Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay

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]

Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay
クボタスピアーズ船橋・東京ベイ
Full nameKubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Kubota Spears
Founded1978
LocationFunabashi, Chiba, Japan
Ground(s)Edogawa Stadium (Capacity: 6,950)
Coach(es)Frans Ludeke
League(s)Japan Rugby League One
2022/231st
Playoffs: Champions
1st kit
2nd kit

Current squad

The Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay squad for the 2023 season is:[2]

Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo Bay squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose forwards

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Shinobu Fujiwara
  • Japan Daisuke Inoue
  • Japan Shunta Koga
  • Japan Ippei Okada
  • Japan Kazuhiro Taniguchi

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

  • Japan Kento Iwasa
  • Japan Haruto Kida
  • Japan Hideto Kondo
  • Japan Koga Nezuka
  • Japan Yuhei Shimada
  • Japan Hiroyuki Yamasaki

Fullbacks

(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

References
  1. "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. 選手名鑑 [Players Directory]. Kubota Spears (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 November 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.