Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay

Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay
クボタスピアーズ船橋・東京ベイ
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Full name	Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Kubota Spears
Founded	1978
Location	Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Ground(s)	Edogawa Stadium (Capacity: 6,950)
Coach(es)	Frans Ludeke
League(s)	Japan Rugby League One
2022/23	1st ; Playoffs: Champions
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Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay (commonly known as the Kubota Spears) is a Japanese rugby union team based in Funabashi, Chiba participating in the Japan Rugby League One. The team rebranded as Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay ahead of the rebranding of the Top League as the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.^[1]

Current squad

The Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay squad for the 2024-25 season is:^[2]

Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay squad
Props Japan Yota Kamimori Japan Kazuki Kato Japan Kota Kaishi Japan Kengo Kitagawa Japan Opeti Helu Japan Shoya Matsunami Japan Satoshi Saita Japan Toi Kai Japan Kenshi Yamamoto Australia Izi Sword* Japan Keijiro Tamefusa Hookers South Africa Malcolm Marx South Africa Schalk Erasmus Japan Rikuto Fukuda Japan Katsuya Okuma Japan Hayate Era Locks South Africa Ruan Botha* South Africa David Bulbring* Australia David Van Zeeland* Japan Naoaki Horibe Japan Yuki Aoki Japan Takenori Matsui New Zealand Akira Ieremia	Flankers South Africa Merwe Olivier Japan Masaya Tamaki Japan Lappies Labuschagné Japan Hisanobu Okayama Japan Takeo Suenaga Japan Shinko Tsuchiya Tonga Finau Tupa* Japan Kenkichi Yanagawa Japan Ogi Yanamoto England Ollie Stonham No8s South Africa Tyler Paul* Japan Faulua Makisi (c) Tonga Asipeli Moala* Scrum-halves Japan Shinobu Fujiwara Japan Shunta Koga Japan Kazuhiro Taniguchi Japan Ippei Okada Japan Genki Mizobuchi New Zealand Bryn Hall Fly-halves Japan Tomoki Kishioka Australia Bernard Foley Japan Atsushi Oshikawa	Centres Japan Harumichi Tatekawa South Africa Rikus Pretorius Japan Sione Teaupa Japan Yuya Hirose Japan Kanji Futamura Tonga Halatoa Vailea* Wingers Japan Koga Nezuka Japan Haruto Kida Japan Yuhei Shimada Japan Hiroyuki Yamasaki Fiji Tsuyoshi Jennings* Japan Reo Matsushita Fullbacks Japan Hibiki Yamada Japan Gerhard van den Heever Utility Backs

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

* denotes players qualified to play for the Japan on dual nationality or residency grounds.

Former players

Notes

References

↑ "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ 選手名鑑 [Players Directory]. Kubota Spears (in 日本語). Retrieved 29 November 2018.

External links

Kubota Spears - Official Website

[1] "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[Players_Directory-2] 選手名鑑 [Players Directory]. Kubota Spears (in 日本語). Retrieved 29 November 2018.

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v t e Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay – current squad
Forwards	Yuki Aoki Ruan Botha David Bulbring Yuta Chiba Schalk Erasmus Rikuto Fukuda Opeti Helu Uwe Helu Naoaki Horibe Kota Kaishi Yota Kamimori Kazuki Kato Kengo Kitagawa Lappies Labuschagné Faulua Makisi Malcolm Marx Shoya Matsunami Takenori Matsui Asipeli Moala Hisanobu Okayama Katsuya Okuma Teruyoshi Joshua Oto Kentaro Otsuka Satoshi Saita Kensuke Seki Takeo Suenaga Hiroaki Sugimoto Masaya Tamaki Kai Toi Shinko Tsuchiya Finau Tupa David Vanjiland Kenshi Yamamoto Ogi Yanamoto
Backs	Bernard Foley Shinobu Fujiwara Kanji Futamura Tony Hunt Daisuke Inoue Kento Iwasa Haruto Kida Tomoki Kishioka Shunta Koga Hideto Kondo Hiroto Mamada Leo Matsushita Shintaro Nagatomi Shota Nakata Koga Nezuka Ippei Okada Atsushi Oshikawa Rikus Pretorius Yuhei Shimada Kim Su-Ryung Kazuhiro Taniguchi Harumichi Tatekawa Sione Teaupa Halatoa Vailea Gerhard van den Heever Hiroyuki Yamasaki
Coach	Frans Ludeke

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