The Japan Rugby Union (Chairman: Masato Tsuchida, Minato-ku, Tokyo) has decided to face the Italian national team in Italy on August 26, 2023.
With the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France (RWC2023) starting in September, this match will be held in Italy next month. The location, start time, broadcast schedule, etc. will be announced as soon as they are decided.
Regarding the schedule for this year’s Japan national team match other than RWC2023 and the main match, we will inform you once again as soon as it is decided.
Game: Japan National Team vs Italy National Team
Timetable: August 26, 2023 (Saturday)
Location: Italy
Comment from Japan National Team Head Coach Jamie Joseph
“It is a great honor to play the Azzurri on Italian soil just before the World Cup. Italy are in great form after beating Wales and Australia last year. We will have a lot to gain from this game against Italy, who are all ready for the game. The World Cup and the whole team is confident about the World Cup. In the last game we played in Japan, Italy narrowly won. So, this time, I want to take one game back from them and build momentum for the first World Cup pool game.”
Comment from Ciarán Crowley, head coach of the Italian national team
“To be able to play against the Japanese national team in a test match before the World Cup is a great opportunity. It will be a game against a team that has a lot in common in terms of the goals they are aiming for, and it will be a very interesting game. As our last game, it will be an important indicator of our position ahead of our first round match in France.”
October 21, 1976 3-25 Petrarca, Italy (Padua)
July 4, 2004 19-32 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Japan (Tokyo)
June 11, 2006 6-52 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Japan (Tokyo)
August 18, 2007 12-36 Italy ・ Stadio Perruca (Aosta)
August 13, 2011 24-31 Italy ・ Stadio Dino Manuzzi (Cesena)
June 21, 2014 ○ 26-23 Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Japan (Tokyo)
June 9, 2018 ○34-17 Japan (currently) Resonac Dome Oita (Oita)
June 16, 2018 22-25 Novir Stadium, Japan (Kobe)
・ September 10 (Sun) 13:00 (CET) 20:00 (JST) 1st Match Japan National Team vs Chile National Team Stadium de Toulouse (Toulouse)
・ September 17 (Sun) 21:00 (CET) Next day 04:00 (JST) 2nd match Japan National Team vs England national team Stade de Nice (Nice)
・ September 28th (Thursday) 21:00 (CET) 04:00 (JST) 3rd match Japan National Team vs Samoa National Team Stadium de Toulouse (Toulouse)
・ October 8 (Sun) 13:00 (CET) 20:00 (JST) Round 4 Japan National Team vs Argentina National Team Stade de la Beaujoire (Nantes)
that’s all
