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

P	W	D	L

Total

02	02	00	00

Test match

02	02	00	00

Opponent

P	W	D	L

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]

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Date and time	Venue	Home	Score	Away
17 June 2017, 14:00 JST (UTC+09)	Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka	Japan	22–50	Ireland
24 June 2017, 14:40 JST (UTC+09)	Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo	Japan	13–35	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:

Head coach: Joe Schmidt
Skills coach: Girvan Dempsey & Felix Jones
Forwards coach: Simon Easterby

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Dave Heffernan	Hooker	(1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 32)	1	Connacht
Niall Scannell	Hooker	(1992-04-08) 8 April 1992 (age 31)	5	Munster
James Tracy	Hooker	(1991-04-02) 2 April 1991 (age 32)	2	Leinster
Finlay Bealham	Prop	(1991-10-09) 9 October 1991 (age 32)	6	Connacht
Cian Healy	Prop	(1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 36)	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 35)	7	Munster
Quinn Roux	Lock	(1990-10-30) 30 October 1990 (age 33)	2	Connacht
James Ryan	Lock	(1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 (age 27)	1	Leinster
Devin Toner	Lock	(1986-06-29) 29 June 1986 (age 37)	48	Leinster
Kieran Treadwell	Lock	(1995-11-06) 6 November 1995 (age 28)	0	Ulster
Dan Leavy	Flanker	(1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 29)	3	Leinster
Tommy O'Donnell	Flanker	(1987-06-21) 21 June 1987 (age 36)	12	Munster
Sean Reidy	Flanker	(1989-05-10) 10 May 1989 (age 34)	1	Ulster
Rhys Ruddock (c)	Flanker	(1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 (age 33)	14	Leinster
Josh van der Flier	Flanker	(1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 30)	8	Leinster
Jack Conan	Number 8	(1992-07-29) 29 July 1992 (age 31)	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 33)	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 28)	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 32)	1	Munster
Keith Earls	Wing	(1987-10-02) 2 October 1987 (age 36)	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 27)	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]

Head Coach: Jamie Joseph

Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club/province
Yusuke Niwai	Hooker	(1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 32)	1	Sunwolves
Takeshi Hino	Hooker	(1990-01-20) 20 January 1990 (age 33)	4	Sunwolves
Shota Horie (c)	Hooker	(1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 (age 37)	50	Sunwolves
Takuma Asahara	Prop	(1987-09-07) 7 September 1987 (age 36)	6	Sunwolves
Yu Chinen	Prop	(1990-11-18) 18 November 1990 (age 33)	6	Toshiba Brave Lupus
Shintaro Ishihara	Prop	(1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 33)	4	Suntory Sungoliath
Keita Inagaki	Prop	(1990-06-02) 2 June 1990 (age 33)	14	Sunwolves
Heiichiro Ito	Prop	(1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 33)	5	Sunwolves
Koki Yamamoto	Prop	(1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 33)	4	Sunwolves
Kyosuke Kajikawa	Lock	(1987-09-05) 5 September 1987 (age 36)	4	Sunwolves
Uwe Helu	Lock	(1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 (age 33)	4	Sunwolves
Shinya Makabe	Lock	(1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 (age 36)	34	Sunwolves
Kotaro Yatabe	Lock	(1986-07-29) 29 July 1986 (age 37)	13	Sunwolves
Yoshitaka Tokunaga	Flanker	(1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 31)	5	Sunwolves
Hendrik Tui	Flanker	(1987-12-13) 13 December 1987 (age 35)	39	Queensland Reds
Michael Leitch	Flanker	(1988-10-07) 7 October 1988 (age 35)	48	Chiefs
Amanaki Mafi	Number 8	(1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 33)	14	Melbourne Rebels
Shuhei Matsuhashi	Number 8	(1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 30)	6	Sunwolves
Fumiaki Tanaka	Scrum-half	(1985-01-03) 3 January 1985 (age 38)	59	Sunwolves
Yutaka Nagare	Scrum-half	(1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 31)	4	Sunwolves
Keisuke Uchida	Scrum-half	(1992-02-22) 22 February 1992 (age 31)	22	Sunwolves
Rikiya Matsuda	Fly-half	(1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 29)	7	Panasonic Wild Knights
Jumpei Ogura	Fly-half	(1992-07-11) 11 July 1992 (age 31)	3	Sunwolves
Yu Tamura	Fly-half	(1989-01-09) 9 January 1989 (age 34)	43	Sunwolves
Harumichi Tatekawa (c)	Centre	(1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 33)	51	Sunwolves
Derek Carpenter	Centre	(1988-07-26) 26 July 1988 (age 35)	1	Sunwolves
Timothy Lafaele	Centre	(1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 32)	5	Sunwolves
Will Tupou	Centre	(1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 33)	0	Sunwolves
Shota Emi	Wing	(1991-12-08) 8 December 1991 (age 31)	0	Sunwolves
Kenki Fukuoka	Wing	(1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 31)	20	Sunwolves
Akihito Yamada	Wing	(1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 38)	22	Panasonic Wild Knights
Kotaro Matsushima	Fullback	(1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 30)	23	Sunwolves
Ryuji Noguchi	Fullback	(1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 28)	9	Tokai University

Matches

First Test

17 June 2017
14:00 JST (UTC+09)

Japan	22–50	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)


FB	15	Ryuji Noguchi
RW	14	Kotaro Matsushima
OC	13	Will Tupou
IC	12	Derek Carpenter		66'
LW	11	Kenki Fukuoka
FH	10	Yu Tamura		58'
SH	9	Fumiaki Tanaka		54'
N8	8	Amanaki Mafi		40'
OF	7	Yoshitaka Tokunaga
BF	6	Michael Leitch
RL	5	Uwe Helu		54'
LL	4	Kotaro Yatabe
TP	3	Heiichiro Ito	24' to 34'	58'
HK	2	Shota Horie (c)		54'
LP	1	Keita Inagaki		40'
Replacements:
HK	16	Yusuke Niwai		54'
PR	17	Shintaro Ishihara		40'
PR	18	Takuma Asahara		58'
FL	19	Hendrik Tui		40'
N8	20	Shuhei Matsuhashi		54'
SH	21	Yutaka Nagare		54'
CE	22	Ryohei Yamanaka		66'
FB	23	Rikiya Matsuda		58'
Coach:
Jamie Joseph


FB	15	Simon Zebo		40'
RW	14	Andrew Conway	51' to 61'
OC	13	Garry Ringrose		67'
IC	12	Rory Scannell
LW	11	Keith Earls
FH	10	Paddy Jackson		61'
SH	9	Luke McGrath
N8	8	Jack Conan		75'
OF	7	Dan Leavy		53'	58'
BF	6	Rhys Ruddock (c)				63'	72'
RL	5	Devin Toner		61'
LL	4	Quinn Roux
TP	3	John Ryan		61'	78'
HK	2	Niall Scannell		54'
LP	1	Cian Healy		58'
Replacements:
HK	16	James Tracy		54'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne		58'
PR	18	Finlay Bealham		61'	78'
LK	19	Kieran Treadwell		61'
N8	20	Jack O'Donoghue		53'	58'	63'	72'	75'
SH	21	Kieran Marmion		67'
WG	22	Rory O'Loughlin		61'
FB	23	Tiernan O'Halloran		40'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Touch judges:
JP Doyle (England)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

Will Tupou (Japan) and Kieran Treadwell and Rory O'Loughlin (both Ireland) made their international debuts.

Second Test

24 June 2017
14:40 JST (UTC+09)

Japan	13–35	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)


FB	15	Ryuji Noguchi	67'
RW	14	Akihito Yamada
OC	13	Kotaro Matsushima
IC	12	Yu Tamura
LW	11	Kenki Fukuoka
FH	10	Jumpei Ogura	40'
SH	9	Yutaka Nagare	52'
N8	8	Amanaki Mafi
OF	7	Shuhei Matsuhashi	67'
BF	6	Michael Leitch (c)
RL	5	Uwe Helu	63'
LL	4	Luke Thompson
TP	3	Takuma Asahara	40'
HK	2	Yusuke Niwai	40'
LP	1	Shintaro Ishihara	47'
Replacements:
HK	16	Shota Horie	40'
PR	17	Keita Inagaki	47'
PR	18	Takayuki Watanabe	40'
LK	19	Kotaro Yatabe	63'
FL	20	Yoshitaka Tokunaga	67'
SH	21	Fumiaki Tanaka	52'
FH	22	Rikiya Matsuda	40'
CE	23	Ryohei Yamanaka	67'
Coach:
Jamie Joseph


FB	15	Andrew Conway
RW	14	Keith Earls	54'
OC	13	Garry Ringrose	78'
IC	12	Luke Marshall
LW	11	Jacob Stockdale
FH	10	Paddy Jackson
SH	9	Kieran Marmion	72'
N8	8	Jack Conan
OF	7	Josh van der Flier			67'
BF	6	Rhys Ruddock (c)	54'	60'
RL	5	Devin Toner
LL	4	Kieran Treadwell	51'
TP	3	John Ryan	60'
HK	2	James Tracy	51'
LP	1	Cian Healy	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Niall Scannell	51'
PR	17	Dave Kilcoyne	60'
PR	18	Andrew Porter	60'
LK	19	James Ryan	51'
FL	20	Sean Reidy	54'	60'	67'
SH	21	John Cooney	72'
FH	22	Rory Scannell	78'
FB	23	Tiernan O'Halloran	54'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

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

Notes:

John Cooney (Ireland) made his international debut.
Michael Leitch (Japan) and Devin Toner (Ireland) earned their 50th test caps.

Statistics

Key

Con: Conversions
Pen: Penalties
DG: Drop goals
Pts: Points

Ireland statistics

Name	Played	Tries	Con	Pen	DG	Pts
Paddy Jackson	2	0	10	1	0	23	–	–
Jack Conan	2	2	0	0	0	10	–	–
Keith Earls	2	2	0	0	0	10	–	–
Dan Leavy	2	2	0	0	0	10	–	–
Garry Ringrose	2	2	0	0	0	10	–	–
Kieran Marmion	2	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Sean Reidy	1	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Rhys Ruddock	2	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Josh van der Flier	1	1	0	0	0	5	–	–
Rory Scannell	2	0	1	0	0	2	–	–
Andrew Conway	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	–
Cian Healy	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
Dave Kilcoyne	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
Tiernan O'Halloran	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
John Ryan	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Devin Toner	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
James Tracy	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Kieran Treadwell	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Finlay Bealham	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	–
John Cooney	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Luke Marshall	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-
Luke McGrath	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Jack O'Donoghue	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Rory O'Loughlin	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Andrew Porter	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Sean Reidy	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	-
Quinn Roux	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
James Ryan	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Jacob Stockdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Simon Zebo	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	–
Joey Carbery	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
Dave Heffernan	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–
Tommy O'Donnell	–	–	–	–	–	0	–	–

Test series statistics

Name	Team	Tries	Con	Pen	Pts
Paddy Jackson	Ireland	0	10	1	23
Jack Conan	Ireland	2	0	0	10
Keith Earls	Ireland	2	0	0	10
Dan Leavy	Ireland	2	0	0	10
Garry Ringrose	Ireland	2	0	0	10
Kenki Fukuoka	Japan	1	0	0	5
Kieran Marmion	Ireland	1	0	0	5
Kotaro Matsushima	Japan	1	0	0	5
Yutaka Nagare	Japan	1	0	0	5
Ryuji Noguchi	Japan	1	0	0	5
Sean Reidy	Ireland	1	0	0	5
Rhys Ruddock	Ireland	1	0	0	5
Josh van der Flier	Ireland	1	0	0	5
Akihito Yamada	Japan	1	0	0	5
Rikiya Matsuda	Japan	0	2	0	4
Jumpei Ogura	Japan	0	0	1	3
Yu Tamura	Japan	0	0	1	3
Rory Scannell	Ireland	0	1	0	2

References

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^ "Joey Carbery injury woe as he is ruled out for remainder of Ireland's Summer Tour". independent.ie. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
^ Le groupe japonais pour les tests matchs de juin 2017

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2017 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan

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Fixtures

Squads

Ireland

Japan

Matches

First Test

Second Test

Statistics

Ireland statistics

Test series statistics

See also

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