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Japan Top League 'Select' to play Clermont in Japan next week
A Top League Select side will take on ASM Clermont Auvergne from the Top 14 in France in the Japan.
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The France Rugby Charity Match 2019 will be held at the Gifu Memorial Centre Nagaragawa Stadium in Gifu prefecture on Saturday, 2 February 2019.
Dave Dillon from Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers is the head coach of the Top League Select side that includes a mixture of established Japan internationals, overseas players and up-and-coming local talent.
The Top League Select squad includes:
Shogo MIURA, Toyota Verblitz;
Koki YAMAMOTO, Yamaha Jubilo;
Yusuke KIZU, Toyota Verblitz;
Takayuki WATANABE, Kobelco Steelers;
Takuya KITADE, Suntory Sungoliath;
Kosuke HORIKOSHI, Suntory Sungoliath;
Yuya ODO, Yamaha Jubilo;
JANG Seok-hwan, Kobelco Steelers;
Taumua NAEATA, Kobelco Steelers
Isaac ROSS, NTT Communications
Ryota HASEGAWA, Panasonic Wild Knights
Shuhei MATSUHASHI, Ricoh Black Rams
Isileli NAKAJIMA, Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers
Colin BOURKE, Ricoh Black Rams;
Atsushi HIWASA, Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers
Daiki NAKAJIMA, NEC Green Rockets
Akihiro SHIMIZU, Kobelco Steelers;
Hikaru TAMURA, Suntory Sungoliath;
Yusuke KAJIMURA, Suntory Sungoliath;
Harumichi, TATEKAWA, Kubota Spears;
Sione TEAUPA, Kubota Spears;
Seiya OZAKI, Suntory Sungoliath;
Shinsuke ISEKI, Kobelco Steelers;
Ryuji NOGUCHI, Panasonic Wild Knights;
Ryohei YAMANAKA, Kobelco Steelers