Rikiya Matsuda (松田 力也, Matsuda Rikiya, born 3 May 1994) is a Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for Japan Rugby League One club Saitama Wild Knights and the Japan national team.[1][2]
.jpg) Matsuda representing the Sunwolves during Super Rugby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 3 May 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Kyoto, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Fushimi Tech High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Teikyo University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Matsuda is currently[when?] a student at Teikyo University in Tokyo and has appeared for them in both the All-Japan University Rugby Championship and the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship.[2] After graduating from university he will join up with the Panasonic Wild Knights in 2017.[3]
International career
Matsuda represented Japan at Under-20 level from 2012 through to 2014, making 7 appearances in total at the World Rugby Under 20 Championships.[4] He made his senior international debut as a replacement in a match against Canada in Vancouver on 11 June 2016. He went on to make 2 more appearances in the home tests against Scotland during the 2016 mid-year rugby union internationals series, coming on as a substitute in the first test in Toyota and then starting in the second in Tokyo.[1]
References
External links
- Rikiya Matsuda at ESPNscrum
- Rikiya Matsuda at ItsRugby.co.uk
