EDINBURGH (Nov. 7) – Japan stand-in head coach Scott Wisemantel named his side Thursday for Saturday’s test with Scotland at Murrayfield.
The starting XV, which will once again be led by Toshiaki Hirose, shows three changes to the side that took to the field last weekend for the 54-6 loss to the All Blacks in Tokyo.
Luke Thompson and Shinya Makabe replace Hitoshi Ono and Shoji Ito in the second row, while Kosei Ono comes in at flyhalf in place of Harumichi Tatekawa, who was forced to pull out of the European tour as the result of injury.
Masataka Mikami, Shota Horie and Kensuke Hatakeyama are rewarded for their efforts in the scrum last weekend by keeping their places in the front row, while the back row also remains unchanged with Hendrik Tui and Michael Broadhurst lining up alongside Ryu Koliniasi Holani.
Fumiaki Tanaka partners Ono at halfback, with Craig Wing and Male Sa’u in the centres, Hirose and Kenki Fukuoka on the wings and Ayumu Goromaru at fullback.
“We want to move the ball and play at pace,” said Ono.
Aside from Hitoshi Ono dropping down the bench, the one other change among the replacements sees Atsushi Hiwasa named as reserve scrumhalf, after Kosei Ono had been asked to cover both halfback positions last weekend.
“It’s going to be fun playing in such a great stadium as Murrayfield,” Hirose said. “I’m looking forward to showing everyone the Japan Way of rugby and for us to make history and beat a Top 10 nation away from home for the first time.”
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November 09, 2013 test match Japan v Scotland at Edinburgh
| No |
Name |
Club Team |
Graduate |
(cm) |
(kg) |
D.O.B |
Caps |
| 1 |
Masataka MIKAMI |
TOSHIBA Brave Lupus |
Tokai Univ. |
178 |
115 |
1988/6/4 |
10 |
| 2 |
Shota HORIE |
PANASONIC Wild Knights |
Teikyo Univ. |
180 |
105 |
1986/1/21 |
24 |
| 3 |
Kensuke HATAKEYAMA |
SUNTORY Sungoliath |
Waseda Univ. |
178 |
115 |
1985/8/2 |
47 |
| 4 |
Luke THOMPSON |
KINTETSU Liners |
Lincoln Univ.(NZ) |
196 |
108 |
1981/4/16 |
40 |
| 5 |
Shinya MAKABE |
SUNTORY Sungoliath |
Chuo Univ. |
192 |
118 |
1987/3/26 |
17 |
| 6 |
Hendrik TUI |
SUNTORY Sungoliath |
Teikyo Univ. |
189 |
107 |
1987/12/13 |
15 |
| 7 |
Michael BROADHURST |
RICOH BlackRams |
Campion College (NZ) |
196 |
111 |
1986/10/30 |
13 |
| 8 |
Ryu Koliniasi HOLANI |
PANASONIC Wild Knights |
Saitama Institute of
Technology Univ. |
188 |
112 |
1981/10/25 |
26 |
| 9 |
Fumiaki TANAKA |
PANASONIC Wild Knights |
Kyoto Sangyo Univ. |
166 |
71 |
1985/1/3 |
38 |
| 10 |
Kosei ONO |
SUNTORY Sungoliath |
Christchurch Boys HS (NZ) |
171 |
83 |
1987/4/17 |
19 |
| 11 |
Kenki FUKUOKA |
Univ.of Tsukuba (2nd Year) |
Fukuoka HS |
175 |
83 |
1992/9/7 |
8 |
| 12 |
Craig WING |
KOBE STEEL Kobelco Steelers |
Univ. of New South Wales.(AUS) |
180 |
90 |
1979/12/26 |
6 |
| 13 |
Male SAU |
YAMAHA Jubilo |
Tangaroa College |
183 |
97 |
1987/10/13 |
10 |
| 14 |
Toshiaki HIROSE * |
TOSHIBA Brave Lupus |
Keio Univ. |
173 |
82 |
1981/10/17 |
16 |
| 15 |
Ayumu GOROMARU |
YAMAHA Jubilo |
Waseda Univ. |
185 |
99 |
1986/3/1 |
30 |
| 16 |
Yusuke AOKI |
SUNTORY Sungoliath |
Waseda Univ. |
176 |
97 |
1983/6/19 |
29 |
| 17 |
Yusuke NAGAE |
RICOH BlackRams |
Kyoto Sangyo Univ. |
171 |
107 |
1985/7/19 |
14 |
| 18 |
Hiroshi YAMASHITA |
KOBE STEEL Kobelco Steelers |
Kyoto Sangyo Univ. |
183 |
122 |
1986/1/1 |
26 |
| 19 |
Hitoshi ONO |
TOSHIBA Brave Lupus |
Nihon Univ. |
192 |
106 |
1978/5/6 |
74 |
| 20 |
Takashi KIKUTANI |
TOYOTA Verblitz |
Osaka University of
Health and Sport Sciences |
187 |
106 |
1980/2/24 |
64 |
| 21 |
Atsushi HIWASA |
SUNTORY Sungoliath |
Hosei Univ. |
166 |
72 |
1987/5/22 |
27 |
| 22 |
Yu TAMURA |
NEC Green Rockets |
Meiji Univ. |
181 |
92 |
1989/1/9 |
14 |
| 23 |
Yoshikazu FUJITA |
Waseda Univ.(2nd Year) |
Higashi Fukuoka HS |
184 |
90 |
1993/9/8 |
10 |
*Captain
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