Kubota Spears

Kubota Spears
クボタスピアーズ

Full name	Kubota Spears
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Spears
Founded	1978
Location	Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Ground(s)	Kubota Keiyo Factory, Funabashi Ground
Coach(es)	Takashi Yamagami
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Kubota Spears is a Japanese rugby union team which is based in Funabashi, Chiba and they play in the Top League.

Their slogan for the 2006 season was FIGHT ON.

2011-12 Squad [edit]

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

Player Position Union Kaname Ogiwara Hooker Japan Shigeru Takeno Hooker Japan Satoru Sagawa Prop Japan Takahashi Nakajima Prop Japan So Kaneko Prop Japan Hiroshige Teduka Prop Japan Kuniyuki Ito Prop Japan Takeru Oowani Lock Japan Hoani Matenga Lock New Zealand Hironori Maekawa Lock Japan Mamoru Seino Lock Japan Terutoshi Seino Lock Japan Kota Suzuki Lock Japan Alando Soakai Flanker New Zealand Drew Hickey Flanker Australia Chikara Suzuki Flanker Japan Takatoyo Yamaguchi Flanker Japan Shioape Horani Flanker Japan Atsushi Iwakami Flanker Japan Toutai Kefu Number 8 Australia

Player Position Union Hayato Motegi Scrum-half Japan Michiru Kasakura Scrum-half Japan Shane Drahm Fly-half Australia Scott Daruda Fly-half Australia Hideyuki Moriwaki Fly-half Japan Hiroaki Ito Fly-half Japan Gintarou Takahashi Fly-half Japan Tamotsu Tokaiya Centre Japan Seilala Mapusua Centre Samoa Akira Takano Centre Japan Katoni Otukoro Centre Japan Hideyuki Yoshida Centre Japan Yasuhiro Negishi Wing Japan Hirotomo Kobori Wing Japan Hironori Abe Wing Japan Hidetaka Shibahara Fullback Japan Damian McInally Fullback Australia Kentaro Kawadu Fullback Japan

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Former players [edit]

• Joe Roff - Fullback/Wing
• Barrie-Jon Mather - Centre/Wing
• Marty Veale - Lock
• Kōtarō Nakamura - Wing/Fullback
• Jason O'Halloran
• Cameron Pither
• Shunji Ishikura - Lock

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Kubota Spears - Official Website