Secom Rugguts

Secom Rugguts
セコムラガッツ
Full name	Secom Rugguts
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Rugguts
Founded	1985
Location	Sayama, Saitama, Japan
Ground(s)	Secom Rugby Field
Coach(es)	Wayne Love
1st kit	2nd kit

Secom Rugguts is a Japanese rugby union team founded in 1985 by SECOM. Its name is a portmanteau of "Rugger" and "Guts". The club was in the Top League for the first season of the league but was demoted at the end of the season. As the top team of the Top East league and by then coming second after Fukuoka Sanix Bombs in the three-way Top League Challenge Series, Secom got back into the Top League for the 2005-6 season but was relegated again in 2006-7.

On February 10, 2008 Secom's 3-10 loss to World Fighting Bull in the Top Challenge Two series ended its challenge to return to the Top League for the 2008-9 season.

Slogan for 2006 season: "Seize the day"

Squad

Props

Atsushi Yamaga
Kochi Nakamura
Takayuki Kinoshita

Hookers

Keisuke Ando
Shinji Terayama
Hiroshi Ebisawa
Tatsuji Yoshida

Locks

Hiromitsu Matsuba
Takamasa Sawaguchi
Takamasa Maruyama
Takumi Nishikawa
Hiroaki Tatsumichi

Loose Forwards

Keisuke Omata
Daigo Fujita
Yosuke Watanabe

Scrum-halves

Nagamasa Miyazawa
Katsuya Higuchi
Kento Ikeda

Fly-halves

Sogen Masumoto

Centres

Takuya Himeno
Muso Imamura

Wings

Tatsunori Kojima
Hiromichi Ikeda
Hideki Ishibashi

Fullbacks

Yuta Kato

Notable players^[1]^[2]

Japan

Motohiro Akagi
Kensuke Iwabuchi (Former Japan international)
Tomohiro Oinuma (currently playing for Ricoh Black Rams)
Noriyoshi Ohara (currently Iwate Morioka High School RFC coach)
Kota Kawashima (currently playing for Kintetsu Liners)
Takashi Kamio
Yoshiyuki Koike
Takamasa Sawaguchi (former Japan international)
Manabu Komatsu (currently playing for Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars)
Yuta Sato (currently playing for Kamaishi Seawaves)
Ken Suzuki
Yosuke Shishido
Manabu Suzuki
Takashi Suzuki (currently playing for Kubota Spears and Japan Sevens)
Naoto Tanemoto (former Rugguts coach and Japan international, Waseda University RFC coach)
Yoshikazu Tamura (currently playing for Yamaha Jubilo)

Other Nationalities

Brian Lima (Former Samoa international)
Inoke Afeaki (Former Tonga international)
Sene Ta'ala (Former Samoa international)
Norman Ligairi (Former Fiji international)
Seremaia Bai(Former Fiji international)
Feleti Mahoni (Former Tonga international)
Feleti Fakaongo (Former Tonga international)
Penieli Latu (Former Tonga international)

Notes

External links

Secom Rugguts - official home page

[1] SECOM RUGGUTS | RUGBY: FOR ALL

[2] SECOM RUGGUTS | RUGBY: FOR ALL

[1]

[2]