Secom Rugguts
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| Full name | Secom Rugguts | ||
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| Union | Japan Rugby Football Union | ||
| Nickname(s) | Rugguts | ||
| Founded | 1985 | ||
| Location | Sayama, Saitama,Japan | ||
| Ground(s) | Secom Rugby Field | ||
| Coach(es) | Wayne Love | ||
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Secom Ruggutsis a Japaneserugby unionteam founded in 1985 bySECOM.Its name is a portmanteau of "Rugger" and "Guts". The club was in theTop Leaguefor the first season of the league but was demoted at the end of the season. As the top team of the Top East league and by then coming second afterFukuoka Sanix Bombsin the three-wayTop League Challenge Series,Secom got back into the Top League for the 2005-6 season but was relegated again in 2006-7.
On February 10, 2008 Secom's 3-10 loss toWorld Fighting Bullin theTop Challenge Twoseries ended its challenge to return to theTop Leaguefor the 2008-9 season.
Slogan for 2006 season: "Seize the day"
Rugguts will return to japanese rugby system in season 2024-2025 to third tier of the rebrandedJapan Rugby League One.
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Japan
[edit]- Motohiro Akagi
- Kensuke Iwabuchi(Former Japan international)
- Tomohiro Oinuma(currently playing forRicoh Black Rams)
- Noriyoshi Ohara(currently Iwate Morioka High School RFC coach)
- Kota Kawashima(currently playing forKintetsu Liners)
- Takashi Kamio
- Yoshiyuki Koike
- Takamasa Sawaguchi(former Japan international)
- Manabu Komatsu(currently playing forMitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars)
- Yuta Sato(currently playing forKamaishi Seawaves)
- Ken Suzuki
- Yosuke Shishido
- Manabu Suzuki
- Takashi Suzuki(currently playing for Kubota Spears and Japan Sevens)
- Naoto Tanemoto(former Rugguts coach and Japan international, Waseda University RFC coach)
- Yoshikazu Tamura(currently playing forYamaha Jubilo)
Other Nationalities
[edit]- Brian Lima(Former Samoa international)
- Inoke Afeaki(Former Tonga international)
- Sene Ta'ala(Former Samoa international)
- Norman Ligairi(Former Fiji international)
- Seremaia Bai(Former Fiji international)
- Feleti Mahoni(Former Tonga international)
- Feleti Fakaongo(Former Tonga international)
- Penieli Latu(Former Tonga international)
Murray Paul Tocker, Secom Coach 2001-2003, (Former Wellington Lions player Marist ST Pats Player )
See also
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[edit]External links
[edit]- Secom Rugguts- official home page
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