2013 Wales rugby union tour of Japan

March 2014 March 2014 Robin McBryde Bradley Davies Dan Biggar (17) Harry Robinson (1)Tom Prydie (1) 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 JPN 2 1 0 1 Australia 2012 South Africa 2014 In June 2013, Wales toured Japan as part of the 2013 mid-year rugby test series.http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/23482.php#.UYFWQ6lwbIU Japan confirm Wales tour dates www.wru.co.uk 14 September 2017 They faced Japan in a two-test series on 8 and 15 June, playing in the oldest dedicated rugby union stadium in Japan, Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Osaka, and the home stadium of Japanese rugby, Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo. The test series was Wales' first test series against Japan since 2001, when Wales were victorious 2–0, and their first encounter since Wales' 72–18 victory in the 2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B match. Wales were also the first Tier 1 nation to play Japan in Japan since Italy in 2006. At the start of the tour Japan were yet to earn a victory over the Welsh, with Wales winning all fixtures before this test series. However, the second match of the series saw Japan win their first test match against Wales. The test series ended in a 1–1 draw with Wales winning the first test and Japan winning the second. Fixtures Date Venue Home Score Away 8 June 2013 Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka JPN 18–22 WAL 15 June 2013 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo JPN 23–8 WAL Squads Wales In the absence of Warren Gatland and Rob Howley with their commitments on the 2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, Robin McBryde took on the role of head coach.http://www.espnscrum.com/wales/rugby/story/174452.html McBryde to coach Wales in Japan espnscrum.com 14 September 2017 On 21 May, McBryde named a 27-man squad for the tour.http://www.espn.co.uk/wales/rugby/story/183125.html Davies handed captaincy for Japan tour espn.co.uk 14 September 2017 Aaron Shingler and Ashley Beck were ruled out with injury ahead of the tour (28 May) and was replaced with Josh Navidi and Adam Warrenhttp://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/26934.php Navidi and Warren called into squad www.wru.co.uk 14 September 2017 15 players were also unavailable due to selection for the Lions tour to Australia. Head coach: Robin McBryde (interim) HK Scott Baldwin rugby union 2013 6 8 1988 7 12 y 0 Ospreys WAL HK Emyr Phillips 2013 6 8 1987 2 22 y 0 Scarlets WAL PR Scott Andrews rugby union, born 1989 2013 6 8 1989 8 1 y 6 Cardiff Blues WAL PR Ryan Bevington 2013 6 8 1988 12 9 y 9 Ospreys WAL PR Rhys Gill 2013 6 8 1986 10 30 y 3 Saracens ENG PR Rhodri Jones 2013 6 8 1991 12 23 y 1 Scarlets WAL PR Craig Mitchell rugby union 2013 6 8 1986 5 3 y 14 Exeter Chiefs ENG LK Andrew Coombs 2013 6 8 1984 10 27 y 4 Newport Gwent Dragons WAL LK Bradley Davies (c) 2013 6 8 1987 1 9 y 38 Cardiff Blues WAL LK James King rugby union, born 1990 2013 6 8 1990 7 24 y 0 Ospreys WAL LK Lou Reed rugby union 2013 6 8 1987 9 10 y 3 Cardiff Blues WAL FL Dan Baker rugby union 2013 6 8 1992 7 5 y 0 Ospreys WAL FL Rob McCusker 2013 6 8 1988 3 12 y 5 Scarlets WAL FL Josh Navidi 2013 6 8 1990 12 30 y 0 Cardiff Blues WAL N8 Andries Pretorius rugby union 2013 6 8 1985 9 26 y 0 Cardiff Blues WAL SH Tavis Knoyle 2013 6 8 1990 6 2 y 9 Scarlets WAL SH Lloyd Williams rugby union, born 1989 2013 6 8 1989 11 30 y 13 Cardiff Blues WAL FH Dan Biggar 2013 6 8 1989 10 16 y 16 Ospreys WAL FH Rhys Patchell 2013 6 8 1993 5 17 y 0 Cardiff Blues WAL CE Jonathan Spratt 2013 6 8 1986 4 28 y 2 Ospreys WAL CE Adam Warren rugby union 2013 6 8 1991 3 7 y 1 Scarlets WAL CE Owen Williams rugby union, born 1991 2013 6 8 1991 10 2 y 0 Cardiff Blues WAL WG Dafydd Howells 2013 6 8 1995 3 22 y 0 Ospreys WAL WG Harry Robinson rugby union 2013 6 8 1993 4 16 y 1 Cardiff Blues WAL FB Liam Williams rugby union 2013 6 8 1991 4 9 y 3 Scarlets WAL FB Tom Prydie 2013 6 8 1992 2 23 y 4 Newport Gwent Dragons WAL FB Steven Shingler 2013 6 8 1991 6 20 y 0 London Irish ENG Japan The Japanese 36-man squad for 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup and Wales' tour of Japan. Head coach: AUS Eddie Jones Caps and ages are to first Test (8 June 2013) HK Yusuke Aoki 2013 6 8 1983 6 19 y 25 Suntory JPN HK Shota Horie 2013 6 8 1986 1 21 y 19 Melbourne Rebels AUS HK Hiroki Yuhara 2013 6 8 1984 1 21 y 11 Toshiba JPN PR Takuma Asahara 2013 6 8 1987 9 7 y 3 Toshiba JPN PR Kensuke Hatakeyama 2013 6 8 1985 8 2 y 38 Suntory JPN PR Takeshi Kizu 2013 6 8 1988 7 15 y 15 Kobelco Steelers JPN PR Masataka Mikami 2013 6 8 1988 6 4 y 2 Toshiba JPN PR Yusuke Nagae 2013 6 8 1985 7 19 y 9 Black Rams JPN PR Hiroshi Yamashita 2013 6 8 1986 1 1 y 18 Kobelco Steelers JPN LK Michael Broadhurst 2013 6 8 1986 10 30 y 5 Black Rams JPN LK Shoji Ito 2013 6 8 1980 12 2 y 10 Kobelco Steelers JPN LK Shinya Makabe rugby union 2013 6 8 1987 3 26 y 12 Suntory JPN LK Hitoshi Ono 2013 6 8 1978 5 6 y 66 Toshiba JPN LK Hendrik Tui 2013 6 8 1987 12 13 y 7 Panasonic JPN FL Justin Ives 2013 6 8 1984 5 24 y 10 Panasonic JPN FL Michael Leitch 2013 6 8 1988 10 7 y 28 Chiefs NZL FL Ryuta Yasui 2013 6 8 1989 12 6 y 1 Kobelco Steelers JPN N8 Takashi Kikutani 2013 6 8 1980 2 24 y 56 Toyota Verblitz JPN N8 Koliniasi Holani 2013 6 8 1981 10 25 y 24 Panasonic JPN SH Atsushi Hiwasa 2013 6 8 1987 5 22 y 20 Suntory JPN SH Fumiaki Tanaka 2013 6 8 1985 1 3 y 33 Highlanders NZL SH Keisuke Uchida 2013 6 8 1992 2 22 y 3 Tsukuba University JPN FH Ryoto Nakamura 2013 6 8 1991 1 28 y 1 Teikyo University JPN FH Kosei Ono 2013 6 8 1987 4 17 y 16 Suntory JPN FH Yuu Tamura 2013 6 8 1989 1 9 y 6 Green Rockets JPN CE Yuta Imamura 2013 6 8 1984 10 31 y 35 Kobe Steel JPN CE Male Sa'u 2013 6 8 1987 10 13 y 2 Yamaha Jubilo JPN CE Seiichi Shimonura 2013 6 8 1981 9 20 y 4 Panasonic JPN CE Harumichi Tatekawa 2013 6 8 1989 12 2 y 12 Kubota Spears JPN CE Craig Wing 2013 6 8 1979 12 26 y 1 Kobelco Steelers JPN WG Yoshikazu Fujita 2013 6 8 1993 10 8 y 3 Waseda University JPN WG Kenki Fukuoka 2013 6 8 1992 9 7 y 2 University of Tsukuba JPN WG Toshiaki Hirose (c) 2013 6 8 1981 10 17 y 11 Toshiba JPN WG Hirotoki Onozawa 2013 6 8 1978 3 29 y 78 Suntory Sungoliath JPN FB Ayumu Goromaru 2013 6 8 1986 3 1 y 20 Yamaha Jubilo JPN Matches First test 8 June 2013 14:00 JST (UTC+9) JPN 18–22 Reporthttp://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/170567.html Japan v Wales ESPN scrum 14 September 2017 WAL Broadhurst 38' mFujita 69' c Goromaru (1/2) 70' Goromaru (2/4) 15', 20' Robinson 63' c Biggar (1/1) 64' Biggar (4/5) 23', 29', 46', 59'Patchell (1/1) 79' Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka 20,152 Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa) FB 15Ayumu GoromaruRW 14Yoshikazu FujitaOC 13Male Sa'uIC 12Craig Wing 70LW 11Kenki Fukuoka 79FH 10Harumichi TatekawaSH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka 66N8 8 Takashi Kikutani (c)OF 7 Michael BroadhurstBF 6 Hendrik Tui 72RL 5 Shoji ItoLL 4 Hitoshi Ono 80TP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita 64HK 2 Shota Horie 30 32 72LP 1 Masataka Mikami 60Replacements:HK 16Takeshi Kizu 30 32 72PR 17Yusuke Nagae 60PR 18Kensuke Hatakeyama 64LK 19Toshizumi Kitagawa 80FL 20Ryuta Yasui 72SH 21Atsushi Hiwasa 66FH 22Yuu Tamura 70WG 23Hirotoki Onozawa 79Coach:AUS Eddie Jones350px FB 15Liam WilliamsRW 14Harry RobinsonOC 13Owen WilliamsIC 12Jonathan SprattLW 11Dafydd HowellsFH 10Dan Biggar 64SH 9 Lloyd Williams 60N8 8 Rob McCusker 19 60OF 7 James KingBF 6 Andrew Coombs 51RL 5 Lou ReedLL 4 Bradley Davies (c)TP 3 Scott AndrewsHK 2 Emyr PhillipsLP 1 Ryan Bevington 51Replacements:HK 16Scott BaldwinPR 17Rhys Gill 51PR 18Rhodri JonesN8 19Andries Pretorius 51FL 20Dan Baker 60SH 21Tavis Knoyle 60FH 22Rhys Patchell 64FB 23Tom PrydieCoach:WAL Robin McBryde Touch judges: Greg Garner (England) Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan) Note: Dan Baker, Dafydd Howells, James King, Rhys Patchell, Emyr Phillips, Andries Pretorius, Owen Williams (all Wales) and Yusuke Nagae (Japan) made their international debuts. Second test 15 June 2013 14:00 JST (UTC+9) JPN 23–8 Reporthttp://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/170568.html Japan v Wales ESPN scrum 14 September 2017 WAL Wing 49' cBroadhurst 60' c Goromaru (2/2) 49', 61' Goromaru (3/3) 14', 34', 76' Prydie 44' m Biggar (1/2) 21' Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo 21,062 Greg Garner (England) FB 15Ayumu GoromaruRW 14Toshiaki Hirose (c)OC 13Male Sa'uIC 12Craig Wing 69LW 11Kenki Fukuoka 79FH 10Harumichi TatekawaSH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka 67N8 8 Takashi Kikutani OF 7 Michael BroadhurstBF 6 Hendrik TuiRL 5 Shoji Ito 45LL 4 Hitoshi Ono 74TP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita 45HK 2 Shota Horie 79LP 1 Masataka Mikami 69Replacements:HK 16Takeshi Kizu 79PR 17Yusuke Nagae 69PR 18Kensuke Hatakeyama 45LK 19Shinya Makabe 45FL 20Justin Ives 74SH 21Atsushi Hiwasa 67FH 22Yuu Tamura 69WG 23Yoshikazu Fujita 79Coach:AUS Eddie Jones350px FB 15Liam Williams 53RW 14Harry RobinsonOC 13Owen Williams 23IC 12Jonathan SprattLW 11Tom PrydieFH 10Dan BiggarSH 9 Lloyd Williams 50N8 8 Andries PretoriusOF 7 Josh Navidi 63BF 6 James KingRL 5 Lou Reed 50LL 4 Bradley Davies (c)TP 3 Scott Andrews 57HK 2 Emyr Phillips 78LP 1 Rhys Gill 57Replacements:HK 16Scott Baldwin 78PR 17Rhodri Jones 57PR 18Craig Mitchell 57LK 19Andrew Coombs 50FL 20Dan Baker 63SH 21Tavis Knoyle 50FH 22Rhys Patchell 23WG 23Dafydd Howells 53Coach:WAL Robin McBryde Touch judges: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa) Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan) Note: This was Japan's first victory over Wales. See also 2013 mid-year rugby test series History of rugby union matches between Japan and Wales References Category:Wales national rugby union team tours of Japan Category:Wales national rugby union team tours Wales Wales Japan Wales