# 2016 Scotland rugby union tour of Japan

In June 2016, the Scotland rugby union team toured Japan, their first tour of the Eastern Asian country since 1989. Scotland went into the tour on the back of two victories and a fourth-place finish in the 2016 Six Nations Championship while Japan entered the series following an eleventh consecutive Asia Rugby Championship title, and a test match against Canada. With the Brave Blossoms new head coach Jamie Joseph not taking over until August 2016, the Sunwolves head coach Mark Hammett acted as caretaker coach for the two-test series.

## Fixtures

| Date and time | Venue | Home | Score | Away |
| 18 June 2016, 19:20 JST (UTC+09) | Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi | Japan | 13–26 | Scotland |
| 25 June 2016, 19:20 JST (UTC+09) | Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo | Japan | 16–21 | Scotland |

## Squads

Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 18 June, the first test match of the tour.

### Japan

On 30 May, caretaker coach Mark Hammett named a 33-man squad for Japan's June tests against Canada and Scotland.
On 1 June, Kyosuke Horie and Shokei Kin were added to the squad for the Canadian test on 11 June.
Coaching team:
* Head coach: Mark Hammett (Caretaker)
* Backs coach: Atsushi Tanabe
* Forwards coach: Filo Tiatia
* Defence coach: Nathan Mauger
| Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
| Shota Horie | Hooker | (1986-01-21)21 January 1986 (aged 30) | 42 | Sunwolves |
| Takeshi Kizu | Hooker | (1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 27) | 42 | Sunwolves |
| Futoshi Mori | Hooker | (1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 28) | 2 | Sunwolves |
| Kensuke Hatakeyama | Prop | (1985-08-02)2 August 1985 (aged 30) | 73 | Newcastle Falcons |
| Keita Inagaki | Prop | (1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 26) | 11 | Sunwolves |
| Shinnosuke Kakinaga | Prop | (1991-12-19)19 December 1991 (aged 24) | 6 | Sunwolves |
| Masataka Mikami | Prop | (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 28) | 32 | Sunwolves |
| Naohiro Kotaki | Lock | (1992-06-13)13 June 1992 (aged 24) | 5 | Toshiba Brave Lupus |
| Hitoshi Ono | Lock | (1978-05-06)6 May 1978 (aged 38) | 96 | Sunwolves |
| Kazuhiko Usami | Lock | (1992-03-17)17 March 1992 (aged 24) | 9 | Sunwolves |
| Kotaro Yatabe | Lock | (1986-07-29)29 July 1986 (aged 29) | 5 | Panasonic Wild Knights |
| Taiyo Ando | Flanker | (1987-08-22)22 August 1987 (aged 28) | 2 | Sunwolves |
| Kyosuke Horie | Flanker | (1990-07-11)11 July 1990 (aged 25) | 3 | Yamaha Júbilo |
| Yoshiya Hosoda | Flanker | (1987-08-05)5 August 1987 (aged 28) | 1 | Sunwolves |
| Shokei Kin | Flanker | (1991-10-03)3 October 1991 (aged 24) | 4 | NTT Communications Shining Arcs |
| Hendrik Tui | Flanker | (1987-12-13)13 December 1987 (aged 28) | 36 | Queensland Reds |
| Hiroki Yamamoto | Flanker | (1992-11-17)17 November 1992 (aged 23) | 4 | Toshiba Brave Lupus |
| Koliniasi Holani | Number 8 | (1981-10-25)25 October 1981 (aged 34) | 44 | Panasonic Wild Knights |
| Amanaki Mafi | Number 8 | (1990-01-11)11 January 1990 (aged 26) | 7 | Bath |
| Kaito Shigeno | Scrum-half | (1990-11-21)21 November 1990 (aged 25) | 1 | Sunwolves |
| Fumiaki Tanaka | Scrum-half | (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 31) | 54 | Highlanders |
| Keisuke Uchida | Scrum-half | (1992-02-22)22 February 1992 (aged 24) | 16 | Sunwolves |
| Kosei Ono | Fly-half | (1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 29) | 33 | Suntory Sungoliath |
| Harumichi Tatekawa | Fly-half | (1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 26) | 44 | Sunwolves |
| Tim Bennetts | Centre | (1990-08-01)1 August 1990 (aged 25) | 3 | Canon Eagles |
| Ryoto Nakamura | Centre | (1991-06-03)3 June 1991 (aged 25) | 8 | Suntory Sungoliath |
| Mifiposeti Paea | Centre | (1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 28) | 1 | Sunwolves |
| Male Sa'u | Centre | (1987-10-13)13 October 1987 (aged 28) | 26 | Blues |
| Yu Tamura | Centre | (1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 27) | 36 | Sunwolves |
| Karne Hesketh | Wing | (1985-08-01)1 August 1985 (aged 30) | 14 | Munakata Sanix Blues |
| Kentaro Kodama | Wing | (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 24) | 4 | Panasonic Wild Knights |
| Kotaro Matsushima | Wing | (1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (aged 23) | 17 | Melbourne Rebels |
| Yasutaka Sasakura | Wing | (1988-08-04)4 August 1988 (aged 27) | 1 | Sunwolves |
| Rikiya Matsuda | Fullback | (1994-05-03)3 May 1994 (aged 22) | 1 | Tokai University |
| Ryuji Noguchi | Fullback | (1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 20) | 4 | Tokai University |

### Scotland

On 9 May 2016, Vern Cotter named a 27-man squad for Scotland's June two-test series against Japan.
On 16 May, Matt Scott was called up to the squad to replace the injured Alex Dunbar.
On 19 May, Sean Lamont was called up to the squad to replace the injured Tim Visser.
On 27 May, uncapped Huw Jones was called up to the squad to replace the injured Finn Russell.
On 19 June, Gordon Reid was called up to the squad to replace the injured Alasdair Dickinson.
Coaching team:
* Head coach: Vern Cotter
* Defence coach: Matt Taylor
* Attack/Backs coach: Jason O'Halloran
* Forwards coach: Jonathan Humphreys
| Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
| Fraser Brown | Hooker | (1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 26) | 15 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Ross Ford | Hooker | (1984-04-23)23 April 1984 (aged 32) | 99 | Edinburgh |
| Stuart McInally | Hooker | (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 (aged 25) | 7 | Edinburgh |
| Alasdair Dickinson | Prop | (1983-09-11)11 September 1983 (aged 32) | 57 | Edinburgh |
| Moray Low | Prop | (1984-11-28)28 November 1984 (aged 31) | 32 | Exeter Chiefs |
| WP Nel | Prop | (1986-04-30)30 April 1986 (aged 30) | 13 | Edinburgh |
| Gordon Reid | Prop | (1987-03-04)4 March 1987 (aged 29) | 17 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Rory Sutherland | Prop | (1992-08-24)24 August 1992 (aged 23) | 1 | Edinburgh |
| Jonny Gray | Lock | (1994-03-14)14 March 1994 (aged 22) | 23 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Richie Gray | Lock | (1989-08-24)24 August 1989 (aged 26) | 56 | Castres |
| Tim Swinson | Lock | (1987-02-17)17 February 1987 (aged 29) | 22 | Glasgow Warriors |
| John Barclay | Flanker | (1986-09-24)24 September 1986 (aged 29) | 50 | Scarlets |
| John Hardie | Flanker | (1988-07-27)27 July 1988 (aged 27) | 10 | Edinburgh |
| Josh Strauss | Flanker | (1986-10-23)23 October 1986 (aged 29) | 8 | Glasgow Warriors |
| David Denton | Number 8 | (1990-02-05)5 February 1990 (aged 26) | 34 | Bath |
| Ryan Wilson | Number 8 | (1989-05-18)18 May 1989 (aged 27) | 18 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Greig Laidlaw | Scrum-half | (1985-10-12)12 October 1985 (aged 30) | 51 | Gloucester |
| Henry Pyrgos | Scrum-half | (1989-07-09)9 July 1989 (aged 26) | 17 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Finn Russell | Fly-half | (1992-09-23)23 September 1992 (aged 23) | 19 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Ruaridh Jackson | Fly-half | (1988-09-12)12 September 1988 (aged 27) | 28 | Wasps |
| Alex Dunbar | Centre | (1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 26) | 16 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Peter Horne | Centre | (1989-10-05)5 October 1989 (aged 26) | 18 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Huw Jones | Centre | (1993-12-17)17 December 1993 (aged 22) | 0 | Stormers |
| Matt Scott | Centre | (1990-09-30)30 September 1990 (aged 25) | 34 | Edinburgh |
| Duncan Taylor | Centre | (1989-09-05)5 September 1989 (aged 26) | 17 | Saracens |
| Damien Hoyland | Wing | (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 (aged 22) | 1 | Edinburgh |
| Sean Lamont | Wing | (1981-01-15)15 January 1981 (aged 35) | 104 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Sean Maitland | Wing | (1988-09-14)14 September 1988 (aged 27) | 21 | London Irish |
| Tommy Seymour | Wing | (1988-07-01)1 July 1988 (aged 27) | 27 | Glasgow Warriors |
| Tim Visser | Wing | (1987-05-29)29 May 1987 (aged 29) | 26 | Harlequins |
| Stuart Hogg | Fullback | (1992-06-24)24 June 1992 (aged 23) | 43 | Glasgow Warriors |

## Matches
### First test

* 18 June 2016 19:20 JST (UTC+09)
| Japan | 13–26 | Scotland |
| Try: Horie 8' c Con: Tamura (1/1) 9' Pen: Tamura (2/3) 28', 55' | Report | Try: Penalty try 37' c Nel 41' c Con: Laidlaw (2/2) 38', 43' Pen: Laidlaw (4/4) 4', 15', 19', 62' |
* Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Aichi Attendance: 24,113 Referee: Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
| FB | 15 | Kotaro Matsushima | | 15' |
| RW | 14 | Mifiposeti Paea |
| OC | 13 | Tim Bennetts |
| IC | 12 | Harumichi Tatekawa |
| LW | 11 | Yasutaka Sasakura |
| FH | 10 | Yu Tamura |
| SH | 9 | Kaito Shigeno | | 48' |
| N8 | 8 | Amanaki Mafi |
| OF | 7 | Shokei Kin |
| BF | 6 | Hendrik Tui | 34' to 44' | 78' |
| RL | 5 | Naohiro Kotaki |
| LL | 4 | Hitoshi Ono |
| TP | 3 | Kensuke Hatakeyama | | 51' |
| HK | 2 | Shota Horie (c) |
| LP | 1 | Keita Inagaki |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Takeshi Kizu |
| PR | 17 | Masataka Mikami |
| PR | 18 | Shinnosuke Kakinaga | | 51' |
| LK | 19 | Kotaro Yatabe |
| FL | 20 | Hiroki Yamamoto | | 78' |
| SH | 21 | Keisuke Uchida | | 48' |
| FH | 22 | Kosei Ono |
| FB | 23 | Rikiya Matsuda | 37' to 47' | 15' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark Hammett ||
| FB | 15 | Stuart Hogg |
| RW | 14 | Tommy Seymour |
| OC | 13 | Duncan Taylor | 66' |
| IC | 12 | Matt Scott |
| LW | 11 | Damien Hoyland | 56' |
| FH | 10 | Ruaridh Jackson |
| SH | 9 | Greig Laidlaw (c) |
| N8 | 8 | Ryan Wilson | 64' |
| OF | 7 | John Hardie |
| BF | 6 | John Barclay |
| RL | 5 | Jonny Gray |
| LL | 4 | Richie Gray | 66' |
| TP | 3 | WP Nel | 64' |
| HK | 2 | Stuart McInally | 47' |
| LP | 1 | Alasdair Dickinson | 3' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Fraser Brown | 47' |
| PR | 17 | Rory Sutherland | 3' |
| PR | 18 | Moray Low | 64' |
| LK | 19 | Tim Swinson | 66' |
| N8 | 20 | David Denton | 64' |
| SH | 21 | Henry Pyrgos |
| CE | 22 | Peter Horne | 66' |
| WG | 23 | Sean Maitland | 56' |
| Coach: ||
| Vern Cotter ||
* Touch judges:
* Marius Mitrea (Italy)
* Brendan Pickerill (New Zealand)
* Television match official:
* Ian Smith (Australia)

### Second test

* 25 June 2016 19:20 JST (UTC+09)
| Japan | 16–21 | Scotland |
| Try: Shigeno 20' c Con: Tamura (1/1) 21' Pen: Tamura (3/3) 6', 29', 49' | Report | Pen: Pyrgos (3/4) 2', 15', 25' Laidlaw (4/4) 52', 60', 70', 77' |
* Ajinomoto Stadium, Chōfu, Tokyo Attendance: 34,073 Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
| FB | 15 | Rikiya Matsuda | 77' |
| RW | 14 | Male Sa'u |
| OC | 13 | Tim Bennetts | 55' |
| IC | 12 | Harumichi Tatekawa |
| LW | 11 | Yasutaka Sasakura |
| FH | 10 | Yu Tamura |
| SH | 9 | Kaito Shigeno | 61' |
| N8 | 8 | Amanaki Mafi |
| OF | 7 | Shokei Kin |
| BF | 6 | Hendrik Tui | 60' |
| RL | 5 | Naohiro Kotaki |
| LL | 4 | Hitoshi Ono | 65' |
| TP | 3 | Kensuke Hatakeyama | 55' |
| HK | 2 | Shota Horie (c) | 60' |
| LP | 1 | Keita Inagaki | 71' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Takeshi Kizu | 60' |
| PR | 17 | Masataka Mikami | 71' |
| PR | 18 | Shinnosuke Kakinaga | 55' |
| LK | 19 | Kotaro Yatabe | 65' |
| N8 | 20 | Koliniasi Holani | 60' |
| SH | 21 | Keisuke Uchida | 61' |
| FH | 22 | Kosei Ono | 55' |
| CE | 23 | Mifiposeti Paea | 77' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark Hammett ||
| FB | 15 | Stuart Hogg |
| RW | 14 | Tommy Seymour |
| OC | 13 | Matt Scott |
| IC | 12 | Peter Horne |
| LW | 11 | Sean Maitland | 79' |
| FH | 10 | Ruaridh Jackson | 57' |
| SH | 9 | Henry Pyrgos (c) | 49' |
| N8 | 8 | Ryan Wilson | 44' |
| OF | 7 | John Barclay | 67' |
| BF | 6 | Josh Strauss |
| RL | 5 | Jonny Gray |
| LL | 4 | Richie Gray |
| TP | 3 | Moray Low | 40' |
| HK | 2 | Stuart McInally | 40' |
| LP | 1 | Rory Sutherland | 40' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Fraser Brown | 40' |
| PR | 17 | Gordon Reid | 40' |
| PR | 18 | WP Nel | 40' |
| LK | 19 | Tim Swinson | 67' |
| FL | 20 | John Hardie | 44' |
| SH | 21 | Greig Laidlaw | 49' |
| CE | 22 | Huw Jones | 57' |
| WG | 23 | Sean Lamont | 79' |
| Coach: ||
| Vern Cotter ||
* Touch judges:
* Ben O'Keeffe (New Zealand)
* Brendan Pickerill (New Zealand)
* Television match official:
* Ian Smith (Australia)
Notes:
* Huw Jones (Scotland) made his international debut.
* The 31,392 crowd was a record home crowd for a Japanese rugby international.

## Japan warm-up match

On 11 June, Japan played away to Canada in the lead up to the Scottish series.
* 11 June 2016 15:00 PDT (UTC-07)
| Canada | 22–26 | Japan |
| Try: Paris 6' m Barkwill 20' c Cudmore 45' m Carpenter 79' m Con: McRorie (1/4) 21' | Report | Try: Kizu 34' c Matsushima 69' c Con: Tamura (2/2) 35', 70' Pen: Tamura (4/4) 11', 40', 51', 76' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Attendance: 10,250 Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
Team details :
| FB | 15 | Matt Evans |
| RW | 14 | Dan Moor |
| OC | 13 | Brock Staller |
| IC | 12 | Nick Blevins |
| LW | 11 | Taylor Paris | | 71' |
| FH | 10 | Pat Parfrey | | 55' |
| SH | 9 | Gordon McRorie |
| N8 | 8 | Aaron Carpenter | 51' to 61' |
| OF | 7 | Lucas Rumball | | 55' |
| BF | 6 | Kyle Baillie | | 66' |
| RL | 5 | Evan Olmstead |
| LL | 4 | Jamie Cudmore (c) | | 55' |
| TP | 3 | Jake Ilnicki | | 72' |
| HK | 2 | Ray Barkwill | | 67' |
| LP | 1 | Djustice Sears-Duru |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Eric Howard | | 67' |
| PR | 17 | Tom Dolezel | | 72' |
| PR | 18 | Matt Tierney |
| LK | 19 | Paul Ciulini | | 55' |
| FL | 20 | Matt Heaton | | 55' |
| FL | 21 | Alistair Clark | | 66' |
| SH | 22 | Jamie Mackenzie | | 55' |
| CE | 23 | Mozac Samson | | 71' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark Anscombe ||
| FB | 15 | Kotaro Matsushima |
| RW | 14 | Mifiposeti Paea |
| OC | 13 | Tim Bennetts | | 63' |
| IC | 12 | Harumichi Tatekawa (c) |
| LW | 11 | Yasutaka Sasakura | | 76' |
| FH | 10 | Yu Tamura |
| SH | 9 | Fumiaki Tanaka | | 40' |
| N8 | 8 | Kyosuke Horie |
| OF | 7 | Taiyo Ando | | 40' |
| BF | 6 | Yoshiya Hosoda | 54' |
| RL | 5 | Naohiro Kotaki |
| LL | 4 | Kazuhiko Usami | | 72' |
| TP | 3 | Kensuke Hatakeyama | | 49' |
| HK | 2 | Takeshi Kizu |
| LP | 1 | Keita Inagaki |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Futoshi Mori |
| PR | 17 | Masataka Mikami |
| PR | 18 | Shinnosuke Kakinaga | | 49' |
| LK | 19 | Kotaro Yatabe | | 72' |
| FL | 20 | Shokei Kin | | 40' |
| SH | 21 | Kaito Shigeno | | 40' |
| FH | 22 | Kosei Ono | | 63' |
| FB | 23 | Rikiya Matsuda | | 76' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark Hammett ||
* Man of the Match:
* Djustice Sears-Duru (Canada)
* Touch judges:
* Kurt Weaver (United States)
* Derek Summers (United States)
* Television match official:
* David Smortchevsky (Canada)
Notes:
* Matt Heaton (Canada) and Yoshiya Hosoda, Rikiya Matsuda, Mifiposeti Paea, Yasutaka Sasakura and Kaito Shigeno (all Japan) made their international debuts.

## Statistics

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