2017 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan

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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
PWDL
Total
02020000
Test match
02020000
Opponent
PWDL
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2 2 0 0
Tour chronology
Previous tour South Africa 2016
Next tour Australia 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]

Contents

Fixtures

Date and timeVenueHomeScoreAway
17 June 2017, 14:00 JST (UTC+09) Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka Japan  Flag of Japan.svg22–50IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
24 June 2017, 14:40 JST (UTC+09) Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo Japan  Flag of Japan.svg13–35IRFU flag.svg  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)CapsClub/province
Dave Heffernan Hooker (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 32)1 Connacht
Niall Scannell Hooker (1992-04-08) 8 April 1992 (age 30)5 Munster
James Tracy Hooker (1991-04-02) 2 April 1991 (age 31)2 Leinster
Finlay Bealham Prop (1991-10-09) 9 October 1991 (age 31)6 Connacht
Cian Healy Prop (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 35)68 Leinster
Dave Kilcoyne Prop (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 34)18 Munster
Andrew Porter Prop (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 27)1 Leinster
John Ryan Prop (1988-08-02) 2 August 1988 (age 34)7 Munster
Quinn Roux Lock (1990-10-30) 30 October 1990 (age 32)2 Connacht
James Ryan Lock (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 (age 26)1 Leinster
Devin Toner Lock (1986-06-29) 29 June 1986 (age 36)48 Leinster
Kieran Treadwell Lock (1995-11-06) 6 November 1995 (age 27)0 Ulster
Dan Leavy Flanker (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 28)3 Leinster
Tommy O'Donnell Flanker (1987-06-21) 21 June 1987 (age 35)12 Munster
Sean Reidy Flanker (1989-05-10) 10 May 1989 (age 33)1 Ulster
Rhys Ruddock (c) Flanker (1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 (age 32)14 Leinster
Josh van der Flier Flanker (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 29)8 Leinster
Jack Conan Number 8 (1992-07-29) 29 July 1992 (age 30)2 Leinster
Jack O'Donoghue Number 8 (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 29)1 Munster
John Cooney Scrum-half (1990-05-01) 1 May 1990 (age 32)0 Connacht
Kieran Marmion Scrum-half (1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 (age 31)14 Connacht
Luke McGrath Scrum-half (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 30)3 Leinster
Joey Carbery Fly-half (1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 (age 27)4 Leinster
Paddy Jackson Fly-half (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 31)23 Ulster
Luke Marshall Centre (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 (age 32)10 Ulster
Garry Ringrose Centre (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 (age 28)9 Leinster
Rory Scannell Centre (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 (age 28)1 Munster
Andrew Conway Wing (1991-07-11) 11 July 1991 (age 31)1 Munster
Keith Earls Wing (1987-10-02) 2 October 1987 (age 35)60 Munster
Rory O'Loughlin Wing (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 29)0 Leinster
Jacob Stockdale Wing (1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 (age 26)1 Ulster
Tiernan O'Halloran Fullback (1991-02-26) 26 February 1991 (age 32)4 Connacht
Simon Zebo Fullback (1990-03-16) 16 March 1990 (age 33)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)CapsClub/province
Yusuke Niwai Hooker (1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 31)1 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Takeshi Hino Hooker (1990-01-20) 20 January 1990 (age 33)4 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Shota Horie (c) Hooker (1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 (age 37)50 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Takuma Asahara Prop (1987-09-07) 7 September 1987 (age 35)6 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Yu Chinen Prop (1990-11-18) 18 November 1990 (age 32)6 Flag of Japan.svg Toshiba Brave Lupus
Shintaro Ishihara Prop (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 32)4 Flag of Japan.svg Suntory Sungoliath
Keita Inagaki Prop (1990-06-02) 2 June 1990 (age 32)14 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Heiichiro Ito Prop (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 32)5 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Koki Yamamoto Prop (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 32)4 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Kyosuke Kajikawa Lock (1987-09-05) 5 September 1987 (age 35)4 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Uwe Helu Lock (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 (age 32)4 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Shinya Makabe Lock (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 (age 35)34 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Kotaro Yatabe Lock (1986-07-29) 29 July 1986 (age 36)13 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Yoshitaka Tokunaga Flanker (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 30)5 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Hendrik Tui Flanker (1987-12-13) 13 December 1987 (age 35)39 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Queensland Reds
Michael Leitch Flanker (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988 (age 34)48 Flag of New Zealand.svg Chiefs
Amanaki Mafi Number 8 (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 33)14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melbourne Rebels
Shuhei Matsuhashi Number 8 (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 29)6 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Fumiaki Tanaka Scrum-half (1985-01-03) 3 January 1985 (age 38)59 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Yutaka Nagare Scrum-half (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 30)4 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Keisuke Uchida Scrum-half (1992-02-22) 22 February 1992 (age 31)22 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Rikiya Matsuda Fly-half (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 28)7 Flag of Japan.svg Panasonic Wild Knights
Jumpei Ogura Fly-half (1992-07-11) 11 July 1992 (age 30)3 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Yu Tamura Fly-half (1989-01-09) 9 January 1989 (age 34)43 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Harumichi Tatekawa (c) Centre (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 33)51 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Derek Carpenter Centre (1988-07-26) 26 July 1988 (age 34)1 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Timothy Lafaele Centre (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 31)5 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Will Tupou Centre (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 32)0 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Shota Emi Wing (1991-12-08) 8 December 1991 (age 31)0 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Kenki Fukuoka Wing (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 30)20 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Akihito Yamada Wing (1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 37)22 Flag of Japan.svg Panasonic Wild Knights
Kotaro Matsushima Fullback (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 30)23 Flag of Japan.svg Sunwolves
Ryuji Noguchi Fullback (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 27)9 Flag of Japan.svg Tokai University

Matches

First Test

17 June 2017
14:00 JST (UTC+09)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg22–50IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Try: Noguchi 59' c
Fukuoka 76' m
Nagare 78' c
Con: Matsuda (2/3) 60', 79'
Pen: Tamura (1/1) 14'
Report Try: 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)
FB15 Ryuji Noguchi
RW14 Kotaro Matsushima
OC13 Will Tupou
IC12 Derek Carpenter Sub off.svg 66'
LW11 Kenki Fukuoka
FH10 Yu Tamura Sub off.svg 58'
SH9 Fumiaki Tanaka Sub off.svg 54'
N88 Amanaki Mafi Sub off.svg 40'
OF7 Yoshitaka Tokunaga
BF6 Michael Leitch
RL5 Uwe Helu Sub off.svg 54'
LL4 Kotaro Yatabe
TP3 Heiichiro Ito Yellow card.svg 24' to 34'Sub off.svg 58'
HK2 Shota Horie (c)Sub off.svg 54'
LP1 Keita Inagaki Sub off.svg 40'
Replacements:
HK16 Yusuke Niwai Sub on.svg 54'
PR17 Shintaro Ishihara Sub on.svg 40'
PR18 Takuma Asahara Sub on.svg 58'
FL19 Hendrik Tui Sub on.svg 40'
N820 Shuhei Matsuhashi Sub on.svg 54'
SH21 Yutaka Nagare Sub on.svg 54'
CE22 Ryohei Yamanaka Sub on.svg 66'
FB23 Rikiya Matsuda Sub on.svg 58'
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamie Joseph
FB15 Simon Zebo Sub off.svg 40'
RW14 Andrew Conway Yellow card.svg 51' to 61'
OC13 Garry Ringrose Sub off.svg 67'
IC12 Rory Scannell
LW11 Keith Earls
FH10 Paddy Jackson Sub off.svg 61'
SH9 Luke McGrath
N88 Jack Conan Sub off.svg 75'
OF7 Dan Leavy Sub off.svg 53'Sub on.svg 58'
BF6 Rhys Ruddock (c)Sub off.svg 63'Sub on.svg 72'
RL5 Devin Toner Sub off.svg 61'
LL4 Quinn Roux
TP3 John Ryan Sub off.svg 61'Sub on.svg 78'
HK2 Niall Scannell Sub off.svg 54'
LP1 Cian Healy Sub off.svg 58'
Replacements:
HK16 James Tracy Sub on.svg 54'
PR17 Dave Kilcoyne Sub on.svg 58'
PR18 Finlay Bealham Sub on.svg 61'Sub off.svg 78'
LK19 Kieran Treadwell Sub on.svg 61'
N820 Jack O'Donoghue Sub on.svg 53'Sub off.svg 58'Sub on.svg 63'Sub off.svg 72'Sub on.svg 75'
SH21 Kieran Marmion Sub on.svg 67'
WG22 Rory O'Loughlin Sub on.svg 61'
FB23 Tiernan O'Halloran Sub on.svg 40'
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand.svg 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  Flag of Japan.svg13–35IRFU flag.svg  Ireland
Try: Matsushima 23' m
Yamada 61' m
Pen: Ogura (1/1) 14'
Report Try: 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)
FB15 Ryuji Noguchi Sub off.svg 67'
RW14 Akihito Yamada
OC13 Kotaro Matsushima
IC12 Yu Tamura
LW11 Kenki Fukuoka
FH10 Jumpei Ogura Sub off.svg 40'
SH9 Yutaka Nagare Sub off.svg 52'
N88 Amanaki Mafi
OF7 Shuhei Matsuhashi Sub off.svg 67'
BF6 Michael Leitch (c)
RL5 Uwe Helu Sub off.svg 63'
LL4 Luke Thompson
TP3 Takuma Asahara Sub off.svg 40'
HK2 Yusuke Niwai Sub off.svg 40'
LP1 Shintaro Ishihara Sub off.svg 47'
Replacements:
HK16 Shota Horie Sub on.svg 40'
PR17 Keita Inagaki Sub on.svg 47'
PR18 Takayuki Watanabe Sub on.svg 40'
LK19 Kotaro Yatabe Sub on.svg 63'
FL20 Yoshitaka Tokunaga Sub on.svg 67'
SH21 Fumiaki Tanaka Sub on.svg 52'
FH22 Rikiya Matsuda Sub on.svg 40'
CE23 Ryohei Yamanaka Sub on.svg 67'
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jamie Joseph
FB15 Andrew Conway
RW14 Keith Earls Sub off.svg 54'
OC13 Garry Ringrose Sub off.svg 78'
IC12 Luke Marshall
LW11 Jacob Stockdale
FH10 Paddy Jackson
SH9 Kieran Marmion Sub off.svg 72'
N88 Jack Conan
OF7 Josh van der Flier Sub off.svg 67'
BF6 Rhys Ruddock (c)Sub off.svg 54'Sub on.svg 60'
RL5 Devin Toner
LL4 Kieran Treadwell Sub off.svg 51'
TP3 John Ryan Sub off.svg 60'
HK2 James Tracy Sub off.svg 51'
LP1 Cian Healy Sub off.svg 60'
Replacements:
HK16 Niall Scannell Sub on.svg 51'
PR17 Dave Kilcoyne Sub on.svg 60'
PR18 Andrew Porter Sub on.svg 60'
LK19 James Ryan Sub on.svg 51'
FL20 Sean Reidy Sub on.svg 54'Sub off.svg 60'Sub on.svg 67'
SH21 John Cooney Sub on.svg 72'
FH22 Rory Scannell Sub on.svg 78'
FB23 Tiernan O'Halloran Sub on.svg 54'
Coach:
Flag of New Zealand.svg Joe Schmidt

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

Notes:

Statistics

Key

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