
187/95 |
- |
Wings |
Kosuke ENDO |
|
29 |
186/90 |
25 |
|
Yasunori NAGATOMO |
Suntory
Sungoliath |
24 |
176/85 |
- |
Centres |
Ryan
NICHOLAS |
Suntory
Sungoliath |
30 |
192/100 |
17 |
|
Koji
TAIRA |
Suntory
Sungoliath |
27 |
185/95 |
17 |
|
Alisi TUPUAILEI |
Canon
Eagles |
29 |
187/116 |
2 |
|
Ryo
|
Ricoh
Black Rams |
28 |
174/86 |
- |
Fullbacks |
Goshi TACHIKAWA |
Toshiba
Brave Lupus |
33 |
183/94 |
14 |
|
Kaoru
MATSUSHITA |
|
26 |
185/86 |
2 |
Head Coach: John Kirwan (NZ).
Round |
Date |
Teams |
Venue |
Kick-off |
Round 1 |
Saturday,
24 April 2010 |
Hong
Kong v |
HKFC,
|
16:00 |
|
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|
|
16:00 |
|
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|
Round 2 |
Friday,
30 April 2010 |
Arabian Gulf v |
|
19:00 |
|
Saturday,
1 May 2010 |
|
Gyeongsang Stadium, Daegu, |
14:00 |
|
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Round
3 |
Saturday,
8 May 2010 |
Hong
Kong v |
HKFC,
|
16:00 |
|
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|
Prince
Chichibu, |
14:00 |
|
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Round
4 |
Friday,
14 May 2010 |
Arabian Gulf v |
The
Sevens, |
19:00 |
|
Saturday,
15 May 2010 |
|
Prince
Chichibu, |
14:00 |
|
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Round
5 |
Saturday,
22 May 2010 |
|
Prince
Chichibu, |
14:00 |
|
|
|
Munhak Stadium, Incheon |
14:00 |
|
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|
On 19 March 2010 the Japan Rugby Football Union announced
the coaches for the
Masahiro Kunda has been appointed as coach
of Japan A with Ryuji Nakatake coaching
director while Yukio Motoki has been appointed as coach for the Japan
U20 side.
Comments by general manager
Osamu Ota
With a view to the 2019 Rugby World Cup (RWC) to be
hosted in
In order to develop the next
generation of U20 level coaches and players, Ryuji Nakatake
has been appointed as coaching director. He will be looking after the
development of coaches through coaching programmes, coaching curricula and
training methodology while also helping in the planning of development
programmes for U20 level players.
Finally, Yukio Motoki,
who recently announced his retirement as a player with Kobe Steelers has been
appointed as head coach of the Japan U20 side to replace Masahiro Kunda. He will take the Japan U20s to the IRB Junior World
Trophy in
Comments by
Masahiro Kunda
Although there is the RWC in
We have been using the
tri-region games as part of our selection process along with performance
evaluations from the past season. We are trying to put in place a tour of
Profile
Masahiro Kunda
(43) was born in
In 2002 Kunda starting his coaching career with his former club,
Toshiba Fuchu, now known as Toshiba Brave Lupus. Over his five years in
charge of Toshiba, the team won the National Championship three times, the Top
League title three times and the Microsoft Cup twice. In 2007 he was appointed
ATQ coaching director and coach of Japan U23. In 2008 and 2009 he was head
coach of Japan U20 in
Comments by
Ryuji Nakatake
As coaching director there
are now a lot of things that I have to think about in order to build the
national coaching and player base. Part of this is putting in place a unified
system for analysing, appraising and developing the skills and potential of
coaches. Although I was head coach at
Profile
Ryuji Nakatake
(36) was born in
Comments by
Yukio Motoki
Although this is my first
time in this capacity as a coach I have a lot of knowledgeable and experienced
people around me and if we can bring even one young player of distinction
through this programme into the national side it will be a job well done. I
intend to give this my all. Our aim for the Japan U20s this year is to win the
IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy and thereby qualify for the IRB Junior World
Championship for next year.
Profile
Yukio Motoki (38) was born in
Odds & Sods
Odds & Sods brings the
reader weekly news shorts, gossip and general happenings from the world of Rugby
in Japan.
News in
IRB ranking on 19 April 2010 -
The Think-tank:
Looking Ahead
Looking Ahead gives the
reader future dates for the diary and other great things to look forward to in
Rugby in
The 11th Sanix World
This annual high school
international tournament is again set for the Golden Week period from 27 April
to 5 May 2010 at the Global Arena in Munakata in
The sixteen schools will
compete in four pools of four teams.
The Dax
Landes High School from
Schedule
Pool Games
Games are of 25 minute
halves.
Four points are awarded for a
win, two for a draw, one point for scoring four tries or more and one point for
losing by seven points or less.
Day 1: Wednesday, 28 April 2010.
Day 2: Thursday, 29 April 2010.
Day 3: Saturday, 1 May 2010.
Play-off Games
Games are of 30 minute
halves.
The top two
place getters in each pool play-off for places first to eighth while the
remaining schools play off for places ninth to sixteenth.
Day 4: Sunday, 2 May 2010.
Day 5: Tuesday, 4 May 2010.
Day 6: Wednesday, 5 May 2010.
Overseas Schools
The Hills Sports
High School (Australia), Truro College (England), Ratu
Kadavulevu School (Fiji), Dax
Landes High School (France), Korean High School
Select (Korea), Hamilton Boys’ High School (New Zealand), Marais Viljoen High School (South Africa) and The British School
(Uruguay).
Japanese Schools
Ryutsu Keizai, Kashiwa High School (Chiba), Toin Gakuen High School
(Kanagawa), Kyoto Seisho High School (Kyoto), Fushimi
Technical High School (Kyoto), Osaka Chosen High School (Osaka), Saga Technical
High School (Saga), Kokura High School (Fukuoka) and Higashi Fukuoka (Fukuoka).
Previous Winners
2009: The Dax Landes HS (France)
2008: Glenwood HS (SA)
2007: Westfields Sports HS (
2006:
2005:
2004: Rotorua
Boys’ HS (NZ)
2003: Rotorua
Boys’ HS (NZ)
2002: Boland Agricultural College (SA)
2001:
2000: The King’s School,
IRB Junior World
18-30 May
2010,
Full
details of the eight team Under 20 tournament soon.
The winner of the Junior
World Rugby Trophy 2010 will be promoted to the Junior World Championship 2011.
Japanese referee Akihisa Aso is one of twelve match officials named on the
tournament panel.
Pools
Pool A:
Pool B:
Schedule
Day 1: Tuesday, 18 May 2010,
Day 2: Saturday, 22 May 2010, Japan
v
Day 3: Wednesday, 26 May 2010, Japan
v
Day 4: Sunday, 30 May 2010, play-offs,
Fili Stadium & Slava
Stadium,
Japan v South African President’s XV
Possibility
of
ANZ Pacific Nations Cup 2010
June 2010
Now in its fifth year, the
International Rugby Board (IRB) funded ANZ Pacific Nations Cup 2010
involves the three island nations
In 2006 this tournament
kicked off as the Pacific Five Nations and involved Fiji, Japan,
the Junior All Blacks (JAB), Samoa and Tonga.
In 2009, the Junior All
Blacks (JAB) replaced the Maori as the
This year,
Previous
Winners
The
2009: The Junior All Blacks. The JAB again took the PNC
title undefeated on 19 points.
2008: The
2007: The Junior All Blacks. The JAB took the PNC title
undefeated with 25 points garnering maximum points in each game.
2006: The Junior All Blacks. The JAB took the P5N title
undefeated with 20 points with maximum points in each game.
ANZ Pacific Nations Cup 2010
Schedule
Round |
Date |
Teams |
Venue |
Kick-off |
Round 1 |
Saturday,
12 June 2010 |
Samoa
v |
|
15:10 |
|
|
|
|
15:10 |
|
|
|
|
|
Round 2 |
Saturday,
19 June 2010 |
Samoa
v |
|
13:10 |
|
|
|
|
16:10 |
|
|
|
|
|
Round
3 |
Saturday,
26 June 2010 |
|
|
13:10 |
|
|
|
|
16:10 |
|
|
|
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|
November 2010
There is the possibility that
the New Zealand Maori and maybe even the Wallabies will play
against
Furthermore, there is also
the rumour that