HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-20 Cape Town Sevens

Cape Town 13-15 December 2019

 

The second round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series 2019-20 is being held at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa over 13-15 December 2019. This is the second of ten tournaments for the season.

The fifteen core teams on the 2019-20 season are: Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, Fiji, France, Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Samoa, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, USA and Wales. Ireland became a core team for the first time after they won the 2019-20 World Series Qualifier in Hong Kong earlier in the year. Japan were relegated as the lowest-placed core team in the 2018-19 season. The core teams compete at every tournament, while one place is available to a non-core team at each tournament. Japan were invited as the non-core team at the 2019 Dubai Sevens.

Pools

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

 

Pool A Games for Japan

Friday, 13 December 2019
Match No.8 – 20:30: South Africa v Japan

Saturday, 14 December 2019
Match No.15 – 13:29: USA v Japan
Match No.23 – 19:35: Fiji v Japan

 

Japan Sevens Squad for Cape Town

  Name Club DOB Age Hgt/Wgt
1 Jose SERU Hokkaido Barbarians 09/02/1991 28 196/115
2 Fisipuna TUIAKI Secom Ruggets 23/01/1995 24 188/110
3 Takehiro NAKAZAWA Ricoh Black Rams 10/09/1991 28 183/98
4 Kohei ISHIGAKI Coca-Cola Red Sparks 25/06/1993 26 183/98
5 Rikiya OISHI NEC Green Rockets 29/01/1993 26 190/90
6 Yoshihiro NOGUCHI Secom Ruggets 26/12/1994 24 170/77
7 Ryota KANO Meiji Yasuda Holly’s 10/05/1992 27 172/72
8 Chihito MATSUI (c) Suntory Sungoliath 11/11/1994 25 182/78
9 Kazuma NAKAGAWA Canon Eagles 28/10/1995 24 173/81
10 Yoshikazu FUJITA JRFU/Panasonic Wild Knights 08/09/1993 26 184/90
11 Taisei HAYASHI JRFU 27/06/1992 27 176/82
12 Shotaro TSUOKA Coca-Cola Red Sparks 22/03/1996 23 181/85
13 Katsuyuki SAKAI Toyota Industries Shuttles 07/09/1988 31 172/88

 

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