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Japan national under 20 rugby union team

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Coach(es)
  
Keisuke Sawaki

Best result
  
15th, 2008 & 2009

Appearances
  
2 (First in 2008)

Union
  
Japan Rugby Football Union

The Japan national under-20 rugby union team is Japan's junior national team in rugby union.

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Japan won the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy in 2014, beating Tonga in the final 35–10. This qualified them for the 2015 IRB Junior World Championship in Italy. The team also competed at the Oceania U20 Championship in 2015.

Current Squad

Squad to 2014 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy.

Management

  • Keisuke Sawaki - Head Coach
  • Shingo Mishima - Team Manager
  • Saturo Endo - Assistant Coach
  • Takayuki Kawasaki - Team Doctor
  • Satoshi Tashiro - Trainer
  • Yusuke Sakai - Strength & Conditioning
  • Hideaki Noguchi - Performance Analyst

    • Pool

  •  Japan 39 - 36 Zimbabwe 
  •  Japan 38 - 35 Canada 
  •  Japan 36 - 29 Georgia 

    • Final

  •  United States 37-33 Japan 

    • References

    Japan national under-20 rugby union team Wikipedia
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