NTT Communications Shining Arcs

NTT Communications Shining Arcs
NTTｺﾐｭﾆｹｰｼｮﾝｽﾞ ｼｬｲﾆﾝｸﾞｱｰｸｽ
Full name NTT Communications Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s) Shining Arcs
Founded 1976
Location Chiba Prefecture, Kantō, Japan
Ground(s) Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 27,188)
Coach(es) Rob Penney (head coach)
Captain(s) Hiraku Tomoigawa
League(s) Top League
2017–18 9th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.ntt.com/rugby/

The NTT Communications Rugby Football Club – commonly known as the Shining Arcs – is a rugby union team owned by NTT Communications and is part of Japan's Top League competition. The current head coach is Rob Penney. The team is based in Ichikawa city, Chiba Prefecture in the Kantō region.

History

The club was founded in 1976. They won promotion to the expanded Top League of 14 teams at the end of the 2009–10 season. They made their Top League debut for the 2010–11 season. After their first season, they finished 12th place with 4 wins and 9 losses. They had to play a play-off to keep themselves in the Top League, in which they beat Canon Eagles 31-19. In the 2011–12 season, they finished in 9th place.

Current squad

The current NTT Communications Shining Arcs squad is:[1]

NTT Shining Arcs squad

Props

  • Japan Kabuto Anoku
  • Japan Takayoshi Haku
  • Japan Shotaro Hirai
  • New Zealand Leilua Murphy
  • Japan Naoyuki Narayama
  • Japan Shinsuke Ono
  • Japan Rui Sannomiya
  • Japan Ryutaro Ueda

Hookers

  • Australia Alex Mafi
  • Japan Ryo Miura
  • Japan Takuru Suto
  • Japan Naoto Tanemoto

Locks

Loose Forwards

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Hayato Mitsui
  • Japan Hayato Nishibashi
  • Japan Hiraku Tomoigawa
  • Japan Atsushi Yumoto

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

  • Japan Kai Ishii
  • Japan Yuki Ishii
  • Japan Tasuku Koizumi
  • Japan Masayasu Oshiba
  • Japan Ryo Tsuruda

Fullbacks

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

Notable former players

Home ground

  • The Shining Arcs' home stadium is the NTT Grand Chiba Stadium in Ichikawa.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Members". NTT Shining Arcs. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "NTT千葉総合運動場グランドのご紹介" [Introduction of NTT Grand Chiba Stadium]. NTT Communications.
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