In June 2016, the

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toured

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, their first tour of the Eastern Asian country since

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. Scotland went into the tour on the back of two victories and a fourth-place finish in the

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while Japan entered the series following an eleventh consecutive

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title, and a test match against

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. With the Brave Blossoms new head coach

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not taking over until August 2016, the

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head coach

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acted as caretaker coach for the two-test series.

Fixtures

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

and

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. On 1 June, Kyosuke Horie and Shokei Kin were added to the squad for the Canadian test on 11 June. Coaching team: * Head coach:

''(Caretaker)'' * Backs coach:

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* Forwards coach:

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* Defence coach:

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Scotland

On 9 May 2016, Vern Cotter named a 27-man squad for Scotland's June two-test series against

. 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:

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* Defence coach: Matt Taylor * Attack/Backs coach: Jason O'Halloran * Forwards coach:

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Matches

First test

Second test

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

in the lead up to the Scottish series. Notes: *

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(Canada) and Yoshiya Hosoda,

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, Mifiposeti Paea, Yasutaka Sasakura and Kaito Shigeno (all Japan) made their international debuts.

Statistics

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

Scotland Statistics

Tour statistics

References

External links

Scotland Rugby Team
– the official site of the Scotland national team {{DEFAULTSORT:Scotland 2016 rugby union tours

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2015–16 in Japanese rugby union

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