Secom Rugguts Explained

Teamname:Secom Rugguts
セコムラガッツ
Fullname:Secom Rugguts
Nickname:Rugguts
Founded:1985
Countryflag:Japan
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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"

Rugguts will return to japanese rugby system in season 2024-2025 to third tier of the rebranded Japan Rugby League One.

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

Other Nationalities

Murray Paul Tocker, Secom Coach 2001-2003, (Former Wellington Lions player Marist ST Pats Player)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://en.rugby-japan.jp/schedule/team/669/ SECOM RUGGUTS | RUGBY: FOR ALL
  2. http://en.rugby-japan.jp/schedule/team/7/ SECOM RUGGUTS | RUGBY: FOR ALL