London Sevens – Day 1 Result

20-21 May 2017, Twickenham, London

The 2017 London Sevens is the tenth and final round of the 2016-17 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series.

Coming into this final round, South Africa have already been crowned the series champions with 179 points from their nearest rival in England on 145 points. Meanwhile, at the other end of the standings, Japan are the lowest placed core team on 19 points behind Russia on 27 points and face the prospect of relegation if they cannot overcome the deficit.

Japan are one of the fifteen core teams in the main draw of the series and they were in Pool C along with New Zealand, Fiji and Canada. Spain is the sixteenth and final team at the tournament.

In their opening Pool C game on Saturday, 20 April 2017, the Japanese faced New Zealand. The All Black Sevens are off the pace this season but proved too strong, beating Japan 33-7. Later in the day, Japan lost 61-5 to Fiji and 28-14 to Canada.

Pools

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
South Africa Scotland New Zealand England
USA France Fiji Samoa
Wales Argentina Canada Australia
Kenya Russia Japan Spain

Pool C Games for Japan

Saturday, 20 May 2017

09:52 New Zealand 33 d Japan 7
12:36 Fiji 61 d Japan 5
15:42 Canada 28 d Japan 14

Japan Sevens Squad for London

  Name Club DOB Age Hgt/Wgt
1 Naoki MOTOMURA Honda Heat 11/04/1992 25 184/88
2 Dallas TATANA Kamaishi Seawaves 27/08/1991 25 186/106
3 Makoto KATO Kyuden Voltex 01/08/1990 27 176/85
4 Jonmoon HAN Ryutsu Keizai University 07/07/1996 20 183/90
5 Patrick STEHLIN IBM Big Blue 15/12/1992 24 178/95
6 Dai OZAWA (c) Toyota Verblitz 08/05/1989 27 183/89
7 Katsuyuki SAKAI Toyota Industries Shuttles 07/09/1988 28 172/88
8 Ryota KANO Meiji Yasuda Hollies 10/05/1992 25 172/72
9 Taisei HAYASHI Canon Eagles 27/06/1992 24 176/85
10 Kosuke HASHINO Canon Eagles 20/11/1987 29 176/83
11 Masahiro NAKANO Kyushu Kyoritsu University 25/01/1996 21 168/75
12 Siosifa LISARA Hanazono University 02/02/1994 23 180/85

Head Coach: Damian Karauna, JRFU
Skill Coach: Stephen Miln, JRFU

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