Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay

Rugby team
Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay
クボタスピアーズ船橋・東京ベイ
Full nameKubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Kubota Spears
Founded1978
LocationFunabashi, Chiba, Japan
Ground(s)Edogawa Stadium (Capacity: 6,950)
Coach(es)Frans Ludeke
League(s)Japan Rugby League One
2022/231st
Playoffs: Champions
1st kit
2nd kit

Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay (commonly known as the Kubota Spears) is a Japanese rugby union team based in Funabashi, Chiba participating in the Japan Rugby League One. The team rebranded as Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay ahead of the rebranding of the Top League as the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.[1]

Current squad

The Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay squad for the 2023-24 season is:[2]

Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay squad

Props

  • Japan Yota Kamimori
  • Japan Kazuki Kato
  • Japan Kota Kaishi
  • Japan Kengo Kitagawa
  • Australia Opeti Helu*
  • Japan Shoya Matsunami
  • Japan Satoshi Saita
  • Japan Kai Toi
  • Japan Kenshi Yamamoto
  • Australia Izi Sword REP
  • Japan Keijiro Tamefusa REP

Hookers

  • South Africa Malcolm Marx INJ
  • New Zealand Dane Coles
  • South Africa Schalk Erasmus
  • Japan Rikuto Fukuda
  • Japan Katsuya Okuma
  • Japan Hiroaki Sugimoto
  • Japan Hayate Era REP

Locks

Flankers

No8s

  • Japan Ogi Yanamoto
  • Japan Yuta Chiba
  • Tonga Asipeli Moala*

Loose forwards

  • Australia Tony Hunt

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Shinobu Fujiwara
  • Japan Shunta Koga
  • Japan Kazuhiro Taniguchi
  • Japan Ippei Oshima
  • Japan Ippei Okada
  • Japan Genki Mizobuchi REP

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

  • Japan Koga Nezuka
  • Japan Kento Iwasa
  • Japan Haruto Kida
  • Japan Yuhei Shimada
  • Japan Hiroyuki Yamasaki
  • South Korea Kim Su-ryung*

Fullbacks

Utility Backs

  • Japan Kanji Futamura
  • Japan Leo Matsushita
  • Japan Hibiki Yamada REP
(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped
  • * denotes players qualified to play for the Japan on dual nationality or residency grounds.

Former players

Notes

References

  1. ^ "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ 選手名鑑 [Players Directory]. Kubota Spears (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 November 2018.

External links

  • Kubota Spears - Official Website
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Division Two
Division Three
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Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay – current squad
Forwards
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Coach