23 September,2016

Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2016 – Round 2, South Korea: Preview

Dates: Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 September 2016
Venue: Incheon Namdong Asiad Rugby Stadium

Japan are the defending Asian champions, they have qualified for the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Series and they finished fourth at the Rio Olympics.

Although Japan were considered favourites to take the Hong Kong tournament, poor results in the pool stages put them out of contention for top honours on the second day in the knock-out stages. Ultimately, Japan won the Plate after beating Singapore 7-0 in the final.

Hosts Hong Kong defeated Sri Lanka 22-17 in the Cup Final to take their home tournament while South Korea beat China 33-14 in the third-place play-off.

Meanwhile, the Japan Women’s Sevens team made up for the failings of the men by defeating China 14-7 in the Cup final.

Japan are sending a young and relatively inexperienced men’s squad to South Korea for round two of the Asia Rugby Sevens Series 2016 in the hope of improving on the results in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, the Japan women’s squad is looking to make it back-to-back tournaments after claiming the title two weeks ago in Hong Kong in round one.

Men’s Pools

Pool A	Pool B
Hong Kong	Sri Lanka
South Korea	China
Japan	Singapore
Chinese Taipei	Malaysia

Pool A Games for Japan

Saturday, 24 September 2016

Game 1 (13:34): South Korea v Japan
Game 2 (16:08): Hong Kong v Japan
Game 3 (19:26): Japan v Chinese Taipei

The Japan Men’s Sevens Squad for South Korea

Name	Club	DOB	Age	Hgt/Wgt
Jamie Henry	PSI Super Sonics	11/03/1990	26	184/84
Hiroki Hanada	Fukuoka University	15/07/1994	22	183/92
Kaisei Kasahara	Chuo University	02/10/1995	20	180/88
Kazuki Yamada	Ritsumeikan University	16/02/1996	20	175/85
Keiju Tsuruta	Doshisha University	20/09/1996	20	172/78
Kohei Toyota	Keio University	08/04/1996	20	184/89
Han Jon-Moon	Ryutsu Keizai University	07/07/1996	20	183/90
Saiki Uchida	Doshisha University	05/11/1996	19	169/76
Kosuke Naka	Kwansei Gakuin University	06/05/1997	19	177/83
Minato Goto	University of Tsukuba	30/06/1997	19	186/93
Ryo Kayutsuka	Ryutsu Keizai University	30/07/1997	19	182/90
Shintaro Yokose	Ryutsu Keizai University	18/03/1998	18	166/70

Staff

Head Coach: Koichi Umeda (JRFU).
S&C Coach: Daisuke Sato (Tokoha University).
Team Doctor: Kiyokazu Gotanda (Kurume University).
Physiotherapist: Masahiro Furudate (Reniart Sports Conditioning Support).
Analyst: Shota Nakajima (JRFU).

Women’s Pools

Pool C	Pool D
Japan	China
Hong Kong	Thailand
Singapore	Guam
Uzbekistan	Sri Lanka

Pool C Games for Japan