Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers

Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers
神戸製鋼コベルコスティーラーズ

Full name

Union

Japan Rugby Football Union

Nickname(s)

Kobelco Steelers

Founded

1928

Location

Kobe, Japan

Ground(s)

Various stadiums

Coach(es)

Jim McKay

Captain(s)

Daiki Hashimoto

1st kit

2nd kit

Official website

www.kobelcosteelers.com

Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers (Japanese: 神戸製鋼コベルコスティーラーズ, Kobe Seiko Koberuko Suti-ra-zu) are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kobe Steel, Ltd., and based in Kobe. They were the first ever Top League champions when the League started in the 2003-4 season. The team plays its home games at Noevir Stadium Kobe (formerly Kobe Wing Stadium).

Honours

Top League:
- Champions: 2003–04

Personnel

Current management team

Position	Name	Nationality
Head coach	Jim McKay	Australia
Assistant coach	Nick Holten	Netherlands
Assistant coach	Matthew Proudfoot	South Africa

Current squad

The provisional Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers squad for the 2016–17 Top League season is:^[1]

Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers squad
Props Hisateru Hirashima Raiko Katsuki Masahiko Nakagawa Yuki Onishi Hiroya Sawai Hiroshi Yamashita Masanobu Yamauchi Matoki Yamazaki Hookers Takeshi Kizu Kentaro Nagasaki Locks Andries Bekker Shoji Ito Jang Seok-hwan Daisuke Maeda Hikaru Okubo Yu Shimizu Ryuta Yasui	Loose Forwards Daiki Hashimoto (c) Hikaru Hashimoto Shohei Maekawa Kosuke Nishibayashi Takahiro Suzuki Itaru Taniguchi Isileli Vakauta Matt Vant Leven Scrum-halves Nicholas Ealey Andrew Ellis Ryang Jong-chu Takashi Sato Daijiro Tanaka Kenta Tokuda Fly-halves Hirotomo Shimoji Ryohei Yamanaka	Centres Fraser Anderson Jaque Fourie Shintaro Hayashi Yuta Imamura Naoya Minamihashi Toni Vaihu Wingers Yusuke Hamashima Kanzo Nakahama Yoshikazu Ohashi Rakuhei Yamashita Fullbacks Tsuyoshi Iguchi Kenji Syomen Hideki Tanabe

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped

Past players

References

↑ "Kobe Steelers: The Team" (in Japanese). Kobe Steelers. Retrieved 20 July 2015.

External links

Steelers upset Green Rockets in Microsoft Cup - Japan Times, January 24, 2005
Kobelco Steelers official site
Top League official site

Top League

2015–16 Teams	Canon Eagles Coca-Cola Red Sparks Kobelco Steelers NEC Green Rockets NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes Toyota Industries Shuttles Toyota Verblitz Yamaha Jubilo Honda Heat Kintetsu Liners Kubota Spears NTT Shining Arcs Panasonic Wild Knights Ricoh Black Rams Suntory Sungoliath Toshiba Brave Lupus

Former Teams	Fukuoka Sanix Blues IBM Big Blue Kyuden Voltex Mitsubishi Dynaboars Secom Rugguts World Fighting Bull Yokogawa Musashino Atlastars

Seasons	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Champions JRFU

Rugby union in Japan

Governing body

Japan Rugby Football Union

National teams

Men's	Japan Sunwolves A U-20 7's

Women's	Women's 7's

Competitions

International	Japan at the Rugby World Cup Asian Rugby Championship Asian Sevens Series

Transnational	Super Rugby

National	Top League Lixil Cup Challenge series All-Japan Rugby Football Championship

Amateur	All Japan University Rugby Championship National High School Rugby Tournament

Hosted events	2019 Rugby World Cup Japan Sevens 2001 World Games Sanix World Youth Tournament

Defunct	Japan Company Rugby Football Championship

Major figures

Category
Commons

Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers squad

Forwards	Andries Bekker Daiki Hashimoto Hikaru Hashimoto Hisateru Hirashima Shoji Ito Jang Seok-hwan Raiko Katsuki Takeshi Kizu Daisuke Maeda Shohei Maekawa Kentaro Nagasaki Masahiko Nakagawa Kosuke Nishibayashi Hikaru Okubo Yuki Onishi Hiroya Sawai Yu Shimizu Takahiro Suzuki Itaru Taniguchi Isileli Vakauta Matt Vant Leven Hiroshi Yamashita Masanobu Yamauchi Matoki Yamazaki Ryuta Yasui

Backs	Fraser Anderson Nicholas Ealey Andrew Ellis Jaque Fourie Yusuke Hamashima Shintaro Hayashi Tsuyoshi Iguchi Yuta Imamura Naoya Minamihashi Kanzo Nakahama Yoshikazu Ohashi Ryang Jong-chu Takashi Sato Hirotomo Shimoji Kenji Syomen Hideki Tanabe Daijiro Tanaka Kenta Tokuda Toni Vaihu Ryohei Yamanaka Rakuhei Yamashita

Coach	Vacant

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