Kobelco Steelers


















































Kobelco Steelers
神戸製鋼コベルコスティーラーズ
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Full name Kobe Steel Rugby Club
Union Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s) Kobelco Steelers
Founded 1928
Location
Kobe, Japan
Ground(s) Various stadiums
Coach(es) Dave Dillon
League(s) Top League
2017–18 5th

















1st kit













2nd kit


Official website
www.kobelcosteelers.com

Kobe Steel Rugby Club – commonly known as the Kobelco Steelers (Japanese: 神戸製鋼コベルコスティーラーズ, Kobe Seiko Koberuko Suti-ra-zu) – are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kobe Steel, and based in Kobe. They were the first ever Top League champions when the League started in the 2003-4 season. The team plays its home games at Noevir Stadium Kobe (formerly Kobe Wing Stadium).




Contents






  • 1 Honours


  • 2 Personnel


    • 2.1 Current management team


    • 2.2 Current squad




  • 3 Past players


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Honours



  • Top League:
    • Champions: 2003–2004



Personnel



Current management team























Position
 Name
 Nationality
Head coach
Dave Dillon
 New Zealand
Assistant coach
Scott Hansen
 New Zealand
Assistant coach
Nick Holten
 New Zealand


Current squad


The current Kobelco Steelers squad is:[1]











Kobelco Steelers squad

Props




  • Japan Hisateru Hirashima


  • Japan Raiko Katsuki


  • New Zealand Aidan Ross


  • Japan Hiroya Sawai


  • Japan Takumi Tsukahara


  • Japan Takayuki Watanabe


  • Japan Hiroshi Yamashita


  • Japan Motoki Yamazaki


Hookers




  • Japan Ryuhei Arita


  • Japan Kentaro Nagasaki


  • Japan Kosuke Nishibayashi


  • Japan Syohei Shikata


  • Japan Yosuke Sano


Locks




  • Japan Yuho Ashiya


  • New Zealand Tom Franklin


  • South Africa Grant Hattingh


  • South Korea Jang Seok-wan


  • Japan Isileli Nakajima


  • Japan Yu Shimizu

Loose Forwards




  • Japan Daiki Hashimoto


  • Japan Hikaru Hashimoto


  • Japan Go Maeda


  • Japan Shohei Maekawa (c)


  • Tonga Taumua Naeata


  • Japan Itaru Taniguchi


  • New Zealand Matt Vant Leven


  • Japan Ryuta Yasui


Scrum-halves




  • New Zealand Andrew Ellis


  • Japan Atsushi Hiwasa


  • Japan Ryang Jong-chu


  • Japan Daijiro Tanaka


  • Japan Kenta Tokuda


Fly-halves




  • New Zealand Dan Carter


  • New Zealand Nicholas Ealey


  • New Zealand Hayden Parker


  • Japan Akihiro Shimizu


  • Japan Ryohei Yamanaka

Centres




  • Japan Shintaro Hayashi


  • Japan Yuta Imamura


  • Japan Taihei Kusaka


  • New Zealand Charlie Lawrence


  • Japan Issei Shige


  • New Zealand Toni Vaihu


Wingers




  • New Zealand Fraser Anderson


  • Japan Kentaro Kodama


  • Japan Shinya Morita


  • Japan Tomoyuki Ochiai


  • Japan Yoshikazu Ohashi


  • Japan Rakuhei Yamashita


Fullbacks




  • Japan Shinsuke Iseki


  • Japan Kenji Shomen


Utility backs




  • New Zealand Nigel Ah Wong


  • Australia Adam Ashley-Cooper


  • New Zealand Richard Buckman


(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped


Past players



  • Ron Cribb

  • Dave Bickle

  • Mark Egan

  • Kensuke Iwabuchi

  • Daisuke Ohata

  • Andrew Miller

  • Simon Wensley

  • Pierre Hola

  • Ian Williams

  • Yuya Saito

  • Peter Grant

  • Thinus Delport



References





  1. ^ "Kobe Steelers: The Team" (in Japanese). Kobe Steelers. Retrieved 29 November 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links




  • Steelers upset Green Rockets in Microsoft Cup - Japan Times, January 24, 2005


  • Kobelco Steelers official site


  • Top League official site











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