Kobelco Steelers

Kobelco Steelers
神戸製鋼コベルコスティーラーズ
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
Captain(s) Daiki Hashimoto
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).

Honours

Personnel

Current management team

Position Name Nationality
Head coach Vacant
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

Hookers

  • Japan Ryuhei Arita
  • Japan Kentaro Nagasaki
  • Japan Kosuke Nishibayashi
  • Japan Syohei Shikata
  • Japan Yosuke Sano

Locks

Loose Forwards

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Japan Shintaro Hayashi
  • Japan Yuta Imamura
  • Japan Taihei Kusaka
  • New Zealand Charlie Lawrence
  • Japan Issei Shige
  • New Zealand Toni Vaihu

Wingers

Fullbacks

  • Japan Shinsuke Iseki
  • Japan Shinya Morita

Utility backs

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

Past players

References

  1. ↑ "Kobe Steelers: The Team" (in Japanese). Kobe Steelers. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
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