HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-20 Sydney Sevens 2020 Women’s Sevens Pools and Squad

Sydney

1-2 February 2020

 

The fifth tournament of the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series 2019-2019 will be held at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney, Australia over 1-2 February 2020. This is the fifth of eight tournaments for the season.

 

The eleven core teams in the 2019-20 season are Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Russia, Spain and the USA. The core teams compete at every tournament, while one place is available to a non-core team at each tournament. Japan are the non-core team at the 2019 Sydney Women’s Sevens.

 

At Sydney, the Sakura Sevens are in Pool C along with New Zealand, Russia and England.

 

 

 

Pools

Pool A Pool B Pool C
New Zealand Canada France
England USA Australia
Russia Fiji Spain
Japan Brazil Ireland

 

Pool A Games for Japan

Saturday, 1 February 2020

Match No.04 – 10:36: New Zealand Women v Japan Women

Match No.09 – 15:52: England Women v Japan Women

 

Sunday, 2 February 2020

Match No.15 – 09:29: Russia Women v Japan Women

 

 

 

Sakura Sevens Squad for Sydney

  Name Club DOB Age Hgt/Wgt
1 Chiharu NAKAMURA Nanairo Prism Fukuoka 25/04/1988 31 162/64
2 Mele Yua Havili KAGAWA Arukas Queen Kumagaya 29/09/2001 18 168/71
3 Raichelmiyo BATIVAKALOLO Arukas Queen Kumagaya 18/09/1997 22 161/71
4 Fumiko OTAKE Nippon Sport Science University 02/02/1999 20 170/67
5 Hana NAGATA Nippon Sport Science University 19/05/2000 19 168/58
6 Sayaka SUZUKI RKU Rugby Ryugasaki Grace 17/05/1997 22 165/60
7 Honoka TSUTSUMI (c) Nippon Sport Science University 19/06/1997 22 154/56
8 Haruka HIROTSU SCIX Rugby Club 29/10/2000 19 169/68
9 Ayumi YABUUCHI Nagato Blue Angels 12/09/1996 23 153/56
10 Emii TANAKA Nippon Sport Science University 19/10/1999 20 167/65
11 Wakaba HARA Tokyo Sankyu Phoenix 06/01/2000 20 156/56
12 Yuki ITO Mie Women’s RFC Pearls 24/10/1996 23 162/62

 

 

 

Staff

Position Name Club/Affiliation
Head Coach Hitoshi Inada JRFU
Performance Analyst Yu Iwai JRFU
Assistant Coach Naonori Mizuyama JRFU
Assistant S & C Coach Toshiaki Wada JRFU
Team Doctor Atsushi Tasaki St Luke’s International Hospital
Athletic Trainer Kanae Yasunaga JRFU
Team Manager Akane Kagawa JRFU

 

 

 

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