2017 Sunwolves season

2017 Sunwolves season
Stadium	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore
Head coach	Filo Tiatia
Captains	Ed Quirk and Harumichi Tatekawa
Rank	17th (overall) 8th (South African Group) 4th (Africa 1 Conference)
Record	Won 2, Lost 13
Top points scorer	Yu Tamura (52)
Top try scorer	Kenki Fukuoka and Timothy Lafaele (4)
Home kit
Away kit
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In 2017, the Sunwolves participated in the 2017 Super Rugby competition, their second ever appearance in the competition since joining in 2016. 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 2017 Super Rugby season were:

2017 Sunwolves coaches and management
Position	Name
Head coach	Filo Tiatia
Assistant coaches	Shin Hasegawa
	Simon Jones
	Ben Herring
	Atsushi Tanabe

Squad

The following players were named in the Sunwolves squad for the 2017 Super Rugby season:

2017 Sunwolves squad
Player	Club	Position/s	Date of birth (age)	Super Rugby		Sunwolves
Player	Club	Position/s	Date of birth (age)	Apps	Pts	Apps	Pts
Takuma Asahara	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Prop	(1987-09-07)7 September 1987 (aged 29)	14	0	14	0
Kohei Asahori	Toyota Verblitz	Prop	(1994-02-03)3 February 1994 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Michael Bond	Coca-Cola Red Sparks	Centre	(1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 30)	–	–	–	–
Willie Britz	NTT Shining Arcs	Flanker	(1988-08-31)31 August 1988 (aged 28)	25	0	–	–
Derek Carpenter	Suntory Sungoliath	Centre	(1988-07-26)26 July 1988 (aged 28)	12	25	12	25
Hayden Cripps	Tokyo Gas	Fly-half	(1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Shota Emi	Suntory Sungoliath	Winger	(1991-12-08)8 December 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Kenki Fukuoka	Panasonic Wild Knights	Winger	(1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Teruya Goto	NEC Green Rockets	Winger	(1991-12-18)18 December 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Kazushi Hano	NTT Shining Arcs	Fullback	(1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Uwe Helu	Yamaha Júbilo	Flanker	(1990-07-12)12 July 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Takeshi Hino	Yamaha Júbilo	Hooker	(1990-01-20)20 January 1990 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Shota Horie	Panasonic Wild Knights	Hooker	(1986-01-21)21 January 1986 (aged 31)	30	20	12	15
Malgene Ilaua	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Number eight	(1993-06-05)5 June 1993 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Keita Inagaki	Panasonic Wild Knights	Prop	(1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 26)	11	0	10	0
Heiichiro Ito	Yamaha Júbilo	Prop	(1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Kyosuke Kajikawa	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Lock	(1987-09-05)5 September 1987 (aged 29)	–	–	–	–
Shokei Kin	NTT Shining Arcs	Flanker	(1991-10-03)3 October 1991 (aged 25)	2	0	2	0
Takeshi Kizu	Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers	Hooker	(1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 28)	12	0	12	0
Koo Ji-won	Takushoku University	Prop	(1994-07-02)2 July 1994 (aged 22)	4	0	4	0
Naohiro Kotaki	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Lock	(1992-06-13)13 June 1992 (aged 24)	3	0	3	0
Timothy Lafaele	Coca-Cola Red Sparks	Centre	(1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Shinya Makabe	Suntory Sungoliath	Lock	(1987-03-26)26 March 1987 (aged 29)	6	0	6	0
Rikiya Matsuda	Panasonic Wild Knights	Fullback	(1994-05-04)4 May 1994 (aged 22)	–	–	–	–
Shuhei Matsuhashi	Ricoh Blacks Rams	Number eight	(1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Kotaro Matsushima	Suntory Sungoliath	Fullback	(1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (aged 23)	5	0	–	–
Masataka Mikami	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Prop	(1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 28)	14	0	14	0
Yuhimaru Mimura	Yamaha Júbilo	Number eight	(1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Ataata Moeakiola	Tokai University	Winger	(1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 21)	–	–	–	–
Liaki Moli	—	Lock	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 27)	38	10	14	5
Yutaka Nagare	Suntory Sungoliath	Scrum-half	(1992-09-04)4 September 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Takaaki Nakazuru	Suntory Sungoliath	Winger	(1990-10-24)24 October 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Yusuke Niwai	Canon Eagles	Hooker	(1991-10-22)22 October 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Shunsuke Nunomaki	Panasonic Wild Knights	Flanker	(1992-07-13)13 July 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Yuya Odo	Yamaha Júbilo	Lock	(1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Takahiro Ogawa	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Scrum-half	(1991-03-18)18 March 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Jumpei Ogura	NTT Shining Arcs	Fly-half	(1992-07-11)11 July 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Hitoshi Ono	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Lock	(1978-05-06)6 May 1978 (aged 38)	12	0	12	0
Ed Quirk	—	Flanker	(1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 25)	54	5	15	0
Atsushi Sakate	Panasonic Wild Knights	Hooker	(1993-06-21)21 June 1993 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Yasutaka Sasakura	Panasonic Wild Knights	Fullback	(1988-08-04)4 August 1988 (aged 28)	9	5	9	5
Kaito Shigeno	NEC Green Rockets	Scrum-half	(1990-11-21)21 November 1990 (aged 26)	11	5	11	5
Hikaru Tamura	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Fly-half	(1993-09-12)12 September 1993 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Yu Tamura	NEC Green Rockets	Fly-half	(1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 28)	15	27	15	27
Fumiaki Tanaka	Panasonic Wild Knights	Scrum-half	(1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 32)	46	10	–	–
Harumichi Tatekawa	Kubota Spears	Fly-half	(1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 27)	13	5	13	5
JJ Taulagi	Munawata Sanix Blues	Fullback	(1993-06-18)18 June 1993 (aged 23)	10	5	–	–
Yoshitaka Tokunaga	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Number eight	(1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Will Tupou	Coca-Cola Red Sparks	Centre	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 26)	13	5	–	–
Keisuke Uchida	Panasonic Wild Knights	Scrum-half	(1992-02-22)22 February 1992 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Kazuhiko Usami	Canon Eagles	Lock	(1992-03-17)17 March 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Riaan Viljoen	NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes	Fullback	(1983-04-01)1 April 1983 (aged 33)	64	101	15	16
Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco	NTT Shining Arcs	Number eight	(1995-09-28)28 September 1995 (aged 21)	–	–	–	–
Sam Wykes	Coca-Cola Red Sparks	Lock	(1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 28)	87	15	–	–
Yasuo Yamaji	Canon Eagles	Prop	(1985-02-20)20 February 1985 (aged 32)	–	–	–	–
Koki Yamamoto	Yamaha Júbilo	Prop	(1990-10-29)29 October 1990 (aged 26)	1	0	1	0
Ryohei Yamanaka	Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers	Centre	(1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 28)	2	0	2	0
Kotaro Yatabe	Panasonic Wild Knights	Lock	(1986-07-29)29 July 1986 (aged 30)	–	–	–	–
Yuki Yatomi	Yamaha Júbilo	Scrum-half	(1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 32)	10	10	10	10

Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 23 February 2017, the date of the opening round of the competition.

Log

The final standings for the 2017 Super Rugby season were:^[1]

2017 Super Rugby standings

South African Group
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Lions	15	14	0	1	590	268	+322	81	27	9	0	65
2	Stormers	15	10	0	5	490	436	+54	64	61	3	0	43
3	Sharks	15	9	1	5	392	323	+69	38	37	1	3	42
4	Jaguares	15	7	0	8	404	386	+18	49	45	1	4	33
5	Southern Kings	15	6	0	9	391	470	−79	49	60	1	3	28
6	Cheetahs	15	4	0	11	395	551	−156	46	75	1	4	21
7	Bulls	15	4	0	11	339	459	−120	39	59	0	4	20
8	Sunwolves	15	2	0	13	315	671	−356	41	96	1	3	12

Africa 1 Conference
Pos	Team	Pts
1	Stormers	43
2	Cheetahs	21
3	Bulls	20
4	Sunwolves	12

Overall
Pos	Team	Pts
1	Lions	65
2	Crusaders	63
3	Stormers	43
4	Brumbies	34
5	Hurricanes	58
6	Chiefs	57
7	Highlanders	51
8	Sharks	42
9	Blues	37
10	Jaguares	33
11	Southern Kings	28
12	Western Force	26
13	Cheetahs	21
14	Reds	21
15	Bulls	20
16	Waratahs	19
17	Sunwolves	12
18	Rebels	9

Legend and Competition rules

Legend:
	Conference leaders, qualify to finals.	P = Games Played, W = Games Won, D = Games Drawn, L = Games Lost, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, PD = Points Difference, TF = Tries For, TA = Tries Against, TB = Try Bonus Points, LB = Losing Bonus Points, Pts = Log Points
	Wildcard teams, qualify to finals.
	Dropped from Super Rugby for the 2018 season.

Competition rules:
Qualification: The top eight teams will qualify to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the Quarter Finals. The conference winners will be seeded #1 to #4 for the Quarter Finals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards will be seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages. In the Quarter Finals, the conference winners will host the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry. The Quarter Final winners will progress to the Semi-Finals, where the winners of Quarter Finals 1 and 4 will play each other, as well as the winners of Quarter Finals 2 and 3, each tie hosted by the higher-seeded team. The winner of the Semi-Finals will progress to the Final, again to be held at the venue of the highest-seeded team. Points breakdown: * 4 points for a win * 2 points for a draw * 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less * 1 bonus point for scoring at least three tries more than the opponent in a match Classification: Teams standings are calculated as follows:^[2] * Conference Leaders (i.e. conference leaders will always be ranked at the top) * Log points * Number of games won * Overall points difference * Number of tries scored * Overall try difference

Matches

The fixtures for the 2017 Super Rugby competition were released on 20 September 2016.^[3] The following matches were played during the regular season:

Home \ Away	BLU	BRU	BUL	CHE	CHI	CRU	FOR	HIG	HUR	JAG	LIO	REB	RED	SHA	KIN	STO	SUN	WAR
Blues	—	—	38–14	50–32	16–16	—	24–15	12–16	24–28	—	—	—	34–29	—	—	—	—	—
Brumbies	12–18	—	—	—	—	—	25–17	13–18	—	—	6–13	32–3	43–10	22–27	—	—	—	—
Bulls	—	—	—	20–14	—	24–62	—	10–17	20–34	26–13	—	—	—	—	30–31	33–41	34–21	—
Cheetahs	—	—	34–28	—	27–41	21–48	—	41–45	—	—	25–28	—	—	30–38	—	34–40	38–31	—
Chiefs	41–26	28–10	28–12	—	—	24–31	—	—	26–18	—	—	—	46–17	—	—	—	27–20	46–31
Crusaders	33–24	17–13	—	—	—	—	45–17	25–22	20–12	—	—	—	—	—	—	57–24	50–3	—
Western Force	—	—	—	—	7–16	—	—	6–55	12–34	—	15–24	31–22	26–19	—	46–41	—	—	40–11
Highlanders	26–20	—	—	—	15–24	27–30	—	—	—	—	—	51–12	40–17	—	—	57–14	40–15	44–28
Hurricanes	—	56–21	—	61–7	14–17	31–22	—	41–15	—	—	—	71–6	—	—	—	41–22	—	38–28
Jaguares	—	15–39	—	41–14	—	—	6–16	—	—	—	36–24	—	22–8	25–33	30–31	—	46–39	—
Lions	—	—	51–14	—	—	—	—	—	—	24–21	—	—	44–14	34–29	54–10	—	94–7	55–36
Rebels	18–56	19–17	—	—	14–27	19–41	—	—	—	29–32	10–47	—	24–29	—	—	—	—	25–32
Reds	—	16–15	—	—	—	20–22	26–40	—	15–34	—	—	—	—	28–26	47–34	—	—	26–29
Sharks	—	—	17–30	—	—	—	37–12	—	—	18–13	10–27	9–9	—	—	19–17	22–10	—	37–14
Southern Kings	—	10–19	—	20–21	—	—	—	—	—	26–39	19–42	44–3	—	35–32	—	10–41	—	—
Stormers	30–22	—	37–24	53–10	34–26	—	—	—	—	32–25	16–29	—	—	—	—	—	52–15	—
Sunwolves	48–21	—	21–20	7–47	—	—	—	—	17–83	—	—	—	—	17–38	23–37	31–44	—	—
Waratahs	33–40	12–28	—	—	—	22–41	19–13	—	—	27–40	—	50–23	—	—	24–26	—	—	—

Source: http://www.sanzarrugby.com/superrugby/fixtures/2017-super-rugby#fixtures
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Sunwolves in 2017 is as follows:

2017 Sunwolves player statistics
Player name	HUR	KIN	CHE	BUL	STO	BUL	CRU	HIG	CHI	JAG	SHA	CHE	LIO	STO	BLU	App	Try	Kck	Pts
Masataka Mikami	1	1	17	17	17						17		1	17	17	9	0	0	0
Shota Horie	2	2									2					3	0	0	0
Heiichiro Ito	3	3		18	3	18	18	18	3							8	0	0	0
Liaki Moli	4	4	4	19	4	4	4									7	1	0	5
Sam Wykes	5	5	19	4	5	19	5	4	5	4	4	5	4			13	2	0	10
Malgene Ilaua	6											6	20	6	6	5	0	0	0
Ed Quirk	7	6	6	6	6		6	6	6	20						9	1	0	5
Willie Britz	8	8	8	8	8			8	8	8	8		8	8	8	12	2	0	10
Keisuke Uchida	9	21	9	9	9					21	21	21	9	9	9	11	1	0	5
Hikaru Tamura	10															1	0	0	0
Kenki Fukuoka	11	11	11	11	11	11				11	11				11	9	4	0	20
Derek Carpenter	12	12	12		12	12	12		12			13	12	12		10	3	0	15
Timothy Lafaele	13	13		12	13	13	13	12		12					12	9	4	2	22
Takaaki Nakazuru	14	14	14	14		14	14	14				14	14			9	2	0	10
Riaan Viljoen	15												23	15	15	4	1	0	5
Takeshi Hino	16	16				16				16	16	16	16	2	2	9	2	0	10
Koki Yamamoto	17	17	1	1	1	1	17	17	17	1		17	17	1	1	14	0	0	0
Takuma Asahara	18	18	18		18		3		18	18	18	3	18	3		11	0	0	0
Kotaro Yatabe	19	19										4	5	4	4	6	0	0	0
Shokei Kin	20	7	20		7							20	7	20		7	1	0	5
Kaito Shigeno	21		21	21	21								21	21	21	7	1	0	5
Ryohei Yamanaka	22			23	23	23				23	13		13	13	23	9	1	0	5
Shota Emi	23	15	15	15	14					14	14	11				8	3	0	15
Fumiaki Tanaka		9				9	9	9	9		9	9				7	1	0	5
Hayden Cripps		10	10	10	22	10		22	10							7	1	33	38
Shuhei Matsuhashi		20	7	7	20	7					7	7		7	7	9	1	0	5
Will Tupou		22	13				22	13	13	13		23			13	8	1	0	5
Jamie-Jerry Taulagi		23	23	13	15		23	23	23							7	0	11	11
Yusuke Niwai			2	2	2	2	16	2	16	2		2			16	10	0	0	0
Yasuo Yamaji			3	3		3		3		3	3	18	3		18	9	0	0	0
Uwe Helu			5	5	19	5		5	19	5			19	5	5	10	1	0	5
Atsushi Sakate			16	16	16								2	16		5	0	0	0
Jumpei Ogura			22	22	10					22	22	22	10	23	22	9	0	20	20
Yoshitaka Tokunaga				20		6					6		6	19	20	6	1	0	5
Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco						8	8	20	20	6	20	8				7	2	0	10
Kotaro Matsushima						15	15	15	15	15	15	15		14	14	9	0	0	0
Keita Inagaki						17	1	1	1	17	1	1				7	0	0	0
Shunsuke Nunomaki						20	7		7	7						4	0	0	0
Yuki Yatomi						21	21	21	21	9						5	0	0	0
Yu Tamura						22	10	10	22	10	10	10		10	10	9	2	42	52
Takeshi Kizu							2	16	2							3	0	0	0
Teruya Goto							11		14				11	11		4	1	0	5
Shinya Makabe							19	19	4	19						4	0	0	0
Yuhimaru Mimura							20	7								2	0	0	0
Yasutaka Sasakura								11	11		23		15			4	0	0	0
Naohiro Kotaki											5					1	0	0	0
Harumichi Tatekawa											12	12				2	0	0	0
Hitoshi Ono											19	19				2	0	0	0
Rikiya Matsuda													22	22		2	0	0	0
Koo Ji-won														18	3	2	0	0	0
Yuya Odo															19	1	0	0	0
penalty try																–	1	–	7
Total																15	41	108	315

For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.

References

↑ "SA Rugby Log – 2017 Vodacom Super Rugby". South African Rugby Union. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
↑ "Team with "Most Wins" will finish higher in Super Rugby". SANZAAR. 12 June 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
↑ "2017 Super Rugby Schedule Announced" (Press release). SANZAAR. 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

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Australasian Group
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Crusaders	15	14	0	1	544	303	+241	77	37	7	0	63
2	Brumbies	15	6	0	9	315	279	+36	41	32	3	7	34
3	Hurricanes	15	12	0	3	596	272	+324	89	31	9	1	58
4	Chiefs	15	12	1	2	433	292	+141	55	30	6	1	57
5	Highlanders	15	11	0	4	488	308	+180	62	40	5	2	51
6	Blues	15	7	1	7	425	391	+34	55	50	4	3	37
7	Western Force	15	6	0	9	313	404	−91	36	55	1	1	26
8	Reds	15	4	0	11	321	479	−158	46	61	1	4	21
9	Waratahs	15	4	0	11	396	522	−126	52	68	1	2	19
10	Rebels	15	1	1	13	236	569	−333	23	79	0	3	9