Australian-raised trio Jack Cornelsen, Ben Gunter and Dylan Riley had been named in Japan’s 34-man training squad for his or her mid-365 days rugby Exams in opposition to Uruguay and France.
No.8 Cornelsen, flanker Gunter and centre Riley are among 10 avid gamers included from the Saitama Wild Knights who clinched the inaugural League One final on Sunday, beating Tokyo Sungoliath 18-12.
Wild Knights flyhalf Takuya Yamasawa was rewarded for his heroics in the final with a grasp to the national squad.
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Yamasawa stood in for injured team mate Rikiya Matsuda, the regular Take a look at flyhalf, and helped the Wild Knights to victory, crucially stripping Damian McKenzie of the ball factual because the All Sad regarded definite to ranking.
The 27-365 days-frail, who performed thrice for his nation in 2017, was one of the best worldwide flyhalf in the 34-man training squad with the diversified playmakers, Lee Seung-Shin and Hayata Nakao, among 9 uncapped avid gamers.
The ‘Plucky Blossoms’ face Uruguay in Tokyo on June 18 and again in Fukuoka per week later earlier than taking up Six Nations champions France in Toyota on July 2.
Japan squad:
Forwards – Keita Inagaki, Asaeli Ai Valu, Shinnosuke Kakinaga, Yusuke Kizu, Craig Millar, Yukio Morikawa, Atsushi Sakate, Daigo Hashimoto, Shota Horie, Saumaki Amanaki, Warner Dearns, Sanaila Waqa, Ben Gunter, Masato Furukawa, Pieter Labuschagne, Michael Leitch, Jack Cornelsen, Faulua Makisi.
Backs – Naoto Saito, Daiki Nakajima, Yutaka Nagare, Hayata Nakao, Takuya Yamasawa, Lee Seung-Shin, Yusuke Kajimura, Shogo Nakano, Dylan Riley, Taichi Takahashi, Jone Naikabula, Gerhard Van Den Heever, Siosaia Fifita, Rakuhei Yamashita, Ryuji Noguchi, Ryohei Yamanaka.