Japan Team Announced to Take on France at U20 World Championships
Japan U20 Coach Rob Penney has announced his team to take on France in Japan’s first match at the 2023 World Rugby U20 Championships in South Africa. Kicking off at 14:00 South African local time (21:00 JST) on Saturday, 24 June, Japan will face the top seeded French side and reigning U20 World Champions in their first of two tournament matches at the Danie Craven Stadium in Stellenbosch, just outside Cape Town.
Captained by Yoshiki Omachi from Teikyo University at inside-centre, the team faces a tough first match against a French side sure to be brimming with confidence as they seek to claim their third World Championship title in a row. Japan will be looking to impose their brand of fast paced, attacking rugby with strong interplay between their forwards and backs as they look to mitigate the large and physical French pack.
Following their match against France, Japan will face Wales five days later at the same venue on 29 June. They then travel to nearby Paarl to take on New Zealand in their final pool match on July 4.
Team List
No. Name
1 Hampei NISHINO
2 Takashi OMOTO
3 Riku TOMITA
4 Yuzuki SASAKI
5 Harry WILLARD
6 Koki MIYASHITA
7 Keito HAYASHI
8 Tenta KOBAYASHI
9 Asahi DOEI
10 Kanjiro NARAMOTO
11 Yoshitaka YAZAKI
12 Yoshiki Yoshiki OMACHI
13 Kengo NONAKA
14 Renji OIKE
15 Kosho MUTO
16 Sena HWANG
17 Tomoki YUMBE
18 Kosuke SUGIURA
19 Ryotaro NOSE
20 Tomoki KUSUDA
21 Yutaro TAKAHASHI
22 Genki IKUTA
23 Ryohei IMANO
