The members of "Sunwolves", which will be specially reorganized as opponents of the Japan national rugby union match to be held on the 12th of next month, have been announced, and 15 candidates have been selected from the candidates who could not be represented this time. I did.
The Japan national rugby team will play a test match with the British & Irish Lions, a coalition team that gathered representatives from strong England and Ireland on the 26th of next month, and with the Irish national team and Ireland on July 3rd. I will do it.
On the 31st, 15 members of "Sunwolves", the opponents of the warm-up game to be held in Shizuoka Prefecture on the 12th of next month, were announced for the test match.
Of these, nine were selected from among the candidate players who could not be represented this time, including Panasonic's full back, Ryuji Noguchi, Kubota's prop, and Kengo Kitagawa, who won the top league this season. It was.
Sunwolves is a Japanese team that was competing in the world's highest peak "Super Rugby" and was disbanded last year, but this time it will be specially reorganized, and head coach Naoya Okubo who is in charge of command is "Japan national team The core players have gained the confidence to compete with the experience of Sunwolves. I hope the players who have played will have the opportunity to grow at least one thing. "
In addition, it was also considered to convene Goromaru Ayumu, who belongs to the top league Yamaha Motor and has announced that he will retire only this season, but the Japan Rugby Union said, "The next player to connect to. "I want to choose" and so on.