Rugby World Cup Pool B squads and fixtures

Squads and fixtures for the five teams of Pool B for the Rugby World Cup which
runs from September 18 to October 31 in England, with some matches being played
in Wales (player, position, age):

Japan

Coach: Eddie Jones (AUS)

Backs

Craig Wing – centre, age 35

Kosei Ono – fly half, age 28

Ayumu Goromaru – full back, age 29

Male Sau – centre, age 27

Harumichi Tatekawa – centre, age 25

Fumiaki Tanaka – scrum half, age 30

Yu Tamura – fly half, age 26

Toshiaki Hirose – wing, age 33

Atsushi Hiwasa – scrum half, age 28

Kenki Fukuoka – wing, age 22

Yoshikazu Fujita – wing, age 21

Karne Hesketh – wing, age 30

Kotaro Matsushima – wing, age 22

Akihito Yamada – wing, age 30

Forwards

Justin Ives – back row, age 31

Shoji Ito – lock, age 34

Keita Inagaki – prop, age 25

Hitoshi Ono – lock, age 37

Takeshi Kizu – hooker, age 27

Hendrik Tui – back row, age 27

Luke Thompson – lock, age 34

Kensuke Hatakeyama – prop, age 30

Michael Broadhurst – back row, age 28

Ryu Holani – back row, age 33

Shota Horie – hooker, age 29

Shinya Makabe – lock, age 28

Amanaki Mafi – back row, age 25

Masataka Mikami – prop, age 27

Hiroshi Yamashita – prop, age 29

Hiroki Yuhara – hooker, age 31

Michael Leitch – back row (capt), 26

Samoa

Coach: Stephen Betham (SAM)

Revised Samoan Rugby World Cup squad

Backs

Vavao Afemai – scrum half, age 23

Kahn Fotuali’i – scrum half, age 33

Patrick Fa’apale – fly half, age 24

Tusi Pisi – fly half, age 33

Michael Stanley – fly half, age 25

Rey Lee-Lo – centre, age 29

Johnny Leota – centre, 31

Paul Perez – centre, age 29

George Pisi – centre, age 29

Fa’atoina Autagavaia – full back, age 26

Ken Pisi – wing, age 26

Alesana Tuilagi – wing, age 34

Tim Nanai-Williams – full back, 26

Forwards

Wayne Ole Avei – hooker, age 32

Manu Leiataua – hooker, age 28

Motu Matu’u – hooker, age 28

Viliamu Afatia – prop, age 25

Jake Grey – prop, age 31

Census Johnston – prop, age 34

Anthony Perenise – prop, age 32

Sakaria Taulafo – prop, age 32

Filo Paulo – lock, age 27

Joe Tekori – lock, age 31

Kane Thompson – lock, age 33

Faifili Levave – back row, 29

Maurie Fa’asavalu – back row, age 35

Alafoti Faosiliva – back row, age 29

Jack Lam – back row, age 27

Ofisa Treviranus – back row (capt), age 31

TJ Ioane – back row, age 26

Sanele Vavae Tuilagi – back row, age 27

Scotland

Coach: Vern Cotter (NZL)

Backs

Stuart Hogg – full back, age 23

Sean Lamont – wing, age 34

Sean Maitland – wing, age 26

Tommy Seymour – wing, age 27

Tim Visser – wing, age 28

Mark Bennett – centre, age 22

Peter Horne – centre, age 25

Matt Scott – centre, age 24

Richie Vernon – centre, age 28

Finn Russell – fly half, age 22

Duncan Weir – fly half, age 24

Sam Hidalgo-Clyne – scrum half, age 22

Greig Laidlaw – scrum half (capt), age 29

Henry Pyrgos – scrum half, age 26

Forwards

David Denton – back row, age 25

John Hardie – back row, age 27

Josh Strauss – back row, age 28

Alasdair Strokosch – back row, 32

Ryan Wilson – back row, age 26

Grant Gilchrist – lock, age 25

Jonny Gray – lock, age 21

Richie Gray – lock, age 26

Tim Swinson – lock, age 28

Fraser Brown – hooker, age 26

Ross Ford – hooker, age 31

Stuart McInally – hooker, age 25

Alasdair Dickinson – prop, age 31

Ryan Grant – prop, age 29

Gordon Reid – prop, age 28

Willem Nel – prop, age 29

Jon Welsh – prop, age 28

South Africa

Coach: Heyneke Meyer (RSA)

Backs

Willie le Roux – fullback, 26

Zane Kirchner – fullback, 31

JP Pietersen – wing, 29

Bryan Habana – wing, 32

Lwazi Mvovo – wing, 29

Jean de Villiers (capt) – centre, 34

Jesse Kriel – centre, 21

Damian de Allende – centre, 23

Handre Pollard – fly-half, 21

Patrick Lambie – fly-half, 24

Morne Steyn – fly-half, 31

Fourie du Preez – scrum-half, 33

Ruan Pienaar – scrum-half, 31

Rudy Paige – scrum-half, 26

Forwards

Tendai ‘The Beast’ Mtawarira – prop, 30

Trevor Nyakane – prop, 26

Coenie Oosthuizen – prop, 26

Bismarck du Plessis – hooker, 31

Adriaan Strauss – hooker, 29

Schalk Brits – hooker, 34

Jannie du Plessis – prop, 32

Frans Malherbe – prop, 24

Eben Etzebeth – lock, 23

Victor Matfield – lock, 38

Lood de Jager – lock, 22

Pieter-Steph du Toit – lock, 23

Willem Alberts – back row, 31

Francois Louw – back row, 30

Schalk Burger – back row, 32

Siya Kolisi – back row, 24

Duane Vermeulen – back row, 29

United States

Coach: Mike Tolkin (USA)

Backs:

Seamus Kelly – centre, 24

Niko Kruger – scrum-half, 23

AJ MacGinty – fly-half, 25

Takudzwa Ngwenya – wing, 30

Folau Niua – fullback, 30

Thretton Palamo – centre, 26

Mike Petri – scrum-half, 31

Blaine Scully – wing, 27

Andrew Suniula – centre, 33

Shalom Suniula – fly-half, 27

Zack Test – wing, 25

Brett Thompson – wing, 25

Chris Wyles (capt) – fullback, 31

Forwards:

Hayden Smith – lock, 30

Danny Barrett – back row, 25

Chris Baumann – prop, 28

Cameron Dolan – back row, 25

Andrew Durutalo – back row, 27

Zach Fenoglio – hooker, 26

Eric Fry – prop, 27

Olive Kilifi – prop, 28

Titi Lamositele – prop, 20

Matthew Trouville – back row, 29

Samu Manoa – lock, 30

Al McFarland – back row, 26

Matekitonga Moeakiola – prop, 37

Greg Peterson – lock, 24

John Quill – back row, 25

Louis Stanfill – lock, 30

Joe Taufete’e – prop,

Phil Thiel – hooker, 30

Pool B fixtures

Sept 19: South Africa v Japan (Brighton Community Stadium, Brighton)

Sept 20: Samoa v United States (Brighton Community Stadium)

Sept 23: Scotland v Japan (Kingsholm stadium, Gloucester)

Sept 26: South Africa v Samoa (Villa Park, Birmingham)

Sept 27: Scotland v United States (Ellland Road, Leeds)

Oct 3: Samoa v Japan (Stadium MK, Milton Keynes), South Africa v Scotland (St
James Park, Newcastle)

Oct 7: South Africa v United States (Olympic Stadium, London)

Oct 10: Samoa v Scotland (St James Park)

Oct 11: United States v Japan (Kingshom stadium, Gloucester)