Yamaha Júbilo

Yamaha Jubilo
ヤマハ発動機ジュビロ

Full name	Yamaha Jubilo
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Jubilo
Founded	1984
Location	Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan
Ground(s)	Yamaha Stadium
Coach(es)	Kevin Schuler
Team kit 2nd kit

Yamaha Jubilo is a rugby union team based in Iwata, Shizuoka. The team came second behind Toshiba Brave Lupus in the second season of Japanese rugby's Top League (2004-5). They were coached by former All Black Grant Batty and Fijian player-coach Tabai Matson.

Slogan for 2006 season: LINE PRIDE

Contents 1 2011-12 Squad 2 Former players 3 Coaches 4 References 5 External links

2011-12 Squad

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 Keita Kato Hooker Japan Takayuki Kitagawa Hooker Japan Shinichi Furukawa Hooker Japan Hisashi Sakaigawa Prop Japan Ryo Yamamura Prop Japan Shigeyasu Takagi Prop Japan Yuta Ito Prop Japan Satoshi Nakatani Prop Japan Daisuke Nonaka Prop Japan Masaru Ishigami Lock Japan Rory Duncan Lock South Africa Yuta Kasahara Lock Japan Keisuke Yagishita Lock Japan Shunji Honma Flanker Japan Jerry Collins Flanker New Zealand Deryck Thomas Flanker Fiji Noriya Kobayashi Flanker Japan Koichi Kubo Flanker Japan Teppei Yagi Flanker Japan Yoshikazu Kushida Flanker Japan Noboru Sawada Flanker Japan Hajime Kiso Number 8 Japan Mose Tuiali'i Number 8 New Zealand

Player Position Union Takashi Sato Scrum-half Japan Yuki Yatomi Scrum-half Japan Kenji Oka Scrum-half Japan Shotaro Ohnishi Fly-half Japan Tatsuhiko Otao Centre Japan Koji Misumi Centre Japan Male Sau Centre New Zealand Grant McQuoid Centre New Zealand Tane Tu'ipulotu Centre New Zealand Joshua Timothy Levi Centre New Zealand Yusuke Nakagaki Centre Japan Takuya Nakajima Centre Japan Koji Tomioka Wing Japan Kaoru Matsushita Wing Japan Kilryong So Wing Japan Shinji Nakazono Wing Japan Yoshihide Nagamoto Wing Japan Waisake Sotutu Wing Fiji Ayumu Goromaru Fullback Japan Atsuyuki Tsujii Fullback Japan

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Former players

• Micheal Kingsbeer - joined march 2007
• Brendan Laney - joined March 2005
• Leon MacDonald (fly half, full back) - 2004-5 season
• Wataru Murata (scrum half) - retired at the end of the 2007-08 Top League season and became coach of the Japan national sevens team
• Nathan Williams (centre, full back)
• Takayuki Yonekura - hooker

Coaches

• Kevin Schuler - Director of Rugby
• Takanobu Horikawa - coach
• Waisake Sotutu - backs coach, player
• Simon Kerr - forwards coach

References

External links

• Toshiba, Yamaha set to do battle in Microsoft Cup final - Japan Times, January 31, 2005
• Yamaha rugby home page

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