Secom Rugguts
Full name | Secom Rugguts | ||
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Union | Japan Rugby Football Union | ||
Nickname(s) | Rugguts | ||
Founded | 1985 | ||
Location | Sayama, Saitama, Japan | ||
Ground(s) | Secom Rugby Field | ||
Coach(es) | Wayne Love | ||
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Secom Rugguts is a Japanese rugby union team founded in 1985 by SECOM. Its name is a portmanteau of "Rugger" and "Guts". The club was in the Top League for the first season of the league but was demoted at the end of the season. As the top team of the Top East league and by then coming second after Fukuoka Sanix Bombs in the three-way Top League Challenge Series, Secom got back into the Top League for the 2005-6 season but was relegated again in 2006-7.
On February 10, 2008 Secom's 3-10 loss to World Fighting Bull in the Top Challenge Two series ended its challenge to return to the Top League for the 2008-9 season.
Slogan for 2006 season: "Seize the day"
Contents
1 Squad
2 Notable players[1][2]
2.1 Japan
2.2 Other Nationalities
3 See also
4 Notes
5 External links
Squad
Props
Hookers
Locks
Loose Forwards
| | Scrum-halves
Fly-halves
Centres
Wings
Fullbacks
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Notable players[1][2]
Japan
- Motohiro Akagi
Kensuke Iwabuchi (Former Japan international)
Tomohiro Oinuma (currently playing for Ricoh Black Rams)
Noriyoshi Ohara (currently Iwate Morioka High School RFC coach)
Kota Kawashima (currently playing for Kintetsu Liners)- Takashi Kamio
- Yoshiyuki Koike
Takamasa Sawaguchi (former Japan international)
Manabu Komatsu (currently playing for Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars)
Yuta Sato (currently playing for Kamaishi Seawaves)- Ken Suzuki
- Yosuke Shishido
- Manabu Suzuki
Takashi Suzuki (currently playing for Kubota Spears and Japan Sevens)
Naoto Tanemoto (former Rugguts coach and Japan international, Waseda University RFC coach)
Yoshikazu Tamura (currently playing for Yamaha Jubilo)
Other Nationalities
Brian Lima (Former Samoa international)
Inoke Afeaki (Former Tonga international)
Sene Ta'ala (Former Samoa international)
Norman Ligairi (Former Fiji international)
Seremaia Bai(Former Fiji international)
Feleti Mahoni (Former Tonga international)
Feleti Fakaongo (Former Tonga international)
Penieli Latu (Former Tonga international)
See also
- Secom
- Top East League
Notes
^ SECOM RUGGUTS | RUGBY: FOR ALL
^ SECOM RUGGUTS | RUGBY: FOR ALL
External links
Secom Rugguts - official home page