Munakata Sanix Blues

Munakata Sanix Blues
宗像サニックスブルース
Full name Munakata Sanix Blues
Union Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s) Blues
Founded 1994
Location Munakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Ground(s) Various stadiums
Coach(es) Yuichiro Fujii
League(s) Top League
2016–17 11th
1st kit
2nd kit

Munakata Sanix Blues (宗像サニックスブルース, Munakata Sanikkusu Burūsu), formerly Fukuoka Sanix Blues and Fukuoka Sanix Bombs, is a Japanese rugby union team based in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Founded in April 1994 (Heisei 6), the team rose rapidly through the Kyūshū leagues and was in the Top League for the first season (2003-4) as Kyūshū's sole representative, but lost a relegation battle with Kintetsu Liners 42-45 and was demoted. But Sanix managed to return to the Top League for the 2005-6 season, beating Secom Rugguts and Toyota Jido Shokki in the Top League Challenge Series 2005.

Current squad

Sanix v Kyuden at Global Arena, Top League Round 11, January 20, 2008.

The current Munakata Sanix Blues squad is:[1]

Munakata Sanix Blues squad

Props

Hookers

  • Japan Yasunori Hoshimoto
  • Japan Kota Kumamoto
  • Japan Nozomi Kuraya
  • South Korea Wang Kyung-mun

Locks

Loose Forwards

  • Japan Yusuke Hamazato
  • Japan Michi Kanado
  • Japan Kazuki Kato
  • Japan Toshihiro Nishii
  • New Zealand Dan Pryor
  • Japan Shohei Shitayama
  • Japan Satoshi Tsuruoka

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Kohei Hamazato
  • Japan Tasuku Kinjou
  • Japan Satoru Sawatari
  • Japan Raku Yamaoka

Fly-halves

Centres

  • South Africa André Esterhuizen
  • Japan Shusaku Hamazato
  • Japan Keito Moribayashi
  • Japan Naoya Minamihashi
  • South Korea Wang Soo-young
  • Japan Hiroki Yamada

Outside backs

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

Former players

Home Ground

  • Global Arena (The Sanix company is involved in the running of the Global Arena in Munakata, which is also the venue for the annual Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament held in May between eight top Japanese and eight top foreign high school teams from various countries.)
  • Sanix Genkai Ground, Kamiminato, Munakata, Fukuoka.

Mascot

  • The former mascots's name was Bombee. He was a cartoon-style dog with floppy ears who wore the Sanix rugby kit and a scrum cap. He was no longer used when the team name changed from Bombs to Blues.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Team". Munakata Sanix Blues. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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