The Japan National Team, who will compete in the Rugby World Cup in France, will face Chile in their first match of the first round at 8 p.m. tonight, Japan time. It will be a match that Japan who aim to surpass the last four or higher than the previous tournament will be able to lose in order to advance through the first round.
We will report the progress of the match in a flash report.
NHK will broadcast the match on Sogo TV, BS1K, Radio 4, and NHK Plus.
* The time difference from the Japan is 1 hours. In principle, it is expressed in Japan hours.
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《Both team members》
Japan Representative
Chile
《Highlights of the match》
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《Both team members》
Japan Representative
Chile
《Highlights of the match》
[Live streaming] Japan× Chile Junichi Okada and Ayumu Goromaru appear in the sub voice!
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Japan National Team Chile National Team Summary
・ Japan National Team will participate in 10 consecutive tournaments (14th in the world ranking)
If Japan wins, they will win their first match in three consecutive tournaments, and Chile will
make their first appearance in the tournament. (World No. 3)
・The two teams have not faced each other in the past, including test matches.
*In 22, teams under the age of 2017 played against each other, and Japan won 20-28.
The venue is the Stadium-de-Toulouse (capacity 22,3) According to meteorological authorities,
the maximum temperature expected in the area is 3103 degrees Celsius and the probability of precipitation is 34%.
《Both team members》
Japan Representative
◆FW (Forward)
1. Keita Inagaki (33)
2. Atsushi Sakate (30)
3. Gu Chigen (29)
4. Saumaki Amanaki (26)
5. Amato Fakatava (28)
6. Michael Leach (34)
7. Koji Shimokawa (24) 8. Jack Cornelsen (28) ◆BK (Bucks)
9. Dai Ryu (31) 10. Rikiya Matsuda (29) 11. Jone Naikabra (29) 12. Ryoto Nakamura (32) 13. Dylan Riley (26) 14. Kotaro Matsushima (30) 15. Semisi Masirewa (31)
◇ Reserve members (8 players) ◇
5 forwards and 3 backs entered.
16. Shota Horie (37) / 17. Craig Miller (32) / 18. Ai Valasaeli (34) / 19. Warner Dian (21) / 20. Shodai Fukui (23) / 21. Naoto Saito (26) / 22. Tomoki Osada (23) / 23. Lemeki Romano Lava (34)
Chile
◆FW (Forward) 1.Javier Carrasco (26)2.Diego Escobar(23)3.Matias Ditus (30)4.Clemente Saavedra(25)5.Javier Iceman(26)
6. Martin Sigren (27) *Captain
7.Raimundo Martinez (23)8.Alfonso Escobar (26)◆BK (Bucks) 9.Marcelo Torrealba (27) 10.Rodrigo Fernandez(27)
11. Franco Velarde (28) 12. Matthias Garaflić (23) 13. Domingo Saavedra (25) 14. Santiago Videla (25) 15. Iñaki Ajarsa (24)
◇ Reserve members (8 players) ◇
6 forwards and 2 backs entered.
16. Augusto Boume (26) / 17. Salvador Ruez (23) / 18. Iñaki Gurchaga (27) / 19. Pablo Huete (34) / 20. Santiago Pedrero (22) / 21. Ignacio Silva (34) / 22. Lucas Carvalho (22) / 23. José Ignacio Larenas (33)
《Highlights of the match》
Chile is a team with a lot of momentum who beat the ranked USA in the qualifiers to qualify for the World Cup for the first time, and this will be their first match in Japan. In the world rankings, Japan is ranked 14th and Chile is 22nd, but there are many physical players and they are characterized by their intensity of contact both offensively and defensively.
In Japan, four-time consecutive tournament veteran Michael Leach and Kotaro Matsushima, who has speed and stepwork, will start the match. On the other hand, captain HIMENO Kazuki was found to have a calf problem at the last minute and was forced to miss the game. Jack Cornelsen, who was scheduled to start as a lock, entered Himeno's position, and Saumaki Amanaki, who was initially not in the squad, became a lock.
The key to Japan will be whether they can stop the strong Chilean attack with tackles that have strengthened their strengths, bring it to the fast-tempo development that they are good at, reduce mistakes such as knock-ons, and continue to play with discipline.
In England 4, where Japan began their breakthrough, they won the first match against South Africa, and in the previous tournament, despite struggling against Russia in the first match, Matsushima scored three tries to win. It will be interesting to see if Japan, who aim to reach the last four or higher than the previous tournament, can win their first match in three consecutive tournaments and lead to their second match against England.
◆NHK broadcast schedule
NHK will broadcast the match on Sogo TV, BS4K, Radio 1, and NHK Plus.