Japan national rugby league team

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The Japan national rugby league team has been playing international competition since 1994. A regular domestic amateur competition has been held in Japan for several years (the first domestic competition kicked off in 1998).[1] The first international team to visit Japan was a New South Wales Group 20 representative team in 1997, followed by Lebanon in 1998.

On 24 November 1996, Australian teams Sydney City Roosters and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles played an exhibition match at the Komazawa Stadium in Tokyo. Sydney City defeated Manly-Warringah 34-30 with a crowd of 7,136 in attendance.

Contents 1 Competitions 2 International Results 3 World Sevens Results 4 Student Results

[edit] Competitions

Japan has participated in:

• World Sevens (1994, 1995, 1997, plus the qualification tournament in 2003)
• Super League World Nines (1996, 1997)
• Emerging Nations Tournament (2000)

In 2002 and 2003 Japan contested the East-West Challenge in the United States of America. This has since been abandoned.

[edit] International Results

• USA def. Japan 54-18 (28 October 2006)
• USA def. Japan 40-10 (26 January 2006)
• USA def. Japan 78-6 (27 June 2003)
• USA def. Japan 26-10 (1 June 2002)
• Canada def. Japan 28-12 (20 November 2000)
• Morocco def. Japan 12-8 (15 November 2000)
• BARLA (Great Britain Amateurs) 54 Japan 0 (2000)
• USA def. Japan 54-0 (1999)
• Japan def. Canada 14-0 (1999)
• Lebanon def. Japan 52-28 (1998)

[edit] World Sevens Results

• NASCA Aboriginals def. Japan 36-0 (24 January, 2003)
• USA Tomahawks def. Japan 28-4 (24 January, 2003)
• USA Tomahawks def. Japan 20-8 (1996)

[edit] Student Results

• USA def. Japan 54-10 (1996)