Kobelco_Steelers

Kobelco Kobe Steelers

Kobelco Kobe Steelers

Japanese rugby union team

The Kobelco Kobe Steelers are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kobe Steel, and based in Kobe. They were the first ever Top League champions when the League started in the 2003-2004 season. The team rebranded as Kobelco Kobe Steelers ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.[1]

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Honours

Personnel

Current management team

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Current squad

The Kobelco Kobe Steelers squad for the 2023-24 season is:[2]

Kobelco Kobe Steelers squad

Props

Hookers

  • Japan Rinpei Sakaki
  • Japan Takuya Kitade
  • Japan Kenta Matsuoka
  • Japan Hiroaki Ushihara
  • Japan Ikuma Yamada

Locks

Flankers

  • Japan Hayato Fukunishi
  • Japan Amanaki Saumaki
  • Japan Hikaru Hashimoto
  • Japan Ryo Inoue
  • Japan Go Maeda

No8s

Scrum-halves

  • Japan Atsushi Hiwasa
  • Japan Daiki Nakajima
  • Japan Kentaro Obata
  • Japan Maki Shimizu
  • Japan Kenta Tokuda

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

  • Japan Ataata Moeakiola
  • Japan Kosuke Naka
  • Japan Rakuhei Yamashita (cc)
  • Japan Soma Sugimoto
  • Australia Sione Tapu'osi DEP
  • Japan Ryota Funabiki REP

Fullbacks

Utility Backs

  • (cc) denotes team co-captains.
  • Bold denotes internationally capped.

    Past players

    • Yuta Imamura (2007-19, 124 games) Centre, Japanese international (2006-13, 39 caps)
    • Itaru Taniguchi (2008-21, 148 games) Loose forward, Japanese international (2010-11, 10 caps)
    • Shoji Ito (2009-18, 104 games) Lock, Japanese international (2012-15, 36 caps)

    Japanese players

    Foreign players

    References

    1. [1]
      "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
    2. [2]
      "Kobe Steelers: Players" (in Japanese). Kobelco Kobe Steelers. 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
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