2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan

In June 2016, the Scotland rugby union team toured Japan, their first tour of the Eastern Asian country since 1989. Scotland went into the tour on the back of two victories and a fourth-place finish in the 2016 Six Nations Championship while Japan entered the series following an eleventh consecutive Asia Rugby Championship title, and a test match against Canada. With the Brave Blossoms new head coach Jamie Joseph not taking over until August 2016, the Sunwolves head coach Mark Hammett acted as caretaker coach for the two-test series.

2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan
Coach(es)Vern Cotter
Tour captain(s)Greig Laidlaw
Top test point scorer(s)Greig Laidlaw (28)
Top test try scorer(s)WP Nel (1)
Summary
P W D L
Total
02 02 00 00
Test match
02 02 00 00
Opponent
P W D L
 Japan
2 2 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tourAmericas & South Africa 2014
Next tourAustralia, Fiji & Singapore 2017

Fixtures
Date and time Venue Home Score Away
18 June 2016, 19:20 JST (UTC+09) Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi Japan  13–26  Scotland
25 June 2016, 19:20 JST (UTC+09) Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo Japan  16–21  Scotland

Squads

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 18 June, the first test match of the tour.

Japan

On 30 May, caretaker coach Mark Hammett named a 33-man squad for Japan's June tests against Canada and Scotland.[1]

On 1 June, Kyosuke Horie and Shokei Kin were added to the squad for the Canadian test on 11 June.[2]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Shota Horie Hooker (1986-01-21)21 January 1986 (aged 30) 42 Sunwolves
Takeshi Kizu Hooker (1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 27) 42 Sunwolves
Futoshi Mori Hooker (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 28) 2 Sunwolves
Kensuke Hatakeyama Prop (1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 30) 73 Newcastle Falcons
Keita Inagaki Prop (1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 26) 11 Sunwolves
Shinnosuke Kakinaga Prop (1991-12-19)19 December 1991 (aged 24) 6 Sunwolves
Masataka Mikami Prop (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 28) 32 Sunwolves
Naohiro Kotaki Lock (1992-06-13)13 June 1992 (aged 24) 5 Toshiba Brave Lupus
Hitoshi Ono Lock (1978-05-06)6 May 1978 (aged 38) 96 Sunwolves
Kazuhiko Usami Lock (1992-03-17)17 March 1992 (aged 24) 9 Sunwolves
Kotaro Yatabe Lock (1986-07-29)29 July 1986 (aged 29) 5 Panasonic Wild Knights
Taiyo Ando Flanker (1987-08-22)22 August 1987 (aged 28) 2 Sunwolves
Kyosuke Horie Flanker (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 25) 3 Yamaha Júbilo
Yoshiya Hosoda Flanker (1987-08-05)5 August 1987 (aged 28) 1 Sunwolves
Shokei Kin Flanker (1991-10-03)3 October 1991 (aged 24) 4 NTT Communications Shining Arcs
Hendrik Tui Flanker (1987-12-13)13 December 1987 (aged 28) 36 Queensland Reds
Hiroki Yamamoto Flanker (1992-11-17)17 November 1992 (aged 23) 4 Toshiba Brave Lupus
Ryu Holani Number 8 (1981-10-25)25 October 1981 (aged 34) 44 Panasonic Wild Knights
Amanaki Mafi Number 8 (1990-01-11)11 January 1990 (aged 26) 7 Bath
Kaito Shigeno Scrum-half (1990-11-21)21 November 1990 (aged 25) 1 Sunwolves
Fumiaki Tanaka Scrum-half (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 31) 54 Highlanders
Keisuke Uchida Scrum-half (1992-02-22)22 February 1992 (aged 24) 16 Sunwolves
Kosei Ono Fly-half (1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 29) 33 Suntory Sungoliath
Harumichi Tatekawa Fly-half (1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 26) 44 Sunwolves
Tim Bennetts Centre (1990-08-01)1 August 1990 (aged 25) 3 Canon Eagles
Ryoto Nakamura Centre (1991-06-03)3 June 1991 (aged 25) 8 Suntory Sungoliath
Mifiposeti Paea Centre (1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 28) 1 Sunwolves
Male Sa'u Centre (1987-10-13)13 October 1987 (aged 28) 26 Blues
Yu Tamura Centre (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 27) 36 Sunwolves
Karne Hesketh Wing (1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 30) 14 Munakata Sanix Blues
Kentaro Kodama Wing (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 24) 4 Panasonic Wild Knights
Kotaro Matsushima Wing (1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (aged 23) 17 Melbourne Rebels
Yasutaka Sasakura Wing (1988-08-04)4 August 1988 (aged 27) 1 Sunwolves
Rikiya Matsuda Fullback (1994-05-03)3 May 1994 (aged 22) 1 Tokai University
Ryuji Noguchi Fullback (1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 20) 4 Tokai University

Scotland

On 9 May 2016, Vern Cotter named a 27-man squad for Scotland's June two-test series against Japan.[3]

On 16 May, Matt Scott was called up to the squad to replace the injured Alex Dunbar.[4]

On 19 May, Sean Lamont was called up to the squad to replace the injured Tim Visser.[5]

On 27 May, uncapped Huw Jones was called up to the squad to replace the injured Finn Russell.[6]

On 19 June, Gordon Reid was called up to the squad to replace the injured Alasdair Dickinson.[7]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Fraser Brown Hooker (1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 26) 15 Glasgow Warriors
Ross Ford Hooker (1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 32) 99 Edinburgh
Stuart McInally Hooker (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 25) 7 Edinburgh
Alasdair Dickinson Prop (1983-09-11)11 September 1983 (aged 32) 57 Edinburgh
Moray Low Prop (1984-11-28)28 November 1984 (aged 31) 32 Exeter Chiefs
WP Nel Prop (1986-04-30)30 April 1986 (aged 30) 13 Edinburgh
Gordon Reid Prop (1987-03-04)4 March 1987 (aged 29) 17 Glasgow Warriors
Rory Sutherland Prop (1992-08-24)24 August 1992 (aged 23) 1 Edinburgh
Jonny Gray Lock (1994-03-14)14 March 1994 (aged 22) 23 Glasgow Warriors
Richie Gray Lock (1989-08-24)24 August 1989 (aged 26) 56 Castres
Tim Swinson Lock (1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 29) 22 Glasgow Warriors
John Barclay Flanker (1986-09-24)24 September 1986 (aged 29) 50 Scarlets
John Hardie Flanker (1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 27) 10 Edinburgh
Josh Strauss Flanker (1986-10-23)23 October 1986 (aged 29) 8 Glasgow Warriors
David Denton Number 8 (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 26) 34 Bath
Ryan Wilson Number 8 (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 27) 18 Glasgow Warriors
Greig Laidlaw Scrum-half (1985-10-12)12 October 1985 (aged 30) 51 Gloucester
Henry Pyrgos Scrum-half (1989-07-09)9 July 1989 (aged 26) 17 Glasgow Warriors
Finn Russell Fly-half (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 23) 19 Glasgow Warriors
Ruaridh Jackson Fly-half (1988-09-12)12 September 1988 (aged 27) 28 Wasps
Alex Dunbar Centre (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 26) 16 Glasgow Warriors
Peter Horne Centre (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 26) 18 Glasgow Warriors
Huw Jones Centre (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 22) 0 Stormers
Matt Scott Centre (1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 25) 34 Edinburgh
Duncan Taylor Centre (1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 26) 17 Saracens
Damien Hoyland Wing (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 22) 1 Edinburgh
Sean Lamont Wing (1981-01-15)15 January 1981 (aged 35) 104 Glasgow Warriors
Sean Maitland Wing (1988-09-14)14 September 1988 (aged 27) 21 London Irish
Tommy Seymour Wing (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 27) 27 Glasgow Warriors
Tim Visser Wing (1987-05-29)29 May 1987 (aged 29) 26 Harlequins
Stuart Hogg Fullback (1992-06-24)24 June 1992 (aged 23) 43 Glasgow Warriors

Matches

First test
18 June 2016
19:20 JST (UTC+09)
Japan  13–26  Scotland
Try: Horie 8' c
Con: Tamura (1/1) 9'
Pen: Tamura (2/3) 28', 55'
 Report[8] Try: Penalty try 37' c
Nel 41' c
Con: Laidlaw (2/2) 38', 43'
Pen: Laidlaw (4/4) 4', 15', 19', 62'
FB15Kotaro Matsushima 15'
RW14Mifiposeti Paea
OC13Tim Bennetts
IC12Harumichi Tatekawa
LW11Yasutaka Sasakura
FH10Yu Tamura
SH9Kaito Shigeno 48'
N88Amanaki Mafi
OF7Shokei Kin
BF6Hendrik Tui 34' to 44' 78'
RL5Naohiro Kotaki
LL4Hitoshi Ono
TP3Kensuke Hatakeyama 51'
HK2Shota Horie (c)
LP1Keita Inagaki
Replacements:
HK16Takeshi Kizu
PR17Masataka Mikami
PR18Shinnosuke Kakinaga 51'
LK19Kotaro Yatabe
FL20Hiroki Yamamoto 78'
SH21Keisuke Uchida 48'
FH22Kosei Ono
FB23Rikiya Matsuda 37' to 47' 15'
Coach:
Mark Hammett
FB15Stuart Hogg
RW14Tommy Seymour
OC13Duncan Taylor 66'
IC12Matt Scott
LW11Damien Hoyland 56'
FH10Ruaridh Jackson
SH9Greig Laidlaw (c)
N88Ryan Wilson 64'
OF7John Hardie
BF6John Barclay
RL5Jonny Gray
LL4Richie Gray 66'
TP3WP Nel 64'
HK2Stuart McInally 47'
LP1Alasdair Dickinson 3'
Replacements:
HK16Fraser Brown 47'
PR17Rory Sutherland 3'
PR18Moray Low 64'
LK19Tim Swinson 66'
N820David Denton 64'
SH21Henry Pyrgos
CE22Peter Horne 66'
WG23Sean Maitland 56'
Coach:
Vern Cotter

Touch judges:
Marius Mitrea (Italy)
Brendan Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Ian Smith (Australia)

Second test
25 June 2016
19:20 JST (UTC+09)
Japan  16–21  Scotland
Try: Shigeno 20' c
Con: Tamura (1/1) 21'
Pen: Tamura (3/3) 6', 29', 49'
 Report[10] Pen: Pyrgos (3/4) 2', 15', 25'
Laidlaw (4/4) 52', 60', 70', 77'
Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo [9]
Attendance: 34,073
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
FB15Rikiya Matsuda 77'
RW14Male Sa'u
OC13Tim Bennetts 55'
IC12Harumichi Tatekawa
LW11Yasutaka Sasakura
FH10Yu Tamura
SH9Kaito Shigeno 61'
N88Amanaki Mafi
OF7Shokei Kin
BF6Hendrik Tui 60'
RL5Naohiro Kotaki
LL4Hitoshi Ono 65'
TP3Kensuke Hatakeyama 55'
HK2Shota Horie (c) 60'
LP1Keita Inagaki 71'
Replacements:
HK16Takeshi Kizu 60'
PR17Masataka Mikami 71'
PR18Shinnosuke Kakinaga 55'
LK19Kotaro Yatabe 65'
N820Ryu Holani 60'
SH21Keisuke Uchida 61'
FH22Kosei Ono 55'
CE23Mifiposeti Paea 77'
Coach:
Mark Hammett
FB15Stuart Hogg
RW14Tommy Seymour
OC13Matt Scott
IC12Peter Horne
LW11Sean Maitland 79'
FH10Ruaridh Jackson 57'
SH9Henry Pyrgos (c) 49'
N88Ryan Wilson 44'
OF7John Barclay 67'
BF6Josh Strauss
RL5Jonny Gray
LL4Richie Gray
TP3Moray Low 40'
HK2Stuart McInally 40'
LP1Rory Sutherland 40'
Replacements:
HK16Fraser Brown 40'
PR17Gordon Reid 40'
PR18WP Nel 40'
LK19Tim Swinson 67'
FL20John Hardie 44'
SH21Greig Laidlaw 49'
CE22Huw Jones 57'
WG23Sean Lamont 79'
Coach:
Vern Cotter

Touch judges:
Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
Brendan Pickerill (New Zealand)
Television match official:
Ian Smith (Australia)

Notes:

  • Huw Jones (Scotland) made his international debut.
  • The 31,392 crowd was a record home crowd for a Japanese rugby international.

Japan warm-up match

On 11 June, Japan played away to Canada in the lead up to the Scottish series.

11 June 2016
15:00 PDT (UTC-07)
Canada  22–26  Japan
Try: Paris 6' m
Barkwill 20' c
Cudmore 45' m
Carpenter 79' m
Con: McRorie (1/4) 21'
 Report[11] Try: Kizu 34' c
Matsushima 69' c
Con: Tamura (2/2) 35', 70'
Pen: Tamura (4/4) 11', 40', 51', 76'

Notes:

Statistics

Key

  • Con: Conversions
  • Pen: Penalties
  • DG: Drop goals
  • Pts: Points

See also

References
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