Kubota Spears

Kubota Spears
クボタスピアーズ

Full name

Kubota Spears

Union

Nickname(s)

Spears

Founded

1978

Location

Ground(s)

Various stadiums

Coach(es)

1st kit

2nd kit

Kubota Spears is a Japanese rugby union team based in Funabashi, Chiba participating in the Top League.

Their slogan for the 2006 season was FIGHT ON.

Current Squad

The provisional Kubota Spears squad for the 2016–2017 Top League season is:^[1]

Kubota Spears squad
Props Wataru Iwatsume Takayuki Kabuki Kengo Kitagawa Taiki Koga Shoya Matsunami Satoshi Saita Kyohei Tomonaga Hookers Mitsuhisa Goto Kaname Ogiwara Hiroaki Sugimoto Naomichi Tatekawa (c) Locks Yuki Aoki Grant Hattingh Justin Ives Kim Ho-bum Tatsurou Konno Yoshiki Niizeki Yuki Shishimoto	Loose Forwards Yuta Chiba Shota Hagisawa Ryota Inahashi Jaco Kriel Lappies Labuschagné Phillip Finau Searle Kazuki Takamori Reiichi Tamura Scrum-halves Daisuke Inoue Takuya Inoue Hayato Motegi Ippei Okada Louis Schreuder Fly-halves Louis Fouché Kazuhiro Goya Hideyuki Moriwaki Ryoma Shirai Harumichi Tatekawa	Centres Lote Tuqiri Lionel Mapoe Katoni Otukolo Matt Saunders Takuro Takahashi Keita Uchida Shingo Yoshida Wingers Yuji Ito Hideto Kondou Patrick Osborne Takashi Suzuki Kenta Tanaka Yuya Tensaka Fullbacks Takuya Miyata Ryo Mochizuki Koji Mori

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

↑ 選手名鑑 [Players Directory]. Kubota Spears (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.

Top League

2016–17 teams	Canon Eagles Coca-Cola Red Sparks Honda Heat Kintetsu Liners Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers Kubota Spears Munakata Sanix Blues NEC Green Rockets NTT Shining Arcs Panasonic Wild Knights Ricoh Black Rams Suntory Sungoliath Toshiba Brave Lupus Toyota Industries Shuttles Toyota Verblitz Yamaha Júbilo

Former teams	IBM Big Blue Kyuden Voltex Mitsubishi Dynaboars NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes Secom Rugguts World Fighting Bull Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Champions JRFU

Governing body

National teams

Competitions

International	Japan at the Rugby World Cup Asian Rugby Championship Asian Sevens Series

Transnational	Super Rugby

National	Top League Lixil Cup Challenge series All-Japan Rugby Football Championship

Amateur	All Japan University Rugby Championship National High School Rugby Tournament

Hosted events	2019 Rugby World Cup Japan Sevens Japan Women's Sevens 2001 World Games Sanix World Youth Tournament

Defunct	Japan Company Rugby Football Championship

Major figures

Kubota Spears squad

Forwards	Yuki Aoki Yuta Chiba Mitsuhisa Goto Shota Hagisawa Grant Hattingh Ryota Inahashi Justin Ives Wataru Iwatsume Takayuki Kabuki Kim Ho-bum Kengo Kitagawa Taiki Koga Tatsurou Konno Jaco Kriel Lappies Labuschagné Shoya Matsunami Yoshiki Niizeki Kaname Ogiwara Satoshi Saita Phillip Finau Searle Yuki Shishimoto Hiroaki Sugimoto Kazuki Takamori Reiichi Tamura Naomichi Tatekawa Kyohei Tomonaga

Backs	Louis Fouché Kazuhiro Goya Daisuke Inoue Takuya Inoue Yuji Ito Hideto Kondou Lionel Mapoe Takuya Miyata Ryo Mochizuki Koji Mori Hideyuki Moriwaki Hayato Motegi Ippei Okada Patrick Osborne Katoni Otukolo Matt Saunders Louis Schreuder Ryoma Shirai Takashi Suzuki Takuro Takahashi Kenta Tanaka Harumichi Tatekawa Yuya Tensaka Lote Tuqiri Keita Uchida Shingo Yoshida

Coach	Frans Ludeke

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