Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars

Mitsubishi Dynaboars (三菱重工相模原ダイナボアーズ) also known as Mitsubishi Juko Sagamihara Rugby Club, are a Japanese rugby union team based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The owner of this club is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Mitsubishi Dynaboars
三菱重工相模原
Full nameMitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Sagamihara Rugby Club
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Dynaboars
Founded1981
LocationSagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Ground(s)Mitsubishi Juko Sagamihara Ground
ChairmanShigeki Iwamatsu
Coach(es)Greg Cooper
League(s)Top League
20182nd (Top Challenge League)
(promoted)
Team kit
2nd kit

The club was founded in 1981. It came second in the Top East 10 league in 2004-5 and entered the Top League challenge series play-off.

The club won the Top East 11 league in 2006–07 and entered the Top League in 2007–08. The team was named Dynaboars (a conflation of "dynamic" and "boars") as part of their promotion to the Top League; however, they were demoted at the end of the season. The Dynaboars signed ex-Wales international and IRB World Player of the Year 2008 Shane Williams in 2012, retiring in 2014.[1]

Players

Current squad

The Mitsubishi Dynaboars squad for the 2019–20 season is:[2]

Mitsubishi Dynaboars squad

Props

  • Albert Anae
  • Yukihito Fujita
  • Hayato Hosoda
  • Naoki Kawamata
  • Songyong Lee
  • Jun Morimoto
  • Akihiro Ogiso
  • Angduk Sung
  • Aukuso Taumafai
  • Ryosuke Usui

Hookers

  • Taiji Machino
  • Yuki Miyazato
  • Yuya Otsuka
  • Yoshimitsu Yasue

Locks

  • Jackson Hemopo
  • Yuta Onodera
  • Takahiro Terui
  • Deryck Thomas
  • Ryoma Tokuda
  • Epineri Uluiviti

Loose Forwards

  • Heiden Bedwell-Curtis
  • Yoshiki Hika
  • Noriya Kobayashi
  • Daniel Linde
  • Daisuke Musha
  • Hiroki Nakamura
  • Shinya Tanaka
  • Makoto Tosa
  • Tatsuki Tsuchiya

Scrum-halves

  • Kosuke Enomoto
  • Yuuke Hiyane
  • Kenta Nishidate
  • Takuya Osaki
  • Ippei Oshima

Fly-halves

  • Daniel Hawkins
  • Michiyoshi Morita
  • Yusho Takeda
  • Kazan Watanabe
  • James Wilson

Centres

Wingers

  • Gousuke Kawakami
  • Kanzo Nakahama
  • Alaia'sa Roland
  • Keita Sekimoto
  • Ippei Yamamoto

Fullbacks

  • Kensaku Akuta
  • Kazuya Aoki
  • Tsuyoshi Iguchi

Utility backs

  • Rentaro Kanazaki
  • Nozomi Nara
(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped

Former players

Coach
  • Scott Pierce
  • John Mulvihill
  • George Konia

References
  1. "Shane Williams: Former Wales wing announces retirement". BBC Sport. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. "2018 players & staff" (in Japanese). Mitsubishi Dynaboars. Retrieved 20 July 2018.


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