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Sanyo Wild Knights (formerly Sanyo) is a Japanese rugby union team based in Ōta city, Gunma prefecture which plays in the Top League. Inspired by Tony Brown at fly half (though he was not captain), it dominated the league in the fifth season and was the first team to be unbeaten throughout a Top League season.
Slogan for 2006 season: ADAPTABILITY
All-Japan Champions: 2008
[edit] Players
[edit] Current
- Junpei Enomoto - centre, captain
- Daniel Heenan - lock
- Ryu Koliniasi Holani - no. 8, Tongan-born Japanese citizen
- Tomoki Kitagawa - top try scorer in the fifth season of the Top League with 14.
- Philip O’Reilly - back row
- Fumiaki Tanaka - scrum-half
- Daishi Wakamatsu - back row
- Takashi Yoshida - full back
- Sinali Latu - now coach of Daito Bunka University R.F.C.
[edit] Coaches
- Mike Cron - All Blacks and Sanyo forwards consultant
- Katsufumi Miyamoto - head coach and former Japan player
- Gary Wallace - strength & conditioning adviser
[edit] External links
