Rugby Kenki Fukuoka dedicates seven players to "best results at Tokyo Olympics" January 18 19:34
Rugby Japan National Team player Kenki Fukuoka has stated that he will concentrate on seven-person rugby for the Tokyo Olympics, and expressed his enthusiasm for "I want to achieve the best results."
Fukuoka, a 27-year-old member of the top league Panasonic, who won four attempts at last year's Rugby World Cup, won a match with Toyota Motor Corporation in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture on the 18th. We had a press conference.
Among them, Fukuoka announced that he would concentrate on the seven-person rugby that was selected as the Japan National Team candidate for the Tokyo Olympics, and said that he wants to achieve the best results at the Tokyo Olympics as long as it is sent out as expected. I talked.
After that, "The 15-person system is attracting attention, and the seven-person system is still rarely featured in the media, etc. I hope that it will be a spot for the Olympic Games. I want to do it, "he said.
Fukuoka also played the ball in the latter half of the season on the 18th, which was the last of this season with a 15-person system, carrying the ball to the goal near the goal at the speed of the characteristic, and responding to the disorder of the opponent's pass He showed his success and contributed to the team's reversal victory.
Fukuoka will participate in a training camp in Saitama Prefecture from this month, which is six months before the opening of the Tokyo Olympics.