Kotaro Matsushima, the Japanese national rugby union player, said, "I was able to play in many games and grow up" after the first season of the French professional league "Clermont Auvergne".
28-year-old Kotaro Matsushima, who is the full-back and wing of the Japanese national team, contributed greatly to Japan's first Top 8 advancement in the adult World Cup and has won the French professional league twice. I transferred to.
The team lost in the first round of the playoffs this season and missed the semi-finals, but Matsushima played 22 games, scored 50 goals and also played in the European Champions Cup.
Matsushima responded online after the first season, saying, "I played a lot of games throughout the year. I had a good experience with each team having a French national team player. I gained weight. I was able to grow by strengthening my physical strength and being entrusted with kicks from the middle of the season. "
Matsushima will join the Japanese national team after this, and will face a test match overseas with the coalition teams such as England and Ireland on the 26th of this month and with Ireland on the 3rd of next month.
Matsushima said, "I'm really looking forward to playing against a team of superstars. I want to express what I experienced in France."
Regarding former Japan national team Ayumu Goromaru, who held a retirement interview on the 14th, "I think there are things that only Goromaru can do by saying that he will continue to be involved in the rugby world. Spread rugby throughout Japan. I want you to go. "