With 11 days to go before the opening of the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France, the Japanese national team LO Hell Uwe (Kubota Spears Funabashi/Tokyo Bay) and CTB Shogo Nakano (Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath) were forced out of the registered members due to conditions. I had to leave.
The 33-year-old Hell was part of the last edition of the tournament, which saw him reach his first Top 8 finish, and was on the cusp of his second consecutive World Cup, having suffered a shoulder injury against Tonga in July, but was represented in Italy last weekend. He returned to the line-up in the test match with and played in the starting line-up, but was replaced after the first half.
The 26-year-old Nakano appealed to the All Blacks XV match in July and the Samoa national team starting as No. 12, and was about to play his first World Cup, but unfortunately left.
Koshi Shimokawa is 188 cm and 105 kg. He has grown even more since his debut for the Japanese national team last autumn (photographed by Kaori Matsumoto)
Instead, LO/FL Amato Fakatava (Ricoh Black Rams Tokyo) and FL Koji Shimokawa (Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath), who accompanied the expedition as backup members, were registered. With this, the Japanese squad has 19 FWs and 14 BKs.
Born in Tonga and graduated from Daito Bunka University, the 28-year-old Fakatava was selected for the Japanese national team for the first time this year, starting all five matches played in Japan this summer, and working hard to win the award from head coach Jamie Joseph. He was hailed as the best rookie, but he injured his ankle against Fiji on August 5 and was not included in the original 33-man squad for the World Cup. However, it seems that the recovery from the injury is progressing, and it was just in time.
Then, 24-year-old Shimokawa participated in the training camp from mid-June as a candidate for the Japanese national team. He was selected and won his second national team cap. In September, there was a possibility of working as a member of the historic club “Barbarians” in England, which invites players from all over the world and forms a team, but he will be in the World Cup squad and face the big stage.
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