2017 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan

2017 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan
Coach(es)Joe Schmidt
Tour captain(s)Rhys Ruddock
Top test point scorer(s)Paddy Jackson (23)
Top test try scorer(s)
Four players
Summary
P W D L
Total
2 2 0 0
Test match
2 2 0 0
Opponent
P W D L
 Japan
2 2 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tourSouth Africa 2016
Next tourAustralia 2018

In June 2017, Ireland played a two-test series against Japan as part of the 2017 mid-year rugby union tests. It was the first time Ireland had played a test series against Japan in Japan since 2005. The series was part of the fifth year of the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.[1]

Fixtures

Date Venue Home Score Away
17 June 2017 Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka Japan  22–50  Ireland
24 June 2017 Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo Japan  13–35  Ireland

Squads

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 17 June, the first test match of the tour.

Ireland

On 16 May 2017, Joe Schmidt named a 31-man squad for the 2017 Summer Tour.[2] On 22 May, Connacht lock Quinn Roux was added to the squad.[3] On 31 May, Tommy O'Donnell was ruled out of the tour due to an ankle injury.[4] Following an ankle injury sustained in the test against the United States, fly-half Joey Carbery was ruled out of the remainder of the tour. Ulster's Sean Reidy was also called up to replace Tommy O'Donnell.[5]

Coaching team:

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Dave Heffernan Hooker (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 1 Connacht
Niall Scannell Hooker (1992-04-08) 8 April 1992 5 Munster
James Tracy Hooker (1991-04-02) 2 April 1991 2 Leinster
Finlay Bealham Prop (1991-10-09) 9 October 1991 6 Connacht
Cian Healy Prop (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 68 Leinster
Dave Kilcoyne Prop (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 18 Munster
Andrew Porter Prop (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 1 Leinster
John Ryan Prop (1988-08-02) 2 August 1988 7 Munster
Quinn Roux Lock (1990-10-30) 30 October 1990 2 Connacht
James Ryan Lock (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 1 Leinster
Devin Toner Lock (1986-06-29) 29 June 1986 48 Leinster
Kieran Treadwell Lock (1995-11-06) 6 November 1995 0 Ulster
Dan Leavy Flanker (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 3 Leinster
Tommy O'Donnell Flanker (1987-06-21) 21 June 1987 12 Munster
Sean Reidy Flanker (1989-05-10) 10 May 1989 1 Ulster
Rhys Ruddock (c) Flanker (1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 14 Leinster
Josh van der Flier Flanker (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 8 Leinster
Jack Conan Number 8 (1992-07-29) 29 July 1992 2 Leinster
Jack O'Donoghue Number 8 (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 1 Munster
John Cooney Scrum-half (1990-05-01) 1 May 1990 0 Connacht
Kieran Marmion Scrum-half (1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 14 Connacht
Luke McGrath Scrum-half (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 3 Leinster
Joey Carbery Fly-half (1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 4 Leinster
Paddy Jackson Fly-half (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 23 Ulster
Luke Marshall Centre (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 10 Ulster
Garry Ringrose Centre (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 9 Leinster
Rory Scannell Centre (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 1 Munster
Andrew Conway Wing (1991-07-11) 11 July 1991 1 Munster
Keith Earls Wing (1987-10-02) 2 October 1987 60 Munster
Rory O'Loughlin Wing (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 0 Leinster
Jacob Stockdale Wing (1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 1 Ulster
Tiernan O'Halloran Fullback (1991-02-26) 26 February 1991 4 Connacht
Simon Zebo Fullback (1990-03-16) 16 March 1990 34 Munster

Japan

On 29 May, Jamie Joseph named a 33-man squad ahead of their two-test series against Ireland and one-off test match against Romania.[6]

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Yusuke Niwai Hooker (1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 1 Sunwolves
Takeshi Hino Hooker (1990-01-20) 20 January 1990 4 Sunwolves
Shota Horie (c) Hooker (1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 50 Sunwolves
Takuma Asahara Prop (1987-09-07) 7 September 1987 6 Sunwolves
Yu Chinen Prop (1990-11-18) 18 November 1990 6 Toshiba Brave Lupus
Shintaro Ishihara Prop (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 4 Suntory Sungoliath
Keita Inagaki Prop (1990-06-02) 2 June 1990 14 Sunwolves
Heiichiro Ito Prop (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 5 Sunwolves
Koki Yamamoto Prop (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 4 Sunwolves
Kyosuke Kajikawa Lock (1987-09-05) 5 September 1987 4 Sunwolves
Uwe Helu Lock (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 4 Sunwolves
Shinya Makabe Lock (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 34 Sunwolves
Kotaro Yatabe Lock (1986-07-29) 29 July 1986 13 Sunwolves
Yoshitaka Tokunaga Flanker (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 5 Sunwolves
Hendrik Tui Flanker (1987-12-13) 13 December 1987 39 Queensland Reds
Michael Leitch Flanker (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988 48 Chiefs
Amanaki Mafi Number 8 (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 14 Melbourne Rebels
Shuhei Matsuhashi Number 8 (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 6 Sunwolves
Fumiaki Tanaka Scrum-half (1985-01-03) 3 January 1985 59 Sunwolves
Yutaka Nagare Scrum-half (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 4 Sunwolves
Keisuke Uchida Scrum-half (1992-02-22) 22 February 1992 22 Sunwolves
Rikiya Matsuda Fly-half (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 7 Panasonic Wild Knights
Jumpei Ogura Fly-half (1992-07-11) 11 July 1992 3 Sunwolves
Yu Tamura Fly-half (1989-01-09) 9 January 1989 43 Sunwolves
Harumichi Tatekawa (c) Centre (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 51 Sunwolves
Derek Carpenter Centre (1988-07-26) 26 July 1988 1 Sunwolves
Timothy Lafaele Centre (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 5 Sunwolves
Will Tupou Centre (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 0 Sunwolves
Shota Emi Wing (1991-12-08) 8 December 1991 0 Sunwolves
Kenki Fukuoka Wing (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 20 Sunwolves
Akihito Yamada Wing (1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 22 Panasonic Wild Knights
Kotaro Matsushima Fullback (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 23 Sunwolves
Ryuji Noguchi Fullback (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 9 Tokai University

Matches

First Test

17 June 2017
14:00 JST (UTC+09)
Japan 22–50 Ireland
Try: Noguchi 59' c
Fukuoka 76' m
Nagare 78' c
Con: Matsuda (2/3) 60', 79'
Pen: Tamura (1/1) 14'		ReportTry: Earls (2) 11' c, 70' m
Leavy (2) 24' c, 28' c
Conan (2) 30' c, 45' c
Ringrose 65' c
Con: Jackson (5/5) 12', 25', 29', 32', 46'
R. Scannell (1/2) 66'
Pen: Jackson (1/1) 6'
Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka
Attendance: 27,381
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi
RW 14 Kotaro Matsushima
OC 13 Will Tupou
IC 12 Derek Carpenter  66'
LW 11 Kenki Fukuoka
FH 10 Yu Tamura  58'
SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka  54'
N8 8 Amanaki Mafi  40'
OF 7 Yoshitaka Tokunaga
BF 6 Michael Leitch
RL 5 Uwe Helu  54'
LL 4 Kotaro Yatabe
TP 3 Heiichiro Ito 24' to 34'  58'
HK 2 Shota Horie (c)  54'
LP 1 Keita Inagaki  40'
Replacements:
HK 16 Yusuke Niwai  54'
PR 17 Shintaro Ishihara  40'
PR 18 Takuma Asahara  58'
FL 19 Hendrik Tui  40'
N8 20 Shuhei Matsuhashi  54'
SH 21 Yutaka Nagare  54'
CE 22 Ryohei Yamanaka  66'
FB 23 Rikiya Matsuda  58'
Coach:
Jamie Joseph
FB 15 Simon Zebo  40'
RW 14 Andrew Conway 51' to 61'
OC 13 Garry Ringrose  67'
IC 12 Rory Scannell
LW 11 Keith Earls
FH 10 Paddy Jackson  61'
SH 9 Luke McGrath
N8 8 Jack Conan  75'
OF 7 Dan Leavy  53'  58'
BF 6 Rhys Ruddock (c)  63'  72'
RL 5 Devin Toner  61'
LL 4 Quinn Roux
TP 3 John Ryan  61'  78'
HK 2 Niall Scannell  54'
LP 1 Cian Healy  58'
Replacements:
HK 16 James Tracy  54'
PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne  58'
PR 18 Finlay Bealham  61'  78'
LK 19 Kieran Treadwell  61'
N8 20 Jack O'Donoghue  53'  58'  63'  72'  75'
SH 21 Kieran Marmion  67'
WG 22 Rory O'Loughlin  61'
FB 23 Tiernan O'Halloran  40'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Touch judges:
JP Doyle (England)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

Second Test

24 June 2017
14:40 JST (UTC+09)
Japan 13–35 Ireland
Try: Matsushima 23' m
Yamada 61' m
Pen: Ogura (1/1) 14'		ReportTry: Ringrose 2' c
van der Flier 10' c
Marmion 16' c
Ruddock 30' c
Reidy 77' c
Con: Jackson (5/5) 3', 11', 18', 31', 78'
Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 29,354
Referee: JP Doyle (England)
FB 15 Ryuji Noguchi  67'
RW 14 Akihito Yamada
OC 13 Kotaro Matsushima
IC 12 Yu Tamura
LW 11 Kenki Fukuoka
FH 10 Jumpei Ogura  40'
SH 9 Yutaka Nagare  52'
N8 8 Amanaki Mafi
OF 7 Shuhei Matsuhashi  67'
BF 6 Michael Leitch (c)
RL 5 Uwe Helu  63'
LL 4 Luke Thompson
TP 3 Takuma Asahara  40'
HK 2 Yusuke Niwai  40'
LP 1 Shintaro Ishihara  47'
Replacements:
HK 16 Shota Horie  40'
PR 17 Keita Inagaki  47'
PR 18 Takayuki Watanabe  40'
LK 19 Kotaro Yatabe  63'
FL 20 Yoshitaka Tokunaga  67'
SH 21 Fumiaki Tanaka  52'
FH 22 Rikiya Matsuda  40'
CE 23 Ryohei Yamanaka  67'
Coach:
Jamie Joseph
FB 15 Andrew Conway
RW 14 Keith Earls  54'
OC 13 Garry Ringrose  78'
IC 12 Luke Marshall
LW 11 Jacob Stockdale
FH 10 Paddy Jackson
SH 9 Kieran Marmion  72'
N8 8 Jack Conan
OF 7 Josh van der Flier  67'
BF 6 Rhys Ruddock (c)  54'  60'
RL 5 Devin Toner
LL 4 Kieran Treadwell  51'
TP 3 John Ryan  60'
HK 2 James Tracy  51'
LP 1 Cian Healy  60'
Replacements:
HK 16 Niall Scannell  51'
PR 17 Dave Kilcoyne  60'
PR 18 Andrew Porter  60'
LK 19 James Ryan  51'
FL 20 Sean Reidy  54'  60'  67'
SH 21 John Cooney  72'
FH 22 Rory Scannell  78'
FB 23 Tiernan O'Halloran  54'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Touch judges:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

Statistics

Key

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rugby Week". Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  2. ^ "Eight Uncapped Players In Ireland Summer Tour Squad". irishrugby.ie. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Quinn Roux Added To Ireland Summer Tour Squad". irishrugby.ie. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  4. ^ "O'Donnell Ruled Out Of USA & Japan Tour". munsterrugby.ie. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Joey Carbery injury woe as he is ruled out for remainder of Ireland's Summer Tour". independent.ie. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
  6. ^ Le groupe japonais pour les tests matchs de juin 2017
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