Junior Japan

Junior Japan
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Emblem(s)	the Sakura
Founded	2012
1st kit	2nd kit

Junior Japan is a national representative rugby union team of the Japan rugby union. It is the second-tier side to the Japan national rugby union team. Junior Japan competes in the World Rugby Pacific Challenge against teams such as Samoa A, Fiji Warriors, and Argentina's Pampas XV.^[1]

The Junior Japan squad was formed in 2012 from players just outside the main Japanese national squad. In the first year, the team played a match in Tokyo against the Tongan national side, before joining the Pacific Rugby Cup in 2013.^[2]

International matches

Matches against national teams or national 'A" teams up to and including 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup:

15-06-2012	Junior Japan	24–45	Tonga	Chichibu, Tokyo.^[3]
18-03-2014	Junior Japan	13–99	Fiji Warriors	Bond University, Gold Coast

Record

Season standings

Pacific Rugby Cup

Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	TB	LB	Pts	Final	Notes
2014	4th	3	0	0	3	26	241	-210	0	0	0	—	Finished 4th in Pool A
2013	3rd	6	0	0	6	140	361	-221	3	0	3	—

References

^ "Junior Japan join expanded PRC in 2013". ARFU. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Junior Japan Sugadaira Camp". Rugby in Japan Newsletter Volume 9, No.30. 14 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Junior Japan". Rugby in Japan Newsletter Volume 9, No.25. 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

2014 Pacific Rugby Cup News on oceaniarugby.com

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[arfu-2013-1] "Junior Japan join expanded PRC in 2013". ARFU. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[rij-n30-2012-2] "Junior Japan Sugadaira Camp". Rugby in Japan Newsletter Volume 9, No.30. 14 August 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[rij-n25-2012-3] "Junior Japan". Rugby in Japan Newsletter Volume 9, No.25. 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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