Kintetsu Liners
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| Full name | Kintetsu Liners | |
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| Union | Japan Rugby Football Union | |
| Nickname(s) | Liners | |
| Founded | 1929 | |
| Location | Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan | |
| Ground(s) | Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 30,000) | |
| Coach(es) | Peter Sloane George Konia | |
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Kintetsu Liners rugby team are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kintetsu Corporation (Kinki Nippon Railway Co., Ltd) which was founded in 1929. They have won the All-Japan Championship three times as an amateur team. Their home is at Kintetsu Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka city, Japan, which was also opened in 1929.
Early in 2008 Kintetsu won promotion back to the Top League for the 2008-9 season, and it was announced that former All Blacks coach Peter Sloane would be head coach.[1]
Honours
- All-Japan Championship
- Champions: 1966, 1967, 1974
Recent history
The team managed to stay in the Top League for the second season (2004-5) by defeating Fukuoka Sanix Bombs of Kyūshū by 45-42 to gain 10th place, and then winning a challenge game. However, in the second season (2004-5) Kintetsu was placed 11th and therefore was automatically relegated with 12th-placed IBM Big Blue. In 2008 Kintetsu played successfully in the Top Challenge One series for promotion and won the right to appear in the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship for the first time in 33 years.
Squad
The Kintetsu Liners squad for 2014-15 Top League season:[2]
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Props
Hookers
Locks
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Loose Forwards
Scrum-halves
Fly-halves
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Centres
Wingers
Fullbacks
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(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped
References
- ↑ Daily Yomiuri, April 26, 2008.
- ↑ "Kintetsu Liners: The Team" (in Japanese). Top League. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
External links
- Kintetsu Liners - official home page