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Coach(es) | Fabien Galthié | ||||
Tour captain(s) | Charles Ollivon | ||||
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Japan |
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Tour chronology | |||||
Previous tour | Australia 2021 | ||||
Next tour | Argentina 2024 |
In July 2022, France played a two-test series against Japan as part of the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests. The first test was played at Toyota Stadium in Aichi on 2 July, followed by the second test at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo on 9 July. [1]
Coming into the series, France were ranked in second place in the World Rugby Rankings, while Japan sat eight places below in tenth. [2] The two nations last faced each other in a test match during 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, which ended up in a 23-23 draw. [3]
Date | Venue | Home | Score | Away |
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2 July 2022 | Toyota Stadium, Toyota | Japan | 23–42 | France |
9 July 2022 | Japan National Stadium, Tokyo | Japan | 15–20 | France |
Among the starting 15 French players, 2 of them earned their first caps and 4 more had single-digit caps. [4] French coach intended to give test experience to the fringe players. [5]
Notes: 1 On 23 June 2022, Dorian Aldegheri withdrew from the squad following a thigh injury, while Aymeric Luc and Max Spring were on standby, being COVID-19 positive like assistant coaches Shaun Edwards and Laurent Labit. [6] On 25 June 2022, Luc and Spring tested negative and joined the rest of the team in Japan. [7]
Head coach: Fabien Galthié
On 31 May, a 34-man squad was named for Japan's 2-test series against Uruguay and their 2-test series against France.
On 7 June, Yutaka Nagare withdrew from the squad due to injury and Toshiya Takahashi was called up as his replacement.
On 17 June, Craig Millar withdrew from the squad due to injury and Shogo Miura was called up as his replacement. Also called up were, Takayasu Tsuji, Wimpie van der Walt and Tevita Tatafu.
On 27 June, Kaito Shigeno joined up with the squad ahead of Japan's 2-test series against France replacing Toshiya Takahashi and Amanaki Saumaki also withdrew due to injury.
2 July 2022 15:00 JST ( UTC+09) |
Japan | 23–42 | France |
Try:
Tatafu 13' c Fifita 80+1' c Con: Shigeno (1/1) 14' Lee Seung-sin (1/1) 80+2' Pen: Shigeno (1/1) 14' Lee Seung-sin (1/1) 26', 54' | Try:
Penaud (2) 3' c, 58' c Lebel 43' c Moefana 61' m Bourgarit 69' c Con: Jaminet (4/5) 4', 45', 59', 70' Pen: Jaminet (3/3) 18', 29', 54' |
Toyota Stadium,
Toyota
[8] Referee: Frank Murphy ( Ireland) |
Notes:
9 July 2022 14:50 JST ( UTC+09) |
Japan | 15–20 | France |
Try:
Yamanaka (2) 12' m, 40' c Con: Lee Seung-sin (1/1) 40+1' Pen: Lee Seung-sin (1/1) 19' | Try:
Lebel 9' c Couilloud 71' c Con: Lucu (1/1) 10' Jalibert (1/1) 72' Pen: Lucu (1/1) 44' Jalibert (1/1) 61' |
National Stadium,
Tokyo
[8] Referee: Mike Adamson ( Scotland) |
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Notes:
The hot weather had been a major concern. At kick off of the first match, it recorded 34.5°C in Toyota. [9] 24 hours before the first match, Toyota city recorded a historic high 39.8°C. [10] As a result, three water breaks were put in place during each half of the match. [11] Just after kick off of the second match, it recorded 31.5°C in Tokyo. [12] [13] Water breaks were also in place.
Before the second match, the 57,000 crowd observed a minute's silence for the assassination of Shinzo Abe. After the match, French captain Charles Ollivon offered a French jersey with the name "Abe Shinzo" printed. Abe was a keen supporter of Japanese rugby. He visited the Japan dressing room during the 2019 Rugby World Cup and invited the team to the prime minister's office. [13] [14]
2022 France rugby union tour of Japan | |||||
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Coach(es) | Fabien Galthié | ||||
Tour captain(s) | Charles Ollivon | ||||
Summary |
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Total |
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Test match |
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Opponent |
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Japan |
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Tour chronology | |||||
Previous tour | Australia 2021 | ||||
Next tour | Argentina 2024 |
In July 2022, France played a two-test series against Japan as part of the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests. The first test was played at Toyota Stadium in Aichi on 2 July, followed by the second test at Japan National Stadium in Tokyo on 9 July. [1]
Coming into the series, France were ranked in second place in the World Rugby Rankings, while Japan sat eight places below in tenth. [2] The two nations last faced each other in a test match during 2017 end-of-year rugby union internationals, which ended up in a 23-23 draw. [3]
Date | Venue | Home | Score | Away |
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2 July 2022 | Toyota Stadium, Toyota | Japan | 23–42 | France |
9 July 2022 | Japan National Stadium, Tokyo | Japan | 15–20 | France |
Among the starting 15 French players, 2 of them earned their first caps and 4 more had single-digit caps. [4] French coach intended to give test experience to the fringe players. [5]
Notes: 1 On 23 June 2022, Dorian Aldegheri withdrew from the squad following a thigh injury, while Aymeric Luc and Max Spring were on standby, being COVID-19 positive like assistant coaches Shaun Edwards and Laurent Labit. [6] On 25 June 2022, Luc and Spring tested negative and joined the rest of the team in Japan. [7]
Head coach: Fabien Galthié
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Pierre Bourgarit | Hooker | 12 September 1997 | 5 | La Rochelle |
Peato Mauvaka | Hooker | 10 January 1997 | 14 | Toulouse |
Christopher Tolofua | Hooker | 31 December 1993 | 7 | Toulon |
Dorian Aldegheri1 | Prop | 4 August 1993 | 8 | Toulouse |
Demba Bamba | Prop | 17 March 1998 | 23 | Lyon |
Sipili Falatea | Prop | 6 June 1997 | 2 | Clermont |
Jean-Baptiste Gros | Prop | 29 May 1999 | 19 | Toulon |
Thomas Laclayat | Prop | 2 October 1997 | 0 | Oyonnax |
Matis Perchaud | Prop | 17 September 2002 | 0 | Bayonne |
Dany Priso | Prop | 2 January 1994 | 14 | La Rochelle |
Thibaud Flament | Lock | 29 April 1997 | 7 | Toulouse |
Thomas Jolmès | Lock | 8 October 1995 | 0 | Bordeaux |
Thomas Lavault | Lock | 3 May 1999 | 0 | La Rochelle |
Rémi Picquette | Lock | 23 February 1995 | 0 | La Rochelle |
Swan Rebbadj | Lock | 15 January 1995 | 3 | Toulon |
Dylan Cretin | Back row | 4 May 1997 | 18 | Lyon |
Ibrahim Diallo | Back row | 23 January 1998 | 1 | Racing 92 |
Matthias Haddad | Back row | 10 March 2001 | 0 | La Rochelle |
Sekou Macalou | Back row | 20 April 1995 | 7 | Stade Français |
Charles Ollivon ( c) | Back row | 11 May 1993 | 23 | Toulon |
Yoan Tanga | Back row | 29 November 1996 | 0 | Racing 92 |
Selevasio Tolofua | Back row | 31 May 1997 | 1 | Toulouse |
Bastien Vergnes-Taillefer | Back row | 13 June 1997 | 0 | Bordeaux |
Baptiste Couilloud | Scrum-half | 22 July 1997 | 8 | Lyon |
Nolann Le Garrec | Scrum-half | 14 May 2002 | 0 | Racing 92 |
Maxime Lucu | Scrum-half | 12 January 1993 | 7 | Bordeaux |
Louis Carbonel | Fly-half | 4 February 1999 | 5 | Toulon |
Antoine Hastoy | Fly-half | 4 June 1997 | 1 | Pau |
Matthieu Jalibert | Fly-half | 6 November 1998 | 15 | Bordeaux |
Jules Favre | Centre | 22 March 1999 | 0 | La Rochelle |
Louis Le Brun | Centre | 22 February 2002 | 0 | Castres |
Yoram Moefana | Centre | 18 July 2000 | 6 | Bordeaux |
Virimi Vakatawa | Centre | 1 May 1992 | 30 | Racing 92 |
Tani Vili | Centre | 31 October 2000 | 0 | Clermont |
Rémy Baget | Wing | 27 July 1997 | 0 | Bayonne |
Matthis Lebel | Wing | 25 March 1999 | 2 | Toulouse |
Damian Penaud | Wing | 25 September 1996 | 32 | Clermont |
Enzo Reybier | Wing | 4 April 2002 | 0 | Oyonnax |
Romain Buros | Fullback | 31 July 1997 | 0 | Bordeaux |
Melvyn Jaminet | Fullback | 30 June 1999 | 11 | Perpignan |
Aymeric Luc1 | Fullback | 14 October 1997 | 0 | Toulon |
Max Spring1 | Fullback | 15 March 2001 | 0 | Racing 92 |
On 31 May, a 34-man squad was named for Japan's 2-test series against Uruguay and their 2-test series against France.
On 7 June, Yutaka Nagare withdrew from the squad due to injury and Toshiya Takahashi was called up as his replacement.
On 17 June, Craig Millar withdrew from the squad due to injury and Shogo Miura was called up as his replacement. Also called up were, Takayasu Tsuji, Wimpie van der Walt and Tevita Tatafu.
On 27 June, Kaito Shigeno joined up with the squad ahead of Japan's 2-test series against France replacing Toshiya Takahashi and Amanaki Saumaki also withdrew due to injury.
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Daigo Hashimoto | Hooker | 28 January 1994 | 2 | Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo |
Shota Horie | Hooker | 21 January 1986 | 67 | Saitama Wild Knights |
Atsushi Sakate | Hooker | 21 June 1993 | 28 | Saitama Wild Knights |
Asaeli Ai Valu | Prop | 7 May 1989 | 21 | Saitama Wild Knights |
Keita Inagaki | Prop | 2 June 1990 | 40 | Saitama Wild Knights |
Shinnosuke Kakinaga | Prop | 19 December 1991 | 20 | Tokyo Sungoliath |
Yusuke Kizu | Prop | 12 March 1995 | 4 | Toyota Verblitz |
Shogo Miura | Prop | 8 June 1995 | 9 | Toyota Verblitz |
Yukio Morikawa | Prop | 6 February 1993 | 0 | Tokyo Sungoliath |
Warner Dearns | Lock | 11 April 2002 | 2 | Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo |
Takayasu Tsuji | Lock | 28 October 1995 | 0 | Tokyo Sungoliath |
Wimpie van der Walt | Lock | 6 January 1989 | 19 | NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka |
Sanaila Waqa | Lock | 17 July 1995 | 1 | Hanazono Kintetsu Liners |
Jack Cornelsen | Back row | 13 October 1994 | 7 | Saitama Wild Knights |
Masato Furukawa | Back row | 6 December 1996 | 3 | Toyota Verblitz |
Ben Gunter | Back row | 24 October 1997 | 3 | Saitama Wild Knights |
Lappies Labuschagné | Back row | 11 January 1989 | 13 | Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay |
Michael Leitch | Back row | 7 October 1988 | 73 | Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo |
Faulua Makisi | Back row | 20 January 1997 | 3 | Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay |
Tevita Tatafu | Back row | 2 January 1996 | 10 | Tokyo Sungoliath |
Daiki Nakajima | Scrum-half | 25 March 1996 | 3 | Kobelco Kobe Steelers |
Naoto Saito | Scrum-half | 26 August 1997 | 7 | Tokyo Sungoliath |
Kaito Shigeno | Scrum-half | 21 November 1990 | 14 | Toyota Verblitz |
Hayata Nakao | Fly-half | 20 January 1995 | 0 | Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo |
Takuya Yamasawa | Fly-half | 21 September 1994 | 4 | Saitama Wild Knights |
Lee Seung-sin | Fly-half | 13 January 2001 | 1 | Kobelco Kobe Steelers |
Yusuke Kajimura | Centre | 13 September 1995 | 2 | Yokohama Canon Eagles |
Shogo Nakano | Centre | 11 June 1997 | 3 | Tokyo Sungoliath |
Dylan Riley | Centre | 2 May 1997 | 5 | Saitama Wild Knights |
Siosaia Fifita | Wing | 20 December 1998 | 7 | Hanazono Kintetsu Liners |
Jone Naikabula | Wing | 12 March 1994 | 0 | Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo |
Taichi Takahashi | Wing | 24 May 1996 | 0 | Toyota Verblitz |
Gerhard van den Heever | Wing | 13 April 1989 | 1 | Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay |
Rakuhei Yamashita | Wing | 30 January 1991 | 0 | Kobelco Kobe Steelers |
Ryuji Noguchi | Fullback | 15 July 1995 | 14 | Saitama Wild Knights |
Ryohei Yamanaka | Fullback | 22 June 1988 | 22 | Kobelco Kobe Steelers |
2 July 2022 15:00 JST ( UTC+09) |
Japan | 23–42 | France |
Try:
Tatafu 13' c Fifita 80+1' c Con: Shigeno (1/1) 14' Lee Seung-sin (1/1) 80+2' Pen: Shigeno (1/1) 14' Lee Seung-sin (1/1) 26', 54' | Try:
Penaud (2) 3' c, 58' c Lebel 43' c Moefana 61' m Bourgarit 69' c Con: Jaminet (4/5) 4', 45', 59', 70' Pen: Jaminet (3/3) 18', 29', 54' |
Toyota Stadium,
Toyota
[8] Referee: Frank Murphy ( Ireland) |
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Notes:
9 July 2022 14:50 JST ( UTC+09) |
Japan | 15–20 | France |
Try:
Yamanaka (2) 12' m, 40' c Con: Lee Seung-sin (1/1) 40+1' Pen: Lee Seung-sin (1/1) 19' | Try:
Lebel 9' c Couilloud 71' c Con: Lucu (1/1) 10' Jalibert (1/1) 72' Pen: Lucu (1/1) 44' Jalibert (1/1) 61' |
National Stadium,
Tokyo
[8] Referee: Mike Adamson ( Scotland) |
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Notes:
The hot weather had been a major concern. At kick off of the first match, it recorded 34.5°C in Toyota. [9] 24 hours before the first match, Toyota city recorded a historic high 39.8°C. [10] As a result, three water breaks were put in place during each half of the match. [11] Just after kick off of the second match, it recorded 31.5°C in Tokyo. [12] [13] Water breaks were also in place.
Before the second match, the 57,000 crowd observed a minute's silence for the assassination of Shinzo Abe. After the match, French captain Charles Ollivon offered a French jersey with the name "Abe Shinzo" printed. Abe was a keen supporter of Japanese rugby. He visited the Japan dressing room during the 2019 Rugby World Cup and invited the team to the prime minister's office. [13] [14]