NTT Shining Arcs
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NTT Shining Arcs RFC is a Rugby Union Team owned by NTT Communications and is part of Japan's Top League
Competition. The current coach is Masato Hayashi, the previous Head Coach of Keio University Rugby Team.
The team is based in Ichikawa city, Chiba
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The team won promotion to the expanded Top League
of 14 teams at the end of the 2009-10 season.
Top League
The Top League is a professional rugby union league created by the Japan Rugby Football Union to drive up the overall standard and popularity of the sport in the country and improve the results of the Japan national rugby union team. The first season was 2003-04 and featured 12 teams...
Competition. The current coach is Masato Hayashi, the previous Head Coach of Keio University Rugby Team.
The team is based in Ichikawa city, Chiba
Chiba
-Places:* Chiba, Chiba, capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan* Chiba Prefecture, a sub-national jurisdiction in the Greater Tokyo Area on the eastern coast of Honshū Island, Japan* Chiba Station, a train station in Chiba, Chiba...
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The team won promotion to the expanded Top League
Top League
The Top League is a professional rugby union league created by the Japan Rugby Football Union to drive up the overall standard and popularity of the sport in the country and improve the results of the Japan national rugby union team. The first season was 2003-04 and featured 12 teams...
of 14 teams at the end of the 2009-10 season.
Squad (2011-12 Season)
Former Notable Players
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- Auckland Blues - Adam Wallace-Harrison - Queensland RedsQueensland RedsThe Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland...
External links
- http://www.ntt.com/rugby/ - official website