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Team Lists: JAPAN XV v World XV

Competition: Japan Rugby Challenge Match 2017.
Date: Saturday, 28 October 2017.
Venue: Level-5 Stadium, Fukuoka.
Kick-off: 15:00 JST.

JAPAN XV

Pos. Name (Test Player Number) Club DOB Age Hgt/Wgt Caps
1 Keita INAGAKI (582) Panasonic Wild Knights 02/06/1990 27 186/116 16
2 Atsushi SAKATE (604) Panasonic Wild Knights 21/06/1993 24 180/104 8
3 Jiwon KOO (Uncapped) Honda heat 20/07/1994 23 183/122 –
4 Kazuki HIMENO (Uncapped) Toyota Verblitz 27/07/1994 23 187/108 –
5 Wimpie van der WALT (Uncapped) NTT Docomo 06/01/1989 28 188/106 –
6 Yoshitaka TOKUNAGA (638TBC) Toshiba Brave Lupus 10/04/1992 25 185/100 7
7 Shunsuke NUNOMAKI (631) Panasonic Wild Knights 13/07/1992 25 178/96 3
8 Michael LEITCH (518) (c) Toshiba Brave Lupus 07/10/1988 29 189/105 50
9 Fumiaki TANAKA (510) Panasonic Wild Knights 03/01/1985 32 166/72 61
10 Yu TAMURA (555) Canon Eagles 09/01/1989 28 181/91 45
11 Akihito YAMADA (574) Panasonic Wild Knights 26/07/1985 32 182/88 23
12 Ryoto NAKAMURA (573) Suntory Sungoliath 03/06/1991 26 178/92 11
13 Sione TEAUPA (Uncapped) Kubota Spears 09/07/1992 25 183/99 –
14 Lomano Lava LEMEKI (624) Honda Heat 20/01/1989 28 177/92 2
15 Ryuji NOGUCHI (599) Tokai University 15/07/1995 22 177/86 11
             
16 Takeshi HINO (633) Yamaha Jubilo 20/01/1990 27 172/100 4
17 Shintaro ISHIHARA (634TBC) Suntory Sungoliath 17/06/1990 27 181/105 6
18 Asaeli Ai VALU (Uncapped) Panasonic Wild Knights 07/05/1989 28 187/115 –
19 Kotaro YATABE (592) Panasonic Wild Knights 29/07/1986 31 190/107 15
20 Uwe HELU (621) Yamaha Jubilo 12/07/1990 27 193/115 6
21 Fetuani LAUTAIMI (Uncapped) Toyota Verblitz 21/10/1992 25 185/115 –
22 Shuhei MATSUHASHI (627) Ricoh Black Rams 24/11/1993 23 180/99 8
23 Yutaka NAGARE (639TBC) Suntory Sungoliath 04/09/1992 25 166/71 6
24 Rikiya MATSUDA (617) Panasonic Wild Knights 03/05/1994 23 181/92 9
25 Ryohei YAMANAKA (541) Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers 22/06/1988 29 188/95 11

Head Coach – Jamie Joseph.

World XV

Pos. Name (Test Player Number) Club/Province Union DOB Age Hgt/Wgt Caps
1 Jacques van Rooyan Lions South Africa 24/10/1986 31 186/122 –
2 Adriaan Strauss Bulls South Africa 18/11/1985 31 185/113 66 (RSA)
3 Ruan Smith Toyota Verblitz South Africa 24/01/1990 27 188/123 –
4 Geoff Parling Munakata Sanix Blues England 28/10/1983 33 199/117 54 (ENG)
5 RG Snyman Honda Heat South Africa 29/01/1995 22 206/120 –
6 Kwagga Smith Lions South Africa 11/06/1993 24 180/90 –
7 Edward Quirk Canon Eagles Australia 28/08/1991 26 191/108 –
8 Willem Britz NTT Communications South Africa 31/08/1988 29 193/106 –
9 Andrew Ellis (c) Kobe Steel New Zealand 21/02/1984 33 176/89 28 (NZL)
10 Berrick Barnes Panasonic Wild Knights Australia 28/05/1986 31 183/87 51 (AUS)
11 Vince Aso Hurricanes New Zealand 05/01/1995 22 185/90 –
12 Harold Vorster Lions South Africa 11/10/1993 24 186/94 –
13 Richard Buckman Panasonic Wild Knights New Zealand 27/05/1989 28 184/94  
14 Yoshikazu Fujita Panasonic Wild Knights Japan 08/09/1993 24 184/90 29 (JPN)
15 Ayumu Goromaru Yamaha Jubilo Japan 01/03/1986 31 185/100 57 (JPN)
               
16 Corey Flynn West Coast New Zealand 05/01/1981 36 185/108 15 (NZL)
17 Greg Pleasants-Tate Highlanders New Zealand 12/05/1991 26 181/112 –
18 Facundo Gigena Jaguares Argentina 15/09/1994 23 182/111 1 (ARG)
19 Sam Wykes Panasonic Wild Knights Australia 25/04/1988 29 197/109 –
20 Simone Favaro Fiamme Oro Italy 07/11/1988 28 183/103 36 (ITA)
21 Nic Stirzaker Melbourne Rebels Australia 08/03/1991 26 179/80 –
22 Takuya Yamasawa Panasonic Wild Knights Japan 21/09/1994 23 176/81 3 (JPN)
23 Digby Ioane Panasonic Wild Knights Australia 14/07/1985 32 178/93 35 (AUS)
24 Jean-Pierre Smith Stormers South Africa 24/01/1990 27 188/124 –

Head Coach – Robbie Deans.

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