Japan women's national rugby union team
Encyclopedia
The Japan women's national rugby union team are a national sporting side of Japan
, representing them at rugby union
. The side first played in 1991.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, representing them at rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
. The side first played in 1991.
Results summary
(Full internationals only)| Opponent | First game | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | |
| 1998 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | |
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1994 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 33.33% |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00% | |
| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00% | |
| 1991 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50.00% | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | |
| Summary 1991- | 28 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 50.00% |
Results
See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numberingFull internationals
Other matches
External links
- Japan RFU English pages
- Japan Times Articles by Rich Freeman - Japan Times rugby correspondent until 2005, then at the Daily Yomiuri
- Japan RFU - in Japanese
- Japanese rugby union news from Planet Rugby