Saki Minami

Saki Minami (Japanese: 南早紀 born 18 November 1995) is a Japanese rugby union player. She plays prop for the Japan women's national rugby union team.[1][2]

Saki Minami
Date of birth (1995-11-18) 18 November 1995
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015–  Japan 26

Career

Minami studied at Nippon University. She played for Yokogawa Musashino Artemi-Stars.

Minami competed at the 2015 Women's Asian Three Nations.[3] She also competed at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland.[4][5]

In 2019, she captained the Japanese side in a two test series against Australia.[6] In 2022, she also captained the Japanese squad at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[7][8][9]

References
  1. "Saki Minami Rugby | Saki Minami News, Stats & Team | RugbyPass". www.rugbypass.com. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  2. "南早紀 Player Profiles". Japan Rugby Football Union. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  3. "Japan make Asian rugby history". Scrum Queens. 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  4. "Japan women remain winless at World Cup". The Japan Times. 2017-08-18. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  5. NEWS, KYODO. "Rugby: Japan finish winless in Women's Rugby World Cup pool stage". Kyodo News+. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  6. "'We will challenge': Japan eye their own Brighton miracle over Wallaroos". Fox Sports. 2019-07-19. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  7. worldrugby.org. "Minami hopes Japan's women can create their own history | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  8. World, Rugby (2022-10-22). "Japan Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – Japan 8-21 Italy". Rugby World. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  9. Odeven, Ed (2022-10-13). "[ODDS and EVENS] For Sakura 15, Women's Rugby World Cup Represents Opportunity for Growth | SportsLook". Retrieved 2023-06-08.
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