2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan

June 2014 June 2014 Vern Cotter Greig Laidlaw Greig Laidlaw (28) WP Nel (1) 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 JPN 2 2 0 0 Americas & South Africa 2014 Australia, Fiji & Singapore 2017 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. Fixtures Date and time Venue Home Score Away 18 June 2016, 19:20 JST (UTC+09) Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi JPN 13–26 SCO 25 June 2016, 19:20 JST (UTC+09) Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo JPN 16–21 SCO 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.https://www.rugby-japan.jp/2016/05/30/japan_member_for_canada_and_scotland/ 日本代表 カナダ代表戦、「リポビタンＤチャレンジカップ2016」スコットランド代表戦 メンバー rugby-japan.jp 14 September 2017 On 1 June, Kyosuke Horie and Shokei Kin were added to the squad for the Canadian test on 11 June.https://www.rugby-japan.jp/2016/06/01/japan_tour_member_to_canada/ 日本代表 カナダ遠征メンバーおよびキャプテン、バイスキャプテン決定のお知らせ rugby-japan.jp 14 September 2017 Coaching team: Head coach: NZL Mark Hammett (Caretaker) Backs coach: JPN Atsushi Tanabe Forwards coach: NZL Filo Tiatia Defence coach: NZL Nathan Mauger yes HK Shota Horie 2016 6 18 1986 1 21 y 42 Sunwolves JPN HK Takeshi Kizu 2016 6 18 1988 7 15 y 42 Sunwolves JPN HK Futoshi Mori 2016 6 18 1988 4 25 y 2 Sunwolves JPN PR Kensuke Hatakeyama 2016 6 18 1985 8 2 y 73 Newcastle Falcons ENG PR Keita Inagaki 2016 6 18 1990 6 2 y 11 Sunwolves JPN PR Shinnosuke Kakinaga 2016 6 18 1991 12 19 y 6 Sunwolves JPN PR Masataka Mikami 2016 6 18 1988 6 4 y 32 Sunwolves JPN LK Naohiro Kotaki 2016 6 18 1992 6 13 y 5 Toshiba Brave Lupus JPN LK Hitoshi Ono 2016 6 18 1978 5 6 y 96 Sunwolves JPN LK Kazuhiko Usami 2016 6 18 1992 3 17 y 9 Sunwolves JPN LK Kotaro Yatabe 2016 6 18 1986 7 29 y 5 Panasonic Wild Knights JPN FL Taiyo Ando 2016 6 18 1987 8 22 y 2 Sunwolves JPN FL Kyosuke Horie 2016 6 18 1990 7 11 y 3 Yamaha Júbilo JPN FL Yoshiya Hosoda 2016 6 18 1987 8 5 y 1 Sunwolves JPN FL Shokei Kin 2016 6 18 1991 10 3 y 4 NTT Communications Shining Arcs JPN FL Hendrik Tui 2016 6 18 1987 12 13 y 36 Queensland Reds AUS FL Hiroki Yamamoto Hiroki Yamamoto (rugby union player) 2016 6 18 1992 11 17 y 4 Toshiba Brave Lupus JPN N8 Koliniasi Holani 2016 6 18 1981 10 25 y 44 Panasonic Wild Knights JPN N8 Amanaki Mafi 2016 6 18 1990 1 11 y 7 Bath ENG SH Kaito Shigeno 2016 6 18 1990 11 21 y 1 Sunwolves JPN SH Fumiaki Tanaka 2016 6 18 1985 1 3 y 54 Highlanders NZL SH Keisuke Uchida 2016 6 18 1992 2 22 y 16 Sunwolves JPN FH Kosei Ono 2016 6 18 1987 4 17 y 33 Suntory Sungoliath JPN FH Harumichi Tatekawa 2016 6 18 1989 12 2 y 44 Sunwolves JPN CE Tim Bennetts 2016 6 18 1990 8 1 y 3 Canon Eagles JPN CE Ryoto Nakamura 2016 6 18 1991 6 3 y 8 Suntory Sungoliath JPN CE Mifiposeti Paea 2016 6 18 1987 7 6 y 1 Sunwolves JPN CE Male Sa'u 2016 6 18 1987 10 13 y 26 Blues NZL CE Yu Tamura 2016 6 18 1989 1 9 y 36 Sunwolves JPN WG Karne Hesketh 2016 6 18 1985 8 1 y 14 Munakata Sanix Blues JPN WG Kentaro Kodama 2016 6 18 1992 1 28 y 4 Panasonic Wild Knights JPN WG Kotaro Matsushima 2016 6 18 1993 2 26 y 17 Melbourne Rebels AUS WG Yasutaka Sasakura 2016 6 18 1988 8 4 y 1 Sunwolves JPN FB Rikiya Matsuda 2016 6 18 1994 5 3 y 1 Tokai University JPN FB Ryuji Noguchi 2016 6 18 1995 7 15 y 4 Tokai University JPN Scotland On 9 May 2016, Vern Cotter named a 27-man squad for Scotland's June two-test series against Japan.http://thescotlandteam.com/2016/05/09/tight-group-named-for-scotland-summer-tour/ 'Tight' Group Named for Scotland Summer Tour - Scottish Rugby 9 May 2016 thescotlandteam.com 14 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160612095455/http://thescotlandteam.com/2016/05/09/tight-group-named-for-scotland-summer-tour/ 12 June 2016 dead On 16 May, Matt Scott was called up to the squad to replace the injured Alex Dunbar.http://thescotlandteam.com/2016/05/16/scott-steps-in-for-injured-dunbar/ Scott steps in for injured Dunbar - Scottish Rugby 16 May 2016 thescotlandteam.com 14 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160622105935/http://thescotlandteam.com/2016/05/16/scott-steps-in-for-injured-dunbar/ 22 June 2016 dead On 19 May, Sean Lamont was called up to the squad to replace the injured Tim Visser.http://thescotlandteam.com/2016/05/19/lamont-replaces-injured-visser-on-scotland-summer-tour/ Lamont replaces injured Visser on Scotland summer tour - Scottish Rugby 19 May 2016 thescotlandteam.com 14 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160610193444/http://thescotlandteam.com/2016/05/19/lamont-replaces-injured-visser-on-scotland-summer-tour/ 10 June 2016 dead On 27 May, uncapped Huw Jones was called up to the squad to replace the injured Finn Russell.http://thescotlandteam.com/2016/05/27/huw-jones-joins-scotland-squad/ Huw Jones joins Scotland squad - Scottish Rugby 27 May 2016 thescotlandteam.com 14 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20160527125839/http://thescotlandteam.com/2016/05/27/huw-jones-joins-scotland-squad 27 May 2016 dead On 19 June, Gordon Reid was called up to the squad to replace the injured Alasdair Dickinson.http://thescotlandteam.com/2016/06/19/reid-jets-out-to-replace-injured-dickinson/ Reid jets out to replace injured Dickinson - Scottish Rugby 19 June 2016 thescotlandteam.com 14 September 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170914125753/http://thescotlandteam.com/2016/06/19/reid-jets-out-to-replace-injured-dickinson/ 14 September 2017 dead Coaching team: Head coach: NZL Vern Cotter Defence coach: AUS Matt Taylor Attack/Backs coach: NZL Jason O'Halloran Forwards coach: WAL Jonathan Humphreys yes HK Fraser Brown rugby union 2016 6 18 1989 6 20 y 15 Glasgow Warriors SCO HK Ross Ford 2016 6 18 1984 4 23 y 99 Edinburgh SCO HK Stuart McInally 2016 6 18 1990 8 9 y 7 Edinburgh SCO PR Alasdair Dickinson 2016 6 18 1983 9 11 y 57 Edinburgh SCO PR Moray Low 2016 6 18 1984 11 28 y 32 Exeter Chiefs ENG PR WP Nel 2016 6 18 1986 4 30 y 13 Edinburgh SCO PR Gordon Reid rugby union 2016 6 18 1987 3 4 y 17 Glasgow Warriors SCO PR Rory Sutherland rugby union 2016 6 18 1992 8 24 y 1 Edinburgh SCO LK Jonny Gray 2016 6 18 1994 3 14 y 23 Glasgow Warriors SCO LK Richie Gray rugby union, born 1989 2016 6 18 1989 8 24 y 56 Castres FRA LK Tim Swinson 2016 6 18 1987 2 17 y 22 Glasgow Warriors SCO FL John Barclay rugby union 2016 6 18 1986 9 24 y 50 Scarlets WAL FL John Hardie rugby union 2016 6 18 1988 7 27 y 10 Edinburgh SCO FL Josh Strauss 2016 6 18 1986 10 23 y 8 Glasgow Warriors SCO N8 David Denton rugby union 2016 6 18 1990 2 5 y 34 Bath ENG N8 Ryan Wilson rugby union 2016 6 18 1989 5 18 y 18 Glasgow Warriors SCO SH Greig Laidlaw 2016 6 18 1985 10 12 y 51 Gloucester ENG SH Henry Pyrgos 2016 6 18 1989 7 9 y 17 Glasgow Warriors SCO FH Finn Russell 2016 6 18 1992 9 23 y 19 Glasgow Warriors SCO FH Ruaridh Jackson 2016 6 18 1988 9 12 y 28 Wasps ENG CE Alex Dunbar 2016 6 18 1990 4 23 y 16 Glasgow Warriors SCO CE Peter Horne 2016 6 18 1989 10 5 y 18 Glasgow Warriors SCO CE Huw Jones rugby union 2016 6 18 1993 12 17 y 0 Stormers RSA CE Matt Scott rugby union 2016 6 18 1990 9 30 y 34 Edinburgh SCO CE Duncan Taylor rugby union 2016 6 18 1989 9 5 y 17 Saracens ENG WG Damien Hoyland 2016 6 18 1994 1 11 y 1 Edinburgh SCO WG Sean Lamont 2016 6 18 1981 1 15 y 104 Glasgow Warriors SCO WG Sean Maitland 2016 6 18 1988 9 14 y 21 London Irish ENG WG Tommy Seymour 2016 6 18 1988 7 1 y 27 Glasgow Warriors SCO WG Tim Visser 2016 6 18 1987 5 29 y 26 Harlequins ENG FB Stuart Hogg 2016 6 18 1992 6 24 y 43 Glasgow Warriors SCO Matches First test 18 June 2016 19:20 JST (UTC+09) JPN 13–26 Reporthttp://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/report?gameId=283443&league=283369 Japan vs Scotland - Report - Scotland tour 2016 2016 - 19 Jun, 2016 - ESPN ESPN.com 14 September 2017 SCO Horie 8' c Tamura (1/1) 9' Tamura (2/3) 28', 55' Penalty try 37' cNel 41' c Laidlaw (2/2) 38', 43' Laidlaw (4/4) 4', 15', 19', 62' Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichihttp://www.scottishrugby.org/news/15/12/07/scotland-be-reacquainted-world-cup-foe Scotland to be reacquainted with World Cup foe 7 December 2015 8 December 2015 24,113 Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand) FB 15Kotaro Matsushima 15RW 14Mifiposeti PaeaOC 13Tim BennettsIC 12Harumichi TatekawaLW 11Yasutaka SasakuraFH 10Yu TamuraSH 9 Kaito Shigeno 48N8 8 Amanaki MafiOF 7 Shokei KinBF 6 Hendrik Tui 34 44 78RL 5 Naohiro KotakiLL 4 Hitoshi OnoTP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama 51HK 2 Shota Horie (c)LP 1 Keita InagakiReplacements:HK 16Takeshi KizuPR 17Masataka MikamiPR 18Shinnosuke Kakinaga 51LK 19Kotaro YatabeFL 20Hiroki Yamamoto 78SH 21Keisuke Uchida 48FH 22Kosei OnoFB 23Rikiya Matsuda 37 47 15Coach:NZL Mark Hammett FB 15Stuart HoggRW 14Tommy SeymourOC 13Duncan Taylor 66IC 12Matt ScottLW 11Damien Hoyland 56FH 10Ruaridh JacksonSH 9 Greig Laidlaw (c)N8 8 Ryan Wilson 64OF 7 John HardieBF 6 John BarclayRL 5 Jonny GrayLL 4 Richie Gray 66TP 3 WP Nel 64HK 2 Stuart McInally 47LP 1 Alasdair Dickinson 3Replacements:HK 16Fraser Brown 47PR 17Rory Sutherland 3PR 18Moray Low 64LK 19Tim Swinson 66N8 20David Denton 64SH 21Henry PyrgosCE 22Peter Horne 66WG 23Sean Maitland 56Coach:NZL 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) JPN 16–21 Reporthttp://www.espn.co.uk/rugby/report?gameId=283445&league=283369 Japan vs Scotland - Report - Scotland tour 2016 2016 - 26 Jun, 2016 - ESPN ESPN.com 14 September 2017 SCO Shigeno 20' c Tamura (1/1) 21' Tamura (3/3) 6', 29', 49' Pyrgos (3/4) 2', 15', 25'Laidlaw (4/4) 52', 60', 70', 77' Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo 34,073 Marius Mitrea (Italy) FB 15Rikiya Matsuda 77RW 14Male Sa'uOC 13Tim Bennetts 55IC 12Harumichi TatekawaLW 11Yasutaka SasakuraFH 10Yu TamuraSH 9 Kaito Shigeno 61N8 8 Amanaki MafiOF 7 Shokei KinBF 6 Hendrik Tui 60RL 5 Naohiro KotakiLL 4 Hitoshi Ono 65TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama 55HK 2 Shota Horie (c) 60LP 1 Keita Inagaki 71Replacements:HK 16Takeshi Kizu 60PR 17Masataka Mikami 71PR 18Shinnosuke Kakinaga 55LK 19Kotaro Yatabe 65N8 20Koliniasi Holani 60SH 21Keisuke Uchida 61FH 22Kosei Ono 55CE 23Mifiposeti Paea 77Coach:NZL Mark Hammett FB 15Stuart HoggRW 14Tommy SeymourOC 13Matt ScottIC 12Peter HorneLW 11Sean Maitland 79FH 10Ruaridh Jackson 57SH 9 Henry Pyrgos (c) 49N8 8 Ryan Wilson 44OF 7 John Barclay 67BF 6 Josh StraussRL 5 Jonny GrayLL 4 Richie GrayTP 3 Moray Low 40HK 2 Stuart McInally 40LP 1 Rory Sutherland 40Replacements:HK 16Fraser Brown 40PR 17Gordon Reid 40PR 18WP Nel 40LK 19Tim Swinson 67FL 20John Hardie 44SH 21Greig Laidlaw 49CE 22Huw Jones 57WG 23Sean Lamont 79Coach:NZL 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) CAN 22–26 Reporthttp://www.planetrugby.com/news/japan-edge-out-canada-2/ Japan edge out Canada - Planet Rugby 12 June 2016 planetrugby.com 14 September 2017 JPN Paris 6' mBarkwill 20' cCudmore 45' mCarpenter 79' m McRorie (1/4) 21' Kizu 34' cMatsushima 69' c Tamura (2/2) 35', 70' Tamura (4/4) 11', 40', 51', 76' BC Place, Vancouverhttp://www.rugbycanada.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=3817&leagueID=0&page=94021 CANADA TO RISE AS ONE AGAINST JAPAN, RUSSIA AND ITALY IN SUMMER SERIES Rugby Canada 3 March 2016 4 March 2016April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes 10,250http://www.thespec.com/sports-story/6718787-japan-beats-canada-26-22-in-men-s-rugby/ Japan beats Canada 26-22 in men's rugby Stuff 11 June 2016 11 June 2016 Federico Anselmi (Argentina) Team details FB 15Matt EvansRW 14Dan MoorOC 13Brock StallerIC 12Nick BlevinsLW 11Taylor Paris 71FH 10Pat Parfrey 55SH 9 Gordon McRorieN8 8 Aaron Carpenter 51 61OF 7 Lucas Rumball 55BF 6 Kyle Baillie 66RL 5 Evan OlmsteadLL 4 Jamie Cudmore (c) 55TP 3 Jake Ilnicki 72HK 2 Ray Barkwill 67LP 1 Djustice Sears-DuruReplacements:HK 16Eric Howard 67PR 17Tom Dolezel 72PR 18Matt TierneyLK 19Paul Ciulini 55FL 20Matt Heaton 55FL 21Alistair Clark 66SH 22Jamie Mackenzie 55CE 23Mozac Samson 71Coach:NZL Mark Anscombe FB 15Kotaro MatsushimaRW 14Mifiposeti PaeaOC 13Tim Bennetts 63IC 12Harumichi Tatekawa (c)LW 11Yasutaka Sasakura 76FH 10Yu TamuraSH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka 40N8 8 Kyosuke HorieOF 7 Taiyo Ando 40BF 6 Yoshiya Hosoda 0 54RL 5 Naohiro KotakiLL 4 Kazuhiko Usami 72TP 3 Kensuke Hatakeyama 49HK 2 Takeshi KizuLP 1 Keita InagakiReplacements:HK 16Futoshi MoriPR 17Masataka MikamiPR 18Shinnosuke Kakinaga 49LK 19Kotaro Yatabe 72FL 20Shokei Kin 40SH 21Kaito Shigeno 40FH 22Kosei Ono 63FB 23Rikiya Matsuda 76Coach:NZL Mark Hammett Man of the Match: Djustice Sears-Duru (Canada) Touch judges: Kurt Weaver (United States) Derek Summers (United States) Television match official: David Smortchevsky (Canada) Notes: Matt Heaton (Canada) and Yoshiya Hosoda, Rikiya Matsuda, Mifiposeti Paea, Yasutaka Sasakura and Kaito Shigeno (all Japan) made their international debuts. Statistics Key Con: Conversions Pen: Penalties DG: Drop goals Pts: Points Scotland Statistics NamePlayedTriesConPenDGPtsGreig Laidlaw2028028––Henry Pyrgos103009––WP Nel210005––John Barclay200000––Fraser Brown200000––Jonny Gray200000––Richie Gray200000––John Hardie200000––Stuart Hogg200000––Peter Horne200000––Ruaridh Jackson200000––Moray Low200000––Sean Maitland200000––Stuart McInally200000––Matt Scott200000––Tommy Seymour200000––Rory Sutherland200000––Tim Swinson200000––Ryan Wilson200000––David Denton100000––Alasdair Dickinson100000––Huw Jones100000––Damien Hoyland100000––Sean Lamont100000––Gordon Reid100000––Josh Strauss100000––Duncan Taylor100000––Alex Dunbar–––––0––Ross Ford–––––0––Finn Russell–––––0––Tim Visser–––––0–– Tour statistics NameTeamTriesConPenDGPtsGreig LaidlawSCO028028Yu TamuraJPN025019Henry PyrgosSCO00309Shota HorieJPN10005WP NelSCO10005Kaito ShigenoJPN10005 See also 2016 mid-year rugby union internationals Mid-year rugby union tests References External links Scotland Rugby Team – the official site of the Scotland national team Category:2016 rugby union tours tour Category:2015–16 in Japanese rugby union 2016 2016