2013 Wales rugby union tour of Japan

In June 2013, Wales toured Japan as part of the 2013 mid-year rugby test series.[1] 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.

2013 Wales rugby union tour of Japan
Coach(es)	Robin McBryde
Tour captain(s)	Bradley Davies
Top test point scorer(s)	Dan Biggar (17)
Top test try scorer(s)	Harry Robinson (1) Tom Prydie (1)
Summary	P W D L
Total	02 01 00 01
Test match	02 01 00 01
Opponent	P W D L
Japan	2 1 0 1
Tour chronology
Previous tour	Australia 2012
Next tour	South Africa 2014

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 and time	Venue	Home	Score	Away
8 June, 14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka	Japan	18–22	Wales
15 June, 14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	Japan	23–8	Wales

Squads

Wales

In the absence of Warren Gatland and Rob Howley with their commitments on the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, Robin McBryde took on the role of head coach.[2] On 21 May, McBryde named a 27-man squad for the tour.[3]

Aaron Shingler and Ashley Beck were ruled out with injury ahead of the tour (28 May) and was replaced with Josh Navidi and Adam Warren[4] 15 players were also unavailable due to selection for the Lions tour to Australia.

• Head Coach: Robin McBryde (interim)

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Scott Baldwin	Hooker	12 July 1988 (aged 24)	0	Ospreys
Emyr Phillips	Hooker	22 February 1987 (aged 26)	0	Scarlets
Scott Andrews	Prop	1 August 1989 (aged 23)	6	Cardiff Blues
Ryan Bevington	Prop	9 December 1988 (aged 24)	9	Ospreys
Rhys Gill	Prop	30 October 1986 (aged 26)	3	Saracens
Rhodri Jones	Prop	23 December 1991 (aged 21)	1	Scarlets
Craig Mitchell	Prop	3 May 1986 (aged 27)	14	Exeter Chiefs
Andrew Coombs	Lock	27 October 1984 (aged 28)	4	Newport Gwent Dragons
Bradley Davies (c)	Lock	9 January 1987 (aged 26)	38	Cardiff Blues
James King	Lock	24 July 1990 (aged 22)	0	Ospreys
Lou Reed	Lock	10 September 1987 (aged 25)	3	Cardiff Blues
Dan Baker	Flanker	5 July 1992 (aged 20)	0	Ospreys
Rob McCusker	Flanker	12 March 1988 (aged 25)	5	Scarlets
Josh Navidi	Flanker	30 December 1990 (aged 22)	0	Cardiff Blues
Andries Pretorius	Number 8	26 September 1985 (aged 27)	0	Cardiff Blues
Tavis Knoyle	Scrum-half	2 June 1990 (aged 23)	9	Scarlets
Lloyd Williams	Scrum-half	30 November 1989 (aged 23)	13	Cardiff Blues
Dan Biggar	Fly-half	16 October 1989 (aged 23)	16	Ospreys
Rhys Patchell	Fly-half	17 May 1993 (aged 20)	0	Cardiff Blues
Jonathan Spratt	Centre	28 April 1986 (aged 27)	2	Ospreys
Adam Warren	Centre	7 March 1991 (aged 22)	1	Scarlets
Owen Williams	Centre	2 October 1991 (aged 21)	0	Cardiff Blues
Dafydd Howells	Wing	22 March 1995 (aged 18)	0	Ospreys
Harry Robinson	Wing	16 April 1993 (aged 20)	1	Cardiff Blues
Liam Williams	Fullback	9 April 1991 (aged 22)	3	Scarlets
Tom Prydie	Fullback	23 February 1992 (aged 21)	4	Newport Gwent Dragons
Steven Shingler	Fullback	20 June 1991 (aged 21)	0	London Irish

Japan

The Japanese 36-man squad for 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup and 2013 Welsh rugby union tour of Japan.

• Head Coach: Eddie Jones
• Caps and ages are to first Test (8 June 2013)

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Yusuke Aoki	Hooker	19 June 1983 (aged 29)	25	Suntory
Shota Horie	Hooker	21 January 1986 (aged 27)	19	Melbourne Rebels
Hiroki Yuhara	Hooker	21 January 1984 (aged 29)	11	Toshiba
Takuma Asahara	Prop	7 September 1987 (aged 25)	3	Toshiba
Kensuke Hatakeyama	Prop	2 August 1985 (aged 27)	38	Suntory
Takeshi Kizu	Prop	15 July 1988 (aged 24)	15	Kobelco Steelers
Masataka Mikami	Prop	4 June 1988 (aged 25)	2	Toshiba
Yusuke Nagae	Prop	19 July 1985 (aged 27)	9	Black Rams
Hiroshi Yamashita	Prop	1 January 1986 (aged 27)	18	Kobelco Steelers
Michael Broadhurst	Lock	30 October 1986 (aged 26)	5	Black Rams
Shoji Ito	Lock	2 December 1980 (aged 32)	10	Kobelco Steelers
Shinya Makabe	Lock	26 March 1987 (aged 26)	12	Suntory
Hitoshi Ono	Lock	6 May 1978 (aged 35)	66	Toshiba
Hendrik Tui	Lock	13 December 1987 (aged 25)	7	Panasonic
Justin Ives	Flanker	24 May 1984 (aged 29)	10	Panasonic
Michael Leitch	Flanker	7 October 1988 (aged 24)	28	Chiefs
Ryuta Yasui	Flanker	6 December 1989 (aged 23)	1	Kobelco Steelers
Takashi Kikutani	Number 8	24 February 1980 (aged 33)	56	Toyota Verblitz
Ryu Koliniasi Holani	Number 8	25 October 1981 (aged 31)	24	Panasonic
Atsushi Hiwasa	Scrum-half	22 May 1987 (aged 26)	20	Suntory
Fumiaki Tanaka	Scrum-half	3 January 1985 (aged 28)	33	Highlanders
Keisuke Uchida	Scrum-half	22 February 1992 (aged 21)	3	Tsukuba University
Ryoto Nakamura	Fly-half	28 January 1991 (aged 22)	1	Teikyo University
Kosei Ono	Fly-half	17 April 1987 (aged 26)	16	Suntory
Yuu Tamura	Fly-half	9 January 1989 (aged 24)	6	Green Rockets
Yuta Imamura	Centre	31 October 1984 (aged 28)	35	Kobe Steel
Male Sa'u	Centre	13 October 1987 (aged 25)	2	Yamaha Jubilo
Seiichi Shimonura	Centre	20 September 1981 (aged 31)	4	Panasonic
Harumichi Tatekawa	Centre	2 December 1989 (aged 23)	12	Kubota Spears
Craig Wing	Centre	26 December 1979 (aged 33)	1	Kobelco Steelers
Yoshikazu Fujita	Wing	8 October 1993 (aged 19)	3	Waseda University
Kenki Fukuoka	Wing	7 September 1992 (aged 20)	2	University of Tsukuba
Toshiaki Hirose (c)	Wing	17 October 1981 (aged 31)	11	Toshiba
Hirotoki Onozawa	Wing	29 March 1978 (aged 35)	78	Suntory Sungoliath
Ayumu Goromaru	Fullback	1 March 1986 (aged 27)	20	Yamaha Jubilo

Matches

8 June 2013 14:00 JST (UTC+9)

Japan	18–22	Wales
Try: Broadhurst 38' m Fujita 69' c Con: Goromaru (1/2) 70' Pen: Goromaru (2/4) 15', 20'	Report[5]	Try: Robinson 63' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 64' Pen: Biggar (4/5) 23', 29', 46', 59' Patchell (1/1) 79'

Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Attendance: 20,152 Referee: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)

FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru RW 14 Yoshikazu Fujita OC 13 Male Sa'u IC 12 Craig Wing  70' LW 11 Kenki Fukuoka  79' FH 10 Harumichi Tatekawa SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka  66' N8 8 Takashi Kikutani (c) OF 7 Michael Broadhurst BF 6 Hendrik Tui  72' RL 5 Shoji Ito LL 4 Hitoshi Ono  80' TP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita  64' HK 2 Shota Horie 30' to 32'  72' LP 1 Masataka Mikami  60' Replacements: HK 16 Takeshi Kizu  30'  32'  72' PR 17 Yusuke Nagae  60' PR 18 Kensuke Hatakeyama  64' LK 19 Toshizumi Kitagawa  80' FL 20 Ryuta Yasui  72' SH 21 Atsushi Hiwasa  66' FH 22 Yuu Tamura  70' WG 23 Hirotoki Onozawa  79' Coach: Eddie Jones

FB 15 Liam Williams RW 14 Harry Robinson OC 13 Owen Williams IC 12 Jonathan Spratt LW 11 Dafydd Howells FH 10 Dan Biggar  64' SH 9 Lloyd Williams  60' N8 8 Rob McCusker 19' to 29'  60' OF 7 James King BF 6 Andrew Coombs  51' RL 5 Lou Reed LL 4 Bradley Davies (c) TP 3 Scott Andrews HK 2 Emyr Phillips LP 1 Ryan Bevington  51' Replacements: HK 16 Scott Baldwin PR 17 Rhys Gill  51' PR 18 Rhodri Jones N8 19 Andries Pretorius  51' FL 20 Dan Baker  60' SH 21 Tavis Knoyle  60' FH 22 Rhys Patchell  64' FB 23 Tom Prydie Coach: 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.

15 June 2013 14:00 JST (UTC+9)

Japan	23–8	Wales
Try: Wing 49' c Broadhurst 60' c Con: Goromaru (2/2) 49', 61' Pen: Goromaru (3/3) 14', 34', 76'	Report[6]	Try: Prydie 44' m Pen: Biggar (1/2) 21'

Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 21,062 Referee: Greg Garner (England)

FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru RW 14 Toshiaki Hirose (c) OC 13 Male Sa'u IC 12 Craig Wing  69' LW 11 Kenki Fukuoka  79' FH 10 Harumichi Tatekawa SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka  67' N8 8 Takashi Kikutani OF 7 Michael Broadhurst BF 6 Hendrik Tui RL 5 Shoji Ito  45' LL 4 Hitoshi Ono  74' TP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita  45' HK 2 Shota Horie  79' LP 1 Masataka Mikami  69' Replacements: HK 16 Takeshi Kizu  79' PR 17 Yusuke Nagae  69' PR 18 Kensuke Hatakeyama  45' LK 19 Shinya Makabe  45' FL 20 Justin Ives  74' SH 21 Atsushi Hiwasa  67' FH 22 Yuu Tamura  69' WG 23 Yoshikazu Fujita  79' Coach: Eddie Jones

FB 15 Liam Williams  53' RW 14 Harry Robinson OC 13 Owen Williams  23' IC 12 Jonathan Spratt LW 11 Tom Prydie FH 10 Dan Biggar SH 9 Lloyd Williams  50' N8 8 Andries Pretorius OF 7 Josh Navidi  63' BF 6 James King RL 5 Lou Reed  50' LL 4 Bradley Davies (c) TP 3 Scott Andrews  57' HK 2 Emyr Phillips  78' LP 1 Rhys Gill  57' Replacements: HK 16 Scott Baldwin  78' PR 17 Rhodri Jones  57' PR 18 Craig Mitchell  57' LK 19 Andrew Coombs  50' FL 20 Dan Baker  63' SH 21 Tavis Knoyle  50' FH 22 Rhys Patchell  23' WG 23 Dafydd Howells  53' Coach: 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

1. "Japan confirm Wales tour dates". www.wru.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
2. "McBryde to coach Wales in Japan". espnscrum.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
3. "Davies handed captaincy for Japan tour". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
4. "Navidi and Warren called into squad". www.wru.co.uk. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
5. "Japan v Wales". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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