Da JRFU ovvero la federazione ha annunciato il ritorno in campo della squadra nazionale femminile a XV. Le giapponesi affronteranno in un test-match Hong Kong al Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium di Tokyo il 19 maggio. La partita farà da “curtain raiser” per la partita maschile dello Asiatic 5 Nations tra le stesse due squadre. Le giapponesi saranno in ritiro a Tokyo dal 27 al 29 aprile.
Queste le ragazze convocate:
Piloni:
Sayaka YAMAMOTO (Nagoya Women) , Nobuko NOGE (Osaka Women’s Rugby School), Mina SAITO(Holly’s Abeno)
Tallonatori:
Misaki SUZUKI (Kanto Gakuin University rugby club), Azusa YAMA (Women’s Setagaya)
Seconde Linee:
Chikako SASAKI (Women’s Setagaya), Ayumi INUI (Women’s Rugby School Hyogo), Aya Aya TAKEUCHI (Women’s Setagaya), Angela ELTING (Illinois State University), Akari HAYASHI (Rugby Tokai University)
Terze Linee:
Chisato YOKOO (Women’s Setagaya), Mami OKADA (Nagoya Women), Takako MATSUDAIRA (Phoenix)
No8:
Rauma-Bogi Mateitonga DE VENTURA (South Pacific Bible College), Tsukasa TSUJIMOTO (Scix)
Mediani Di Mischia:
Maki ITO (Nagoya Women), Moemi GOTO (Nagoya Women), Chikami INOUE (RKU Ryugasaki Rugby), Yuka YAMANAKA (Women’s Rugby School Hyogo)
Mediani Di Apertura:
Rinako YOKOYAMA (Tokai University), Ayaka SUZUKI (Rissho University)
Centri:
Mayumi TAKAHASHI (Women’s Setagaya), Keiko KATO (Women’s Setagaya), Chiharu NAKAMURA (Phoenix), Ami SAITO (Scix), Eri KAMIMURA (Women’s Setagaya), Miki IIDA (Nagoya Women), Noriko TANIGUCHI (Women’s Setagaya)
Ali:
Miki NISHIMURA (Nagoya Women), Tomoe SHINOMIYA (Women’s Setagaya), Yumeno HIRATSUKA (RKU Ryugasaki Rugby)
Estremi:
Mio SUZUKI (Nippon Sport Science University Women’s Rugby)
