2016 Sunwolves season

2016 Sunwolves season
StadiumChichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo
Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore
Head coachMark Hammett
CaptainShota Horie
Rank18th (overall)
8th (South African Group)
4th (Africa 1 Conference)
RecordWon 1, Drew 1, Lost 13
Top points scorerTusi Pisi (105)
Top try scorerAkihito Yamada (9)
Home kit
Away kit
2017 →

In 2016, the Sunwolves participated in the 2016 Super Rugby competition, their first ever appearance in the competition. They were included in the Africa 1 Conference of the competition, along with the Bulls, Cheetahs and Stormers.

Personnel

Coaches and management

The Sunwolves coaching and management staff for the 2016 Super Rugby season were:

2016 Sunwolves coaches and management
Position Name
Head coachMark Hammett
Assistant coachesNathan Mauger
Chris Milsted
Takuro Miuchi
Atsushi Tanabe
Wayne Taylor
Filo Tiatia

Squad

The following players were named in the Sunwolves squad for the 2016 Super Rugby season:

2016 Sunwolves squad
Player Club Position/s Date of birth (age) Super Rugby Sunwolves
Apps Pts Apps Pts
Japan Taiyo AndoToyota VerblitzFlanker22 August 1987 (aged 28)
Japan Ryuhei AritaCoca-Cola Red SparksHooker21 March 1989 (aged 26)
Japan Takuma AsaharaToshiba Brave LupusProp7 September 1987 (aged 28)
New Zealand Tim BondLock25 October 1989 (aged 26)
New Zealand Derek CarpenterToyota VerblitzCentre26 July 1988 (aged 27)
United States Andrew DurutaloFlanker25 October 1987 (aged 28)
Japan Shohei HiranoTokai UniversityProp3 August 1993 (aged 22)
Japan Atsushi HiwasaSuntory SungoliathScrum-half22 May 1987 (aged 28)
Japan Shota HoriePanasonic Wild KnightsHooker21 January 1986 (aged 30)185
Japan Yoshiya HosodaNEC Green RocketsLock5 August 1987 (aged 28)
Japan Keita InagakiPanasonic Wild KnightsProp2 June 1990 (aged 25)10
Japan Daisuke InoueKubota SpearsScrum-half16 November 1989 (aged 26)
Japan Shinnosuke KakinagaSuntory SungoliathProp19 December 1991 (aged 24)
Japan Shokei KinNTT Shining ArcsFlanker3 October 1991 (aged 24)
Japan Takeshi KizuKobe Steel Kobelco SteelersHooker15 July 1988 (aged 27)
Japan Kentaro KodamaPanasonic Wild KnightsWinger28 January 1992 (aged 24)
South Korea Koo Ji-wonTakushoku UniversityProp2 July 1994 (aged 21)
Japan Naohiro KotakiToshiba Brave LupusLock13 June 1992 (aged 23)
Samoa Fa'atiga LemaluMunakata Sanix BluesNumber eight17 April 1989 (aged 26)
Argentina Tomás LeonardiNumber eight1 July 1987 (aged 28)10
New Zealand Viliami LoloheaWinger4 July 1993 (aged 22)
Japan Shinya MakabeSuntory SungoliathLock26 March 1987 (aged 28)
Japan Masataka MikamiToshiba Brave LupusProp4 June 1988 (aged 27)
Tonga Liaki MoliLock4 January 1990 (aged 26)245
Japan Futoshi MoriToshiba Brave LupusHooker25 April 1988 (aged 27)
Japan Tsuyoshi MurataNEC Green RocketsFlanker15 December 1988 (aged 27)
Japan Hitoshi OnoToshiba Brave LupusLock6 May 1978 (aged 37)
Tonga Mifiposeti PaeaNTT Docomo Red HurricanesCentre6 July 1987 (aged 28)
Samoa Tusi PisiSuntory SungoliathFly-half18 June 1982 (aged 33)188
Australia Ed QuirkFlanker28 August 1991 (aged 24)395
Japan Yasutaka SasakuraPanasonic Wild KnightsFullback4 August 1988 (aged 27)
Japan Kaito ShigenoNEC Green RocketsScrum-half21 November 1990 (aged 25)
Fiji John StewartWinger17 February 1988 (aged 28)
Japan Yu TamuraNEC Green RocketsFly-half9 January 1989 (aged 27)
Japan Harumichi TatekawaKubota SpearsFly-half2 December 1989 (aged 26)
Japan Kazuhiko UsamiCanon EaglesLock17 March 1992 (aged 23)
South Africa Riaan ViljoenFullback1 April 1983 (aged 32)4985
Japan Akihito YamadaPanasonic Wild KnightsWinger26 July 1985 (aged 30)
Japan Koki YamamotoYamaha JúbiloProp29 October 1990 (aged 25)
Japan Ryohei YamanakaKobe Steel Kobelco SteelersCentre22 June 1988 (aged 27)
Japan Hajime YamashitaToyota Industries ShuttlesFullback14 June 1992 (aged 23)
Japan Yuki YatomiYamaha JúbiloScrum-half16 February 1985 (aged 31)
Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 27 February 2016, the date of the opening round of the competition.

Log

The final standings for the 2016 Super Rugby season are:[1][2]

2016 Super Rugby standings
South African Group
Pos Team P W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts
1 South Africa Lions151104535349+18671427152
2 South Africa Stormers151014440274+16649285451
3 South Africa Sharks15915360269+9140302343
4 South Africa Bulls15915399339+6047374042
5 Argentina Jaguares154011376427−5144511522
6 South Africa Cheetahs154011377425−4847481421
7 South Africa Southern Kings152013282684−4023495109
8 Japan Sunwolves151113293627−3343388039

Matches

The Sunwolves played the following matches during the 2016 Super Rugby season:

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Sunwolves in 2016 is as follows:

2016 Sunwolves player statistics
Player name LIO CHE REB BUL KIN STO CHE JAG FOR STO RED BRU WAR BUL SHA App Try Kck Pts
Keita Inagaki11111 17 117 11 10000
Shota Horie22222222 216 16 2 123015
Shinnosuke Kakinaga3318 18 318 18 3 33318 333 15000
Tim Bond45555 44 7105
Hitoshi Ono5444444 419 444 12000
Liaki Moli6656655 6666666 14105
Andrew Durutalo7777720 77 7777 12105
Ed Quirk 88820 8788 8888888 15000
Atsushi Hiwasa99921 9 21 99 8000
Tusi Pisi10101010101010 10101022 11295105
Yasutaka Sasakura1111232323 23 23 15111111 9105
Yu Tamura12121212121022 22 22 22 22 10101010 1502727
Harumichi Tatekawa1313131313221312 121212121212 13105
Akihito Yamada141414111111 14141414 109045
Riaan Viljoen1515151515151515 15151523 151515 152616
Masataka Mikami16 17 17 17 17 111 111117 17 14000
Takeshi Kizu17 16 16 16 16 16 16 2216 222 12000
Koki Yamamoto18 1000
Shinya Makabe 19 19 19 19 19 4 6000
Yoshiya Hosoda20 20 6620 19 20 6 20 1919 19 20 20 13000
Kaito Shigeno21 21 21 9921 21 9921 9 11105
Derek Carpenter2222 22 121213 13131313131313 125025
Hajime Yamashita23 23 1414 3000
Takuma Asahara18 3318 3318 18 18 18 318 18 18 14000
Mifiposeti Paea23 112223 131111 23 23 23 111422 12 133015
Tomás Leonardi20 821 86 5000
Viliami Lolohea1414141414 5000
Futoshi Mori16 16 16 16 16 4000
Yuki Yatomi21 22 99 21 21 921 921 102010
Koo Ji-won17 17 17 17 1717 4000
Fa'atiga Lemalu19 19 5555419 5 9105
Taiyo Ando20 20 20 2020 777 7000
John Stewart 111111 3000
Daisuke Inoue 21 1000
Naohiro Kotaki 5519 3000
Shokei Kin 20 23 2000
Ryohei Yamanaka 22 22 2000
Kentaro Kodama 23 1000
Total1533128293

Squad members Ryuhei Arita, Shohei Hirano, Tsuyoshi Murata and Kazuhiko Usami made no appearances in the competition.

See also

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