63 rugby candidates for Japan have been announced for the test match between Uruguay and France, which will be held from next month to July, and Kazuki Himeno and Michael Leitch, who are active in League One, have been selected. rice field.
The Japanese national rugby team will play a domestic test match with Uruguay on the 18th and 25th of next month and France on the 2nd and 9th of July as part of the strengthening of the World Cup to be held in France next year. increase.
On the 9th, the Japan Rugby Union announced 63 candidate players for this test match, including Number 8 Himeno, who was a member of the World Cup three years ago and is also active in League One this season, and Flanker. Reach, Keita Inagaki of Prop, Shota Horie of Hooker, etc. were selected.
In addition, 21 people who have never participated in test matches as representatives, such as Hayata Nakao of the standoff and Koki Takeyama of the wing, were selected.
On the other hand, Kotaro Matsushima and Ryoto Nakamura who played an active part in the World Cup were not selected due to poor conditions.
In the future, the players will hold training camps in Oita and Miyazaki to make adjustments for the test match.
Japan national team coach Jamie Joseph head coach said, "We searched for a player who has the ability and attitude to complement the play style of the Japanese national team and has the potential to evolve the style, while assessing the balance of experience, potential and other things." I am commenting.
Japan national team candidate player
■ FW: 36 people
[Prop]
Toshiaki Asaoka <Toyota>
Keita Inagaki <Panasonic>
Val Asaeri Ai <Panasonic>
Takato Okabe <Canon>
Shinnosuke Kakinaga <Suntory>
Kengo Kitagawa <Kubota>
Yusuke Kizu <Toyota>
Rento Tsukayama < Canon>
Craig Miller <Panasonic>
Yuki Morikawa <Suntory>
[Hooker]
Atsushi Sakate <Panasonic>
Shunta Nakamura <Suntory>
Daigo Hashimoto <Toshiba>
Shota Horie <Panasonic>
Kosuke Horikoshi <Suntory>
[Rock]
Daichi Akiyama < Toyota>
Yuya Oto <Shizuoka>
Jack Cornelsen <Panasonic>
Saumaki Amanaki <Canon>
Yuyasu Tsuji <Suntory>
Warner Dians <Toshiba>
Kota Hasegawa <Panasonic>
Vinpy van der Wald <NTT Docomo>
Sanaila Waqa <Kintetsu>
[Franker]
Ben Gunter <Panasonic>
Naoto Shimada <Canon>
Koji Shimokawa <Suntory>
Cell Jose <Kintetsu> Seito
Furukawa <Toyota>
Hiroki Yamamoto <Toshiba>
Peter Loveskafni <Kubota>
Reach Michael <Toshiba>
[No. 8]
Tebita Tatuff <Suntory> Yoshitaka
Tokunaga <Toshiba>
Kazuki Himeno <Toyota> Fowl A
Maxi <Kubota>
■ BK: 27 people
[Scrum Half]
Takahiro Ogawa < Toshiba>
Naoto Saito <Suntory>
Kaito Shigeno <Toyota>
Daiki Nakajima <Kobelco>
Ryudai <Suntory>
[Standoff]
Yu Tamura <Canon>
Hayata Nakao <Toshiba>
Takuya Yamazawa <Panasonic>
Lee Sungoliath <Cobelco>
[Center ]
]
Yusuke Kajimura <Canon>
Shane Gates <NTT Communications>
Rimichi Tachikawa <Kubota>
Theaupa Shione <Kubota>
Rafaele Timothy <Kobelco> Hayata Nakao <
Suntory>
Dylan Riley <Panasonic>
[Wing]
Takahashi Shioji <Toyota>
Akira Takeyama <Panasonic>
Jone Naikabra <Toshiba>
Gerard van den Heifer <Kubota>
Shiosaia Fifita <Kintetsu>
Komasa Nezuka <Kubota>
Ataata Moea Kiora <Kobelco>
Rakuhei Yamashita <Kobelco>
[Full Back]
Seiya Ozaki <Suntory>
Ryuji Noguchi <Panasonic>
Ryohei Yamanaka <Kobelco>