2017 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan

Series of rugby union matches

2017 Ireland rugby union tour of Japan

Coach(es)| Joe Schmidt
Tour captain(s)| Rhys Ruddock
Top test point scorer(s)| Paddy Jackson (23)
Top test try scorer(s)|

Four players

* Jack Conan (2)
* Keith Earls (2)
* Dan Leavy (2)
* Garry Ringrose (2)

Summary| | P|  W|  D|  L

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Total| | 02|  02|  00|  00

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Test match| | 02|  02|  00|  00

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Opponent| | P|  W|  D|  L

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Japan| | 2|  2|  0|  0

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Tour chronology
Previous tour| South Africa 2016
Next tour| Australia 2018

In June 2017, Ireland played a two-test series against Japan as part of the 2017 mid-year rugby union tests. It was the first time Ireland had played a test series against Japan in Japan since 2005. The series was part of the fifth year of the global rugby calendar established by the International Rugby Board, which runs through to 2019.[1]

## Fixtures

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Date  | Venue  | Home  | Score  | Away

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17 June 2017  | Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka | Japan | 22–50 |  Ireland
24 June 2017  | Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo | Japan | 13–35 |  Ireland

## Squads

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Note: Ages, caps and clubs are as per 17 June, the first test match of the tour.

### Ireland

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On 16 May 2017, Joe Schmidt named a 31-man squad for the 2017 Summer Tour.[2] On 22 May, Connacht lock Quinn Roux was added to the squad.[3] On 31 May, Tommy O'Donnell was ruled out of the tour due to an ankle injury.[4] Following an ankle injury sustained in the test against the United States, fly-half Joey Carbery was ruled out of the remainder of the tour. Ulster's Sean Reidy was also called up to replace Tommy O'Donnell.[5]

Coaching team:

* Head coach: Joe Schmidt
* Skills coach: Girvan Dempsey & Felix Jones
* Forwards coach: Simon Easterby

Player  | Position | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Club/province

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Dave Heffernan | Hooker |  (1991-01-01) 1 January 1991 (age 33) | 1  | Connacht
Niall Scannell | Hooker |  (1992-04-08) 8 April 1992 (age 32) | 5  | Munster
James Tracy | Hooker |  (1991-04-02) 2 April 1991 (age 33) | 2  | Leinster
Finlay Bealham | Prop |  (1991-10-09) 9 October 1991 (age 33) | 6  | Connacht
Cian Healy | Prop |  (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 37) | 68  | Leinster
Dave Kilcoyne | Prop |  (1988-12-14) 14 December 1988 (age 36) | 18  | Munster
Andrew Porter | Prop |  (1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 28) | 1  | Leinster
John Ryan | Prop |  (1988-08-02) 2 August 1988 (age 36) | 7  | Munster
Quinn Roux | Lock |  (1990-10-30) 30 October 1990 (age 34) | 2  | Connacht
James Ryan | Lock |  (1996-07-24) 24 July 1996 (age 28) | 1  | Leinster
Devin Toner | Lock |  (1986-06-29) 29 June 1986 (age 38) | 48  | Leinster
Kieran Treadwell | Lock |  (1995-11-06) 6 November 1995 (age 29) | 0  | Ulster
Dan Leavy | Flanker |  (1994-05-23) 23 May 1994 (age 30) | 3  | Leinster
Tommy O'Donnell | Flanker |  (1987-06-21) 21 June 1987 (age 37) | 12  | Munster
Sean Reidy | Flanker |  (1989-05-10) 10 May 1989 (age 35) | 1  | Ulster
Rhys Ruddock (c) | Flanker |  (1990-11-13) 13 November 1990 (age 34) | 14  | Leinster
Josh van der Flier | Flanker |  (1993-04-25) 25 April 1993 (age 31) | 8  | Leinster
Jack Conan | Number 8 |  (1992-07-29) 29 July 1992 (age 32) | 2  | Leinster
Jack O'Donoghue | Number 8 |  (1994-02-08) 8 February 1994 (age 30) | 1  | Munster
John Cooney | Scrum-half |  (1990-05-01) 1 May 1990 (age 34) | 0  | Connacht
Kieran Marmion | Scrum-half |  (1992-02-11) 11 February 1992 (age 32) | 14  | Connacht
Luke McGrath | Scrum-half |  (1993-02-03) 3 February 1993 (age 31) | 3  | Leinster
Joey Carbery | Fly-half |  (1995-11-01) 1 November 1995 (age 29) | 4  | Leinster
Paddy Jackson | Fly-half |  (1992-01-05) 5 January 1992 (age 32) | 23  | Ulster
Luke Marshall | Centre |  (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 (age 33) | 10  | Ulster
Garry Ringrose | Centre |  (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 (age 29) | 9  | Leinster
Rory Scannell | Centre |  (1995-01-26) 26 January 1995 (age 29) | 1  | Munster
Andrew Conway | Wing |  (1991-07-11) 11 July 1991 (age 33) | 1  | Munster
Keith Earls | Wing |  (1987-10-02) 2 October 1987 (age 37) | 60  | Munster
Rory O'Loughlin | Wing |  (1994-01-21) 21 January 1994 (age 30) | 0  | Leinster
Jacob Stockdale | Wing |  (1996-04-06) 6 April 1996 (age 28) | 1  | Ulster
Tiernan O'Halloran | Fullback |  (1991-02-26) 26 February 1991 (age 33) | 4  | Connacht
Simon Zebo | Fullback |  (1990-03-16) 16 March 1990 (age 34) | 34  | Munster

### Japan

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On 29 May, Jamie Joseph named a 33-man squad ahead of their two-test series against Ireland and one-off test match against Romania.[6]

* Head Coach: Jamie Joseph

Player  | Position | Date of birth (age)  | Caps  | Club/province

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Yusuke Niwai | Hooker |  (1991-10-22) 22 October 1991 (age 33) | 1  |  Sunwolves
Takeshi Hino | Hooker |  (1990-01-20) 20 January 1990 (age 34) | 4  |  Sunwolves
Shota Horie (c) | Hooker |  (1986-01-21) 21 January 1986 (age 38) | 50  |  Sunwolves
Takuma Asahara | Prop |  (1987-09-07) 7 September 1987 (age 37) | 6  |  Sunwolves
Yu Chinen | Prop |  (1990-11-18) 18 November 1990 (age 34) | 6  |  Toshiba Brave Lupus
Shintaro Ishihara | Prop |  (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34) | 4  |  Suntory Sungoliath
Keita Inagaki | Prop |  (1990-06-02) 2 June 1990 (age 34) | 14  |  Sunwolves
Heiichiro Ito | Prop |  (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 34) | 5  |  Sunwolves
Koki Yamamoto | Prop |  (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990 (age 34) | 4  |  Sunwolves
Kyosuke Kajikawa | Lock |  (1987-09-05) 5 September 1987 (age 37) | 4  |  Sunwolves
Uwe Helu | Lock |  (1990-07-12) 12 July 1990 (age 34) | 4  |  Sunwolves
Shinya Makabe | Lock |  (1987-03-26) 26 March 1987 (age 37) | 34  |  Sunwolves
Kotaro Yatabe | Lock |  (1986-07-29) 29 July 1986 (age 38) | 13  |  Sunwolves
Yoshitaka Tokunaga | Flanker |  (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32) | 5  |  Sunwolves
Hendrik Tui | Flanker |  (1987-12-13) 13 December 1987 (age 37) | 39  |  Queensland Reds
Michael Leitch | Flanker |  (1988-10-07) 7 October 1988 (age 36) | 48  |  Chiefs
Amanaki Mafi | Number 8 |  (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 34) | 14  |  Melbourne Rebels
Shuhei Matsuhashi | Number 8 |  (1993-11-24) 24 November 1993 (age 31) | 6  |  Sunwolves
Fumiaki Tanaka | Scrum-half |  (1985-01-03) 3 January 1985 (age 39) | 59  |  Sunwolves
Yutaka Nagare | Scrum-half |  (1992-09-04) 4 September 1992 (age 32) | 4  |  Sunwolves
Keisuke Uchida | Scrum-half |  (1992-02-22) 22 February 1992 (age 32) | 22  |  Sunwolves
Rikiya Matsuda | Fly-half |  (1994-05-03) 3 May 1994 (age 30) | 7  |  Panasonic Wild Knights
Jumpei Ogura | Fly-half |  (1992-07-11) 11 July 1992 (age 32) | 3  |  Sunwolves
Yu Tamura | Fly-half |  (1989-01-09) 9 January 1989 (age 35) | 43  |  Sunwolves
Harumichi Tatekawa (c) | Centre |  (1989-12-02) 2 December 1989 (age 35) | 51  |  Sunwolves
Derek Carpenter | Centre |  (1988-07-26) 26 July 1988 (age 36) | 1  |  Sunwolves
Timothy Lafaele | Centre |  (1991-08-19) 19 August 1991 (age 33) | 5  |  Sunwolves
Will Tupou | Centre |  (1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 34) | 0  |  Sunwolves
Shota Emi | Wing |  (1991-12-08) 8 December 1991 (age 33) | 0  |  Sunwolves
Kenki Fukuoka | Wing |  (1992-09-07) 7 September 1992 (age 32) | 20  |  Sunwolves
Akihito Yamada | Wing |  (1985-07-26) 26 July 1985 (age 39) | 22  |  Panasonic Wild Knights
Kotaro Matsushima | Fullback |  (1993-02-26) 26 February 1993 (age 31) | 23  |  Sunwolves
Ryuji Noguchi | Fullback |  (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 29) | 9  |  Tokai University

## Matches

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### First Test

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17 June 2017
14:00 JST (UTC+09)

Japan | 22–50|  Ireland

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Try: Noguchi 59' c
Fukuoka 76' m
Nagare 78' c
Con: Matsuda (2/3) 60', 79'
Pen: Tamura (1/1) 14'| Report| Try: Earls (2) 11' c, 70' m
Leavy (2) 24' c, 28' c
Conan (2) 30' c, 45' c
Ringrose 65' c
Con: Jackson (5/5) 12', 25', 29', 32', 46'
R. Scannell (1/2) 66'
Pen: Jackson (1/1) 6'
Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka
Attendance: 27,381
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

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FB | 15 | Ryuji Noguchi
RW | 14 | Kotaro Matsushima
OC | 13 | Will Tupou
IC | 12 | Derek Carpenter |  |  66'
LW | 11 | Kenki Fukuoka
FH | 10 | Yu Tamura |  |  58'
SH | 9 | Fumiaki Tanaka |  |  54'
N8 | 8 | Amanaki Mafi |  |  40'
OF | 7 | Yoshitaka Tokunaga
BF | 6 | Michael Leitch
RL | 5 | Uwe Helu |  |  54'
LL | 4 | Kotaro Yatabe
TP | 3 | Heiichiro Ito |  24' to 34' |  58'
HK | 2 | Shota Horie (c) |  |  54'
LP | 1 | Keita Inagaki |  |  40'
Replacements:
HK | 16 | Yusuke Niwai |  |  54'
PR | 17 | Shintaro Ishihara |  |  40'
PR | 18 | Takuma Asahara |  |  58'
FL | 19 | Hendrik Tui |  |  40'
N8 | 20 | Shuhei Matsuhashi |  |  54'
SH | 21 | Yutaka Nagare |  |  54'
CE | 22 | Ryohei Yamanaka |  |  66'
FB | 23 | Rikiya Matsuda |  |  58'
Coach:
Jamie Joseph
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FB | 15 | Simon Zebo |  |  40'
RW | 14 | Andrew Conway |  51' to 61'
OC | 13 | Garry Ringrose |  |  67'
IC | 12 | Rory Scannell
LW | 11 | Keith Earls
FH | 10 | Paddy Jackson |  |  61'
SH | 9 | Luke McGrath |  |
N8 | 8 | Jack Conan |  |  75'
OF | 7 | Dan Leavy |  |  53' |  58'
BF | 6 | Rhys Ruddock (c) |  |  |  |  63' |  72'
RL | 5 | Devin Toner |  |  61'
LL | 4 | Quinn Roux
TP | 3 | John Ryan |  |  61' |  78'
HK | 2 | Niall Scannell |  |  54'
LP | 1 | Cian Healy |  |  58'
Replacements:
HK | 16 | James Tracy |  |  54'
PR | 17 | Dave Kilcoyne |  |  58'
PR | 18 | Finlay Bealham |  |  61' |  78'
LK | 19 | Kieran Treadwell |  |  61'
N8 | 20 | Jack O'Donoghue |  |  53' |  58' |  63' |  72' |  75'
SH | 21 | Kieran Marmion |  |  67'
WG | 22 | Rory O'Loughlin |  |  61'
FB | 23 | Tiernan O'Halloran |  |  40'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Touch judges:
JP Doyle (England)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

* Will Tupou (Japan) and Kieran Treadwell and Rory O'Loughlin (both Ireland) made their international debuts.

### Second Test

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24 June 2017
14:40 JST (UTC+09)

Japan | 13–35|  Ireland

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Try: Matsushima 23' m
Yamada 61' m
Pen: Ogura (1/1) 14'| Report| Try: Ringrose 2' c
van der Flier 10' c
Marmion 16' c
Ruddock 30' c
Reidy 77' c
Con: Jackson (5/5) 3', 11', 18', 31', 78'
Ajinomoto Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 29,354
Referee: JP Doyle (England)

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FB | 15 | Ryuji Noguchi |  |  67'
RW | 14 | Akihito Yamada
OC | 13 | Kotaro Matsushima
IC | 12 | Yu Tamura
LW | 11 | Kenki Fukuoka
FH | 10 | Jumpei Ogura |  |  40'
SH | 9 | Yutaka Nagare |  |  52'
N8 | 8 | Amanaki Mafi
OF | 7 | Shuhei Matsuhashi |  |  67'
BF | 6 | Michael Leitch (c)
RL | 5 | Uwe Helu |  |  63'
LL | 4 | Luke Thompson
TP | 3 | Takuma Asahara |  |  40'
HK | 2 | Yusuke Niwai |  |  40'
LP | 1 | Shintaro Ishihara |  |  47'
Replacements:
HK | 16 | Shota Horie |  |  40'
PR | 17 | Keita Inagaki |  |  47'
PR | 18 | Takayuki Watanabe |  |  40'
LK | 19 | Kotaro Yatabe |  |  63'
FL | 20 | Yoshitaka Tokunaga |  |  67'
SH | 21 | Fumiaki Tanaka |  |  52'
FH | 22 | Rikiya Matsuda |  |  40'
CE | 23 | Ryohei Yamanaka |  |  67'
Coach:
Jamie Joseph
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FB | 15 | Andrew Conway
RW | 14 | Keith Earls |  |  54'
OC | 13 | Garry Ringrose |  |  78'
IC | 12 | Luke Marshall
LW | 11 | Jacob Stockdale
FH | 10 | Paddy Jackson
SH | 9 | Kieran Marmion |  |  72'
N8 | 8 | Jack Conan
OF | 7 | Josh van der Flier |  |  |  |  67'
BF | 6 | Rhys Ruddock (c) |  |  54' |  60'
RL | 5 | Devin Toner
LL | 4 | Kieran Treadwell |  |  51'
TP | 3 | John Ryan |  |  60'
HK | 2 | James Tracy |  |  51'
LP | 1 | Cian Healy |  |  60'
Replacements:
HK | 16 | Niall Scannell |  |  51'
PR | 17 | Dave Kilcoyne |  |  60'
PR | 18 | Andrew Porter |  |  60'
LK | 19 | James Ryan |  |  51'
FL | 20 | Sean Reidy |  |  54' |  60' |  67'
SH | 21 | John Cooney |  |  72'
FH | 22 | Rory Scannell |  |  78'
FB | 23 | Tiernan O'Halloran |  |  54'
Coach:
Joe Schmidt

Touch judges:
Mathieu Raynal (France)
Alexandre Ruiz (France)
Television match official:
Glenn Newman (New Zealand)

Notes:

* John Cooney (Ireland) made his international debut.
* Michael Leitch (Japan) and Devin Toner (Ireland) earned their 50th test caps.

## Statistics

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Key

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

### Ireland statistics

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| Name  | Played  | Tries  | Con  | Pen  | DG  | Pts  |  |

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Paddy Jackson | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | – | –
Jack Conan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | –
Keith Earls | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | –
Dan Leavy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | –
Garry Ringrose | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | – | –
Kieran Marmion | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | –
Sean Reidy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | –
Rhys Ruddock | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | –
Josh van der Flier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | – | –
Rory Scannell | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | –
Andrew Conway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | –
Cian Healy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | \-
Dave Kilcoyne | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | \-
Tiernan O'Halloran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
John Ryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
Devin Toner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
James Tracy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
Kieran Treadwell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
Finlay Bealham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | –
John Cooney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
Luke Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | \-
Luke McGrath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
Jack O'Donoghue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
Rory O'Loughlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
Andrew Porter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
Sean Reidy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | \-
Quinn Roux | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
James Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
Jacob Stockdale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
Simon Zebo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | –
Joey Carbery | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | –
Dave Heffernan | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | –
Tommy O'Donnell | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | –

### Test series statistics

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| Name  | Team  | Tries  | Con  | Pen  | DG  | Pts

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Paddy Jackson |  Ireland | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23
Jack Conan |  Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10
Keith Earls |  Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10
Dan Leavy |  Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10
Garry Ringrose |  Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10
Kenki Fukuoka |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5
Kieran Marmion |  Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5
Kotaro Matsushima |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5
Yutaka Nagare |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5
Ryuji Noguchi |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5
Sean Reidy |  Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5
Rhys Ruddock |  Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5
Josh van der Flier |  Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5
Akihito Yamada |  Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5
Rikiya Matsuda |  Japan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4
Jumpei Ogura |  Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3
Yu Tamura |  Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3
Rory Scannell |  Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2

## See also

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* 2017 mid-year rugby union internationals

## References

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1. ^ "Rugby Week". Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
2. ^ "Eight Uncapped Players In Ireland Summer Tour Squad". irishrugby.ie. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
3. ^ "Quinn Roux Added To Ireland Summer Tour Squad". irishrugby.ie. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
4. ^ "O'Donnell Ruled Out Of USA & Japan Tour". munsterrugby.ie. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
5. ^ "Joey Carbery injury woe as he is ruled out for remainder of Ireland's Summer Tour". independent.ie. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
6. ^ Le groupe japonais pour les tests matchs de juin 2017

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