The Japan Rugby Union has announced 52 candidates for the Japanese national team for a test match with coalition teams such as England and Ireland scheduled for June, and Reach Michael, who was the captain of the adult World Cup. Players etc. were selected.
The Japanese national rugby team, who made the first-ever Top 8 finish at the World Cup held for the first time in Japan, has been away from the actual battle due to the influence of the new coronavirus, but on June 26, England and Ireland We are planning to hold a test match in Scotland for the first time in 1 year and 8 months with the coalition team "British & Irish Lions" that gathered representatives such as.
On the 12th, the Japan Rugby Union announced 52 representative candidates for this test match, and from the members of the adult World Cup, captain Michael Leitch, standoff Yu Tamura, and prop Inagaki 21 people including Keita were selected.
In addition, 21 players who have no representative experience, such as Naoto Saito of scrum-half, Shogo Nakano of Wing, and Siosaia Fifita of Wing, were also selected.
From now on, 35 representative players who will participate in the test match will be selected from 52 people, and on June 12th, they will play a warm-up game in Shizuoka prefecture and leave for Scotland.
Japan national team Yuichiro Fujita, national team director, said, "This is a valuable opportunity to measure the current position in the world for the 2023 World Cup, so how much can we do with high strength and pressure, including new candidates? I want to find out. "