2013 Wales rugby union tour of Japan

In June 2013, Wales toured Japan as part of the 2013 mid-year rugby test series.[1] They faced Japan in a two-test series on 8 and 15 June, playing in the oldest dedicated rugby union stadium in Japan, Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Osaka, and the home stadium of Japanese rugby, Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo. The test series was Wales' first test series against Japan since 2001, when Wales were victorious 2–0, and their first encounter since Wales' 72–18 victory in the 2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B match. Wales were also the first Tier 1 nation to play Japan in Japan since Italy in 2006.

2013 Wales rugby union tour of Japan
Coach(es)Robin McBryde
Tour captain(s)Bradley Davies
Top test point scorer(s)Dan Biggar (17)
Top test try scorer(s)Harry Robinson (1)
Tom Prydie (1)
Summary
P W D L
Total
02 01 00 01
Test match
02 01 00 01
Opponent
P W D L
 Japan
2 1 0 1
Tour chronology
Previous tourAustralia 2012
Next tourSouth Africa 2014

At the start of the tour Japan were yet to earn a victory over the Welsh, with Wales winning all fixtures before this test series. However, the second match of the series saw Japan win their first test match against Wales. The test series ended in a 1–1 draw with Wales winning the first test and Japan winning the second.

Fixtures
Date and time Venue Home Score Away
8 June 2013, 14:00 JST (UTC+9) Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Japan  18–22  Wales
15 June 2013, 14:00 JST (UTC+9) Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Japan  23–8  Wales

Squads

Wales

In the absence of Warren Gatland and Rob Howley with their commitments on the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, Robin McBryde took on the role of head coach.[2] On 21 May, McBryde named a 27-man squad for the tour.[3]

Aaron Shingler and Ashley Beck were ruled out with injury ahead of the tour (28 May) and was replaced with Josh Navidi and Adam Warren[4] 15 players were also unavailable due to selection for the Lions tour to Australia.

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Scott Baldwin Hooker (1988-07-12)12 July 1988 (aged 24) 0 Ospreys
Emyr Phillips Hooker (1987-02-22)22 February 1987 (aged 26) 0 Scarlets
Scott Andrews Prop (1989-08-01)1 August 1989 (aged 23) 6 Cardiff Blues
Ryan Bevington Prop (1988-12-09)9 December 1988 (aged 24) 9 Ospreys
Rhys Gill Prop (1986-10-30)30 October 1986 (aged 26) 3 Saracens
Rhodri Jones Prop (1991-12-23)23 December 1991 (aged 21) 1 Scarlets
Craig Mitchell Prop (1986-05-03)3 May 1986 (aged 27) 14 Exeter Chiefs
Andrew Coombs Lock (1984-10-27)27 October 1984 (aged 28) 4 Newport Gwent Dragons
Bradley Davies (c) Lock (1987-01-09)9 January 1987 (aged 26) 38 Cardiff Blues
James King Lock (1990-07-24)24 July 1990 (aged 22) 0 Ospreys
Lou Reed Lock (1987-09-10)10 September 1987 (aged 25) 3 Cardiff Blues
Dan Baker Flanker (1992-07-05)5 July 1992 (aged 20) 0 Ospreys
Rob McCusker Flanker (1988-03-12)12 March 1988 (aged 25) 5 Scarlets
Josh Navidi Flanker (1990-12-30)30 December 1990 (aged 22) 0 Cardiff Blues
Andries Pretorius Number 8 (1985-09-26)26 September 1985 (aged 27) 0 Cardiff Blues
Tavis Knoyle Scrum-half (1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 23) 9 Scarlets
Lloyd Williams Scrum-half (1989-11-30)30 November 1989 (aged 23) 13 Cardiff Blues
Dan Biggar Fly-half (1989-10-16)16 October 1989 (aged 23) 16 Ospreys
Rhys Patchell Fly-half (1993-05-17)17 May 1993 (aged 20) 0 Cardiff Blues
Jonathan Spratt Centre (1986-04-28)28 April 1986 (aged 27) 2 Ospreys
Adam Warren Centre (1991-03-07)7 March 1991 (aged 22) 1 Scarlets
Owen Williams Centre (1991-10-02)2 October 1991 (aged 21) 0 Cardiff Blues
Dafydd Howells Wing (1995-03-22)22 March 1995 (aged 18) 0 Ospreys
Harry Robinson Wing (1993-04-16)16 April 1993 (aged 20) 1 Cardiff Blues
Liam Williams Fullback (1991-04-09)9 April 1991 (aged 22) 3 Scarlets
Tom Prydie Fullback (1992-02-23)23 February 1992 (aged 21) 4 Newport Gwent Dragons
Steven Shingler Fullback (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 21) 0 London Irish

Japan

The Japanese 36-man squad for 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup and 2013 Welsh rugby union tour of Japan.

  • Head Coach: Eddie Jones
  • Caps and ages are to first Test (8 June 2013)
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Yusuke Aoki Hooker (1983-06-19)19 June 1983 (aged 29) 25 Suntory
Shota Horie Hooker (1986-01-21)21 January 1986 (aged 27) 19 Melbourne Rebels
Hiroki Yuhara Hooker (1984-01-21)21 January 1984 (aged 29) 11 Toshiba
Takuma Asahara Prop (1987-09-07)7 September 1987 (aged 25) 3 Toshiba
Kensuke Hatakeyama Prop (1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 27) 38 Suntory
Takeshi Kizu Prop (1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 24) 15 Kobelco Steelers
Masataka Mikami Prop (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 25) 2 Toshiba
Yusuke Nagae Prop (1985-07-19)19 July 1985 (aged 27) 9 Black Rams
Hiroshi Yamashita Prop (1986-01-01)1 January 1986 (aged 27) 18 Kobelco Steelers
Michael Broadhurst Lock (1986-10-30)30 October 1986 (aged 26) 5 Black Rams
Shoji Ito Lock (1980-12-02)2 December 1980 (aged 32) 10 Kobelco Steelers
Shinya Makabe Lock (1987-03-26)26 March 1987 (aged 26) 12 Suntory
Hitoshi Ono Lock (1978-05-06)6 May 1978 (aged 35) 66 Toshiba
Hendrik Tui Lock (1987-12-13)13 December 1987 (aged 25) 7 Panasonic
Justin Ives Flanker (1984-05-24)24 May 1984 (aged 29) 10 Panasonic
Michael Leitch Flanker (1988-10-07)7 October 1988 (aged 24) 28 Chiefs
Ryuta Yasui Flanker (1989-12-06)6 December 1989 (aged 23) 1 Kobelco Steelers
Takashi Kikutani Number 8 (1980-02-24)24 February 1980 (aged 33) 56 Toyota Verblitz
Ryu Koliniasi Holani Number 8 (1981-10-25)25 October 1981 (aged 31) 24 Panasonic
Atsushi Hiwasa Scrum-half (1987-05-22)22 May 1987 (aged 26) 20 Suntory
Fumiaki Tanaka Scrum-half (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 28) 33 Highlanders
Keisuke Uchida Scrum-half (1992-02-22)22 February 1992 (aged 21) 3 Tsukuba University
Ryoto Nakamura Fly-half (1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 22) 1 Teikyo University
Kosei Ono Fly-half (1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 26) 16 Suntory
Yuu Tamura Fly-half (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 24) 6 Green Rockets
Yuta Imamura Centre (1984-10-31)31 October 1984 (aged 28) 35 Kobe Steel
Male Sa'u Centre (1987-10-13)13 October 1987 (aged 25) 2 Yamaha Jubilo
Seiichi Shimonura Centre (1981-09-20)20 September 1981 (aged 31) 4 Panasonic
Harumichi Tatekawa Centre (1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 23) 12 Kubota Spears
Craig Wing Centre (1979-12-26)26 December 1979 (aged 33) 1 Kobelco Steelers
Yoshikazu Fujita Wing (1993-10-08)8 October 1993 (aged 19) 3 Waseda University
Kenki Fukuoka Wing (1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 20) 2 University of Tsukuba
Toshiaki Hirose (c) Wing (1981-10-17)17 October 1981 (aged 31) 11 Toshiba
Hirotoki Onozawa Wing (1978-03-29)29 March 1978 (aged 35) 78 Suntory Sungoliath
Ayumu Goromaru Fullback (1986-03-01)1 March 1986 (aged 27) 20 Yamaha Jubilo

Matches

8 June 2013
14:00 JST (UTC+9)
Japan  18–22  Wales
Try: Broadhurst 38' m
Fujita 69' c
Con: Goromaru (1/2) 70'
Pen: Goromaru (2/4) 15', 20'
 Report[5] Try: Robinson 63' c
Con: Biggar (1/1) 64'
Pen: Biggar (4/5) 23', 29', 46', 59'
Patchell (1/1) 79'
Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 20,152
Referee: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)
FB15Ayumu Goromaru
RW14Yoshikazu Fujita
OC13Male Sa'u
IC12Craig Wing 70'
LW11Kenki Fukuoka 79'
FH10Harumichi Tatekawa
SH9Fumiaki Tanaka 66'
N88Takashi Kikutani (c)
OF7Michael Broadhurst
BF6Hendrik Tui 72'
RL5Shoji Ito
LL4Hitoshi Ono 80'
TP3Hiroshi Yamashita 64'
HK2Shota Horie 30' to 32' 72'
LP1Masataka Mikami 60'
Replacements:
HK16Takeshi Kizu 30' 32' 72'
PR17Yusuke Nagae 60'
PR18Kensuke Hatakeyama 64'
LK19Toshizumi Kitagawa 80'
FL20Ryuta Yasui 72'
SH21Atsushi Hiwasa 66'
FH22Yuu Tamura 70'
WG23Hirotoki Onozawa 79'
Coach:
Eddie Jones
FB15Liam Williams
RW14Harry Robinson
OC13Owen Williams
IC12Jonathan Spratt
LW11Dafydd Howells
FH10Dan Biggar 64'
SH9Lloyd Williams 60'
N88Rob McCusker 19' to 29' 60'
OF7James King
BF6Andrew Coombs 51'
RL5Lou Reed
LL4Bradley Davies (c)
TP3Scott Andrews
HK2Emyr Phillips
LP1Ryan Bevington 51'
Replacements:
HK16Scott Baldwin
PR17Rhys Gill 51'
PR18Rhodri Jones
N819Andries Pretorius 51'
FL20Dan Baker 60'
SH21Tavis Knoyle 60'
FH22Rhys Patchell 64'
FB23Tom Prydie
Coach:
Robin McBryde

Touch judges:
Greg Garner (England)
Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)

Note:

15 June 2013
14:00 JST (UTC+9)
Japan  23–8  Wales
Try: Wing 49' c
Broadhurst 60' c
Con: Goromaru (2/2) 49', 61'
Pen: Goromaru (3/3) 14', 34', 76'
 Report[6] Try: Prydie 44' m
Pen: Biggar (1/2) 21'
Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 21,062
Referee: Greg Garner (England)
FB15Ayumu Goromaru
RW14Toshiaki Hirose (c)
OC13Male Sa'u
IC12Craig Wing 69'
LW11Kenki Fukuoka 79'
FH10Harumichi Tatekawa
SH9Fumiaki Tanaka 67'
N88Takashi Kikutani
OF7Michael Broadhurst
BF6Hendrik Tui
RL5Shoji Ito 45'
LL4Hitoshi Ono 74'
TP3Hiroshi Yamashita 45'
HK2Shota Horie 79'
LP1Masataka Mikami 69'
Replacements:
HK16Takeshi Kizu 79'
PR17Yusuke Nagae 69'
PR18Kensuke Hatakeyama 45'
LK19Shinya Makabe 45'
FL20Justin Ives 74'
SH21Atsushi Hiwasa 67'
FH22Yuu Tamura 69'
WG23Yoshikazu Fujita 79'
Coach:
Eddie Jones
FB15Liam Williams 53'
RW14Harry Robinson
OC13Owen Williams 23'
IC12Jonathan Spratt
LW11Tom Prydie
FH10Dan Biggar
SH9Lloyd Williams 50'
N88Andries Pretorius
OF7Josh Navidi 63'
BF6James King
RL5Lou Reed 50'
LL4Bradley Davies (c)
TP3Scott Andrews 57'
HK2Emyr Phillips 78'
LP1Rhys Gill 57'
Replacements:
HK16Scott Baldwin 78'
PR17Rhodri Jones 57'
PR18Craig Mitchell 57'
LK19Andrew Coombs 50'
FL20Dan Baker 63'
SH21Tavis Knoyle 50'
FH22Rhys Patchell 23'
WG23Dafydd Howells 53'
Coach:
Robin McBryde

Touch judges:
Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)
Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan)

Note:

  • This was Japan's first victory over Wales.

See also

References

  1. "Japan confirm Wales tour dates". www.wru.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. "McBryde to coach Wales in Japan". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. "Davies handed captaincy for Japan tour". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. "Navidi and Warren called into squad". www.wru.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  5. "Japan v Wales". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  6. "Japan v Wales". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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