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Junior Japan is a national representative rugby union team of the Japan rugby union. It is a second-tier side to the Japan national rugby union team. Junior Japan competes in the World Rugby Pacific Challenge against teams such as Samoa A, Fiji Warriors, and Argentina's Pampas XV.
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The Junior Japan squad was formed in 2012 from players just outside the main Japanese national squad. In the first year, the team played a match in Tokyo against the Tongan national side, before joining the Pacific Rugby Cup in 2013.
International matches
Matches against national teams or national 'A" teams up to and including 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup:
Season standings
Pacific Rugby Cup
References
Junior Japan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA