2013 Wales rugby union tour of Japan

2013 Wales rugby union tour of Japan
Coach(es)	Robin McBryde
Tour captain(s)	Bradley Davies
Top test point scorer(s)	Dan Biggar (17)
Top test try scorer(s)	Harry Robinson (1) Tom Prydie (1)
Summary	P W D L
Total	2 1 0 1
Test match	2 1 0 1
Opponent	P W D L
Japan	2 1 0 1
Tour chronology
Previous tour	Australia 2012
Next tour	South Africa 2014

In June 2013, Wales toured Japan as part of the 2013 mid-year rugby test series.^[1] They faced Japan in a two-test series on 8 and 15 June, playing in the oldest dedicated rugby union stadium in Japan, Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Osaka, and the home stadium of Japanese rugby, Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium in Tokyo. The test series was Wales' first test series against Japan since 2001, when Wales were victorious 2–0, and their first encounter since Wales' 72–18 victory in the 2007 Rugby World Cup Pool B match. Wales were also the first Tier 1 nation to play Japan in Japan since Italy in 2006.

At the start of the tour Japan were yet to earn a victory over the Welsh, with Wales winning all fixtures before this test series. However, the second match of the series saw Japan win their first ever test match against Wales. The test series ended in a 1–1 draw with Wales winning the first test and Japan winning the second.

Fixtures

Date and time	Venue	Home	Score	Away
8 June 2013, 14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka	Japan	18–22	Wales
15 June 2013, 14:00 JST (UTC+9)	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo	Japan	23–8	Wales

Squads

Wales

In the absence of Warren Gatland and Rob Howley with their commitments on the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, Robin McBryde took on the role of head coach.^[2] On 21 May, McBryde named a 27-man squad for the tour.^[3]

Aaron Shingler and Ashley Beck were ruled out with injury ahead of the tour (28 May) and was replaced with Josh Navidi and Adam Warren^[4] 15 players were also unavailable due to selection for the Lions tour to Australia.

• Head Coach: Robin McBryde (interim)

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Scott Baldwin Hooker 12 July 1988 (aged 24) 0 Ospreys Emyr Phillips Hooker 22 February 1987 (aged 26) 0 Scarlets Scott Andrews Prop 1 August 1989 (aged 23) 6 Cardiff Blues Ryan Bevington Prop 9 December 1988 (aged 24) 9 Ospreys Rhys Gill Prop 30 October 1986 (aged 26) 3 Saracens Rhodri Jones Prop 23 December 1991 (aged 21) 1 Scarlets Craig Mitchell Prop 3 May 1986 (aged 27) 14 Exeter Chiefs Andrew Coombs Lock 27 October 1984 (aged 28) 4 Newport Gwent Dragons Bradley Davies (c) Lock 9 January 1987 (aged 26) 38 Cardiff Blues James King Lock 24 July 1990 (aged 22) 0 Ospreys Lou Reed Lock 10 September 1987 (aged 25) 3 Cardiff Blues Dan Baker Flanker 5 July 1992 (aged 20) 0 Ospreys Rob McCusker Flanker 12 March 1988 (aged 25) 5 Scarlets Josh Navidi Flanker 30 December 1990 (aged 22) 0 Cardiff Blues Andries Pretorius Number 8 26 September 1985 (aged 27) 0 Cardiff Blues Tavis Knoyle Scrum-half 2 June 1990 (aged 23) 9 Scarlets Lloyd Williams Scrum-half 30 November 1989 (aged 23) 13 Cardiff Blues Dan Biggar Fly-half 16 October 1989 (aged 23) 16 Ospreys Rhys Patchell Fly-half 17 May 1993 (aged 20) 0 Cardiff Blues Jonathan Spratt Centre 28 April 1986 (aged 27) 2 Ospreys Adam Warren Centre 7 March 1991 (aged 22) 1 Scarlets Owen Williams Centre 2 October 1991 (aged 21) 0 Cardiff Blues Dafydd Howells Wing 22 March 1995 (aged 18) 0 Ospreys Harry Robinson Wing 16 April 1993 (aged 20) 1 Cardiff Blues Liam Williams Fullback 9 April 1991 (aged 22) 3 Scarlets Tom Prydie Fullback 23 February 1992 (aged 21) 4 Newport Gwent Dragons Steven Shingler Fullback 20 June 1991 (aged 21) 0 London Irish Japan The Japanese 36-man squad for 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup and 2013 Welsh rugby union tour of Japan. Head Coach: Eddie Jones Caps and ages are to first Test (8 June 2013) Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby. Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Yusuke Aoki Hooker 19 June 1983 (aged 29) 25 Suntory Shota Horie Hooker 21 January 1986 (aged 27) 19 Melbourne Rebels Hiroki Yuhara Hooker 21 January 1984 (aged 29) 11 Toshiba Takuma Asahara Prop 7 September 1987 (aged 25) 3 Toshiba Kensuke Hatakeyama Prop 2 August 1985 (aged 27) 38 Suntory Takeshi Kizu Prop 15 July 1988 (aged 24) 15 Kobelco Steelers Masataka Mikami Prop 4 June 1988 (aged 25) 2 Toshiba Yusuke Nagae Prop 19 July 1985 (aged 27) 9 Black Rams Hiroshi Yamashita Prop 1 January 1986 (aged 27) 18 Kobelco Steelers Michael Broadhurst Lock 30 October 1986 (aged 26) 5 Black Rams Shoji Ito Lock 2 December 1980 (aged 32) 10 Kobelco Steelers Shinya Makabe Lock 26 March 1987 (aged 26) 12 Suntory Hitoshi Ono Lock 6 May 1978 (aged 35) 66 Toshiba Hendrik Tui Lock 13 December 1987 (aged 25) 7 Panasonic Justin Ives Flanker 24 May 1984 (aged 29) 10 Panasonic Michael Leitch Flanker 7 October 1988 (aged 24) 28 Chiefs Ryuta Yasui Flanker 6 December 1989 (aged 23) 1 Kobelco Steelers Takashi Kikutani Number 8 24 February 1980 (aged 33) 56 Toyota Verblitz Ryu Koliniasi Holani Number 8 25 October 1981 (aged 31) 24 Panasonic Atsushi Hiwasa Scrum-half 22 May 1987 (aged 26) 20 Suntory Fumiaki Tanaka Scrum-half 3 January 1985 (aged 28) 33 Highlanders Keisuke Uchida Scrum-half 22 February 1992 (aged 21) 3 Tsukuba University Ryoto Nakamura Fly-half 28 January 1991 (aged 22) 1 Teikyo University Kosei Ono Fly-half 17 April 1987 (aged 26) 16 Suntory Yuu Tamura Fly-half 9 January 1989 (aged 24) 6 Green Rockets Yuta Imamura Centre 31 October 1984 (aged 28) 35 Kobe Steel Male Sa'u Centre 13 October 1987 (aged 25) 2 Yamaha Jubilo Seiichi Shimonura Centre 20 September 1981 (aged 31) 4 Panasonic Harumichi Tatekawa Centre 2 December 1989 (aged 23) 12 Kubota Spears Craig Wing Centre 26 December 1979 (aged 33) 1 Kobelco Steelers Yoshikazu Fujita Wing 8 October 1993 (aged 19) 3 Waseda University Kenki Fukuoka Wing 7 September 1992 (aged 20) 2 University of Tsukuba Toshiaki Hirose (c) Wing 17 October 1981 (aged 31) 11 Toshiba Hirotoki Onozawa Wing 29 March 1978 (aged 35) 78 Suntory Sungoliath Ayumu Goromaru Fullback 1 March 1986 (aged 27) 20 Yamaha Jubilo Matches 8 June 2013 14:00 JST (UTC+9) Japan  18–22  Wales Try: Broadhurst 38' m Fujita 69' c Con: Goromaru (1/2) 70' Pen: Goromaru (2/4) 15', 20' Report Try: Robinson 63' c Con: Biggar (1/1) 64' Pen: Biggar (4/5) 23', 29', 46', 59' Patchell (1/1) 79' Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Osaka Attendance: 20,152 Referee: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa) FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru RW 14 Yoshikazu Fujita OC 13 Male Sa'u IC 12 Craig Wing  70' LW 11 Kenki Fukuoka  79' FH 10 Harumichi Tatekawa SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka  66' N8 8 Takashi Kikutani (c) OF 7 Michael Broadhurst BF 6 Hendrik Tui  72' RL 5 Shoji Ito LL 4 Hitoshi Ono  80' TP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita  64' HK 2 Shota Horie 30' to 32'  72' LP 1 Masataka Mikami  60' Replacements: HK 16 Takeshi Kizu  30'  32'  72' PR 17 Yusuke Nagae  60' PR 18 Kensuke Hatakeyama  64' LK 19 Toshizumi Kitagawa  80' FL 20 Ryuta Yasui  72' SH 21 Atsushi Hiwasa  66' FH 22 Yuu Tamura  70' WG 23 Hirotoki Onozawa  79' Coach: Eddie Jones FB 15 Liam Williams RW 14 Harry Robinson OC 13 Owen Williams IC 12 Jonathan Spratt LW 11 Dafydd Howells FH 10 Dan Biggar  64' SH 9 Lloyd Williams  60' N8 8 Rob McCusker 19' to 29'  60' OF 7 James King BF 6 Andrew Coombs  51' RL 5 Lou Reed LL 4 Bradley Davies (c) TP 3 Scott Andrews HK 2 Emyr Phillips LP 1 Ryan Bevington  51' Replacements: HK 16 Scott Baldwin PR 17 Rhys Gill  51' PR 18 Rhodri Jones N8 19 Andries Pretorius  51' FL 20 Dan Baker  60' SH 21 Tavis Knoyle  60' FH 22 Rhys Patchell  64' FB 23 Tom Prydie Coach: Robin McBryde Touch judges: Greg Garner (England) Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan) Note: Dan Baker, Dafydd Howells, James King, Rhys Patchell, Emyr Phillips, Andries Pretorius, Owen Williams (all Wales) and Yusuke Nagae (Japan) made their Test debuts in this match. 15 June 2013 14:00 JST (UTC+9) Japan  23–8  Wales Try: Wing 49' c Broadhurst 60' c Con: Goromaru (2/2) 49', 61' Pen: Goromaru (3/3) 14', 34', 76' Report Try: Prydie 44' m Pen: Biggar (1/2) 21' Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Attendance: 21,062 Referee: Greg Garner (England) FB 15 Ayumu Goromaru RW 14 Toshiaki Hirose (c) OC 13 Male Sa'u IC 12 Craig Wing  69' LW 11 Kenki Fukuoka  79' FH 10 Harumichi Tatekawa SH 9 Fumiaki Tanaka  67' N8 8 Takashi Kikutani OF 7 Michael Broadhurst BF 6 Hendrik Tui RL 5 Shoji Ito  45' LL 4 Hitoshi Ono  74' TP 3 Hiroshi Yamashita  45' HK 2 Shota Horie  79' LP 1 Masataka Mikami  69' Replacements: HK 16 Takeshi Kizu  79' PR 17 Yusuke Nagae  69' PR 18 Kensuke Hatakeyama  45' LK 19 Shinya Makabe  45' FL 20 Justin Ives  74' SH 21 Atsushi Hiwasa  67' FH 22 Yuu Tamura  69' WG 23 Yoshikazu Fujita  79' Coach: Eddie Jones FB 15 Liam Williams  53' RW 14 Harry Robinson OC 13 Owen Williams  23' IC 12 Jonathan Spratt LW 11 Tom Prydie FH 10 Dan Biggar SH 9 Lloyd Williams  50' N8 8 Andries Pretorius OF 7 Josh Navidi  63' BF 6 James King RL 5 Lou Reed  50' LL 4 Bradley Davies (c) TP 3 Scott Andrews  57' HK 2 Emyr Phillips  78' LP 1 Rhys Gill  57' Replacements: HK 16 Scott Baldwin  78' PR 17 Rhodri Jones  57' PR 18 Craig Mitchell  57' LK 19 Andrew Coombs  50' FL 20 Dan Baker  63' SH 21 Tavis Knoyle  50' FH 22 Rhys Patchell  23' WG 23 Dafydd Howells  53' Coach: Robin McBryde Touch judges: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa) Taizo Hirabayashi (Japan) Note: This was Japan's first ever victory over Wales. See also 2013 mid-year rugby test series History of rugby union matches between Japan and Wales References Japan confirm Wales Tour date McBryde to coach Wales in Japan Davies handed captaincy for Japan tour Navidi and Warren added to squad