Rikiya Matsuda
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
3 May 1994 Kyoto, Japan | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||
| School(s) attended | Fushimi Technical High School | ||
| University | Teikyo University | ||
| Club information | |||
| Playing position | Fullback / Wing | ||
| Current club | Teikyo University | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Pts)† |
| 2017− | Panasonic Wild Knights | () | |
| Representative team(s)‡ | |||
| 2012−14 | Japan Under-20 | 7 | (49) |
| 2016− | Japan | 3 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 21 August 2016. | |||
Rikiya Matsuda (松田力也 Matsuda Rikiya, born 3 May 1994) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a outside back.[1][2]
Club Career
Matsuda is currently 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
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
- 1 2 "Rikiya Matsuda ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- 1 2 "Rikiya Matsuda Brave Blossoms Player Profile" (in Japanese). Rugby Japan. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ↑ "Rikiya Matsuda rejoindra Panasonic Wild Knights en 2017!" (in French). Japon Rugby. 1 June 2016. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
- ↑ "Rikiya Matsuda itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 21 August 2016.