Yamaha Jubilo
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Yamaha Jubilo is a rugby union team based in Iwata, Shizuoka
. The team came second behind Toshiba Brave Lupus
in the second season of Japanese rugby's Top League
(2004-5). They were coached by former All Black Grant Batty
and Fijian player-coach Tabai Matson.
Slogan for 2006 season: LINE PRIDE
Iwata, Shizuoka
is a city located in Shizuoka, Japan and is known for being the headquarters of the Yamaha Motor Corporation. Iwata is also home to Júbilo Iwata, a J. League soccer team, as well as Yamaha Jubilo, a rugby team. The population was 170,779 as of March 1, 2010...
. The team came second behind Toshiba Brave Lupus
Toshiba Brave Lupus
Toshiba Brave Lupus is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. They are based in Fuchu, Tokyo, as is their local rival Suntory Sungoliath. They won the second ever Top League championship in the 2004-5 season and the Microsoft Cup in 2005 under their innovative and inventive coach Masahiro...
in the second season of Japanese rugby's 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...
(2004-5). They were coached by former All Black Grant Batty
Grant Batty
Grant Bernard Batty is a former rugby union footballer. A diminutive but effective wing for the All Blacks, he has also coached Yamaha Jubilo, a team in Japan's Top League. His son Sam Batty played halfback for the Gold Coast Breakers, However is now playing for Port Douglas, in the Cairns and...
and Fijian player-coach Tabai Matson.
Slogan for 2006 season: LINE PRIDE
2011-12 Squad
Former players
- Micheal Kingsbeer - joined march 2007
- Brendan LaneyBrendan LaneyBrendan James Laney, is a former professional rugby union player who represented Scotland. Nicknamed "Chainsaw" for the way he cut through defences, he was also a good goal kicker. From Southland in New Zealand, he began his professional rugby career at full back for the Highlanders in the Super 12...
- joined March 2005 - Leon MacDonaldLeon MacDonaldLeon Raymond MacDonald is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer, and now assistant coach for the Tasman Makos rugby team, who played 56 tests for the national team, All Blacks. He plays first five-eighths and fullback.-Biography:MacDonald was born in Blenheim, New Zealand, and attended...
(fly half, full back) - 2004-5 season - Wataru Murata (scrum half) - retired at the end of the 2007-08 Top League season and became coach of the Japan national sevens teamJapan national rugby union team (sevens)The Japan national rugby union team represent Japan in international rugby sevens. The team compete in competitions such as the World Sevens Series and the Rugby World Cup Sevens.-Coach:*Wataru Murata - head coach from February 28, 2008...
- Nathan WilliamsNathan Williams (rugby player)Nathan Williams is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for Newport Gwent Dragons regional team having previously played for Moseley and the Scarlets. His position is prop forward.Williams has also represented Wales at Under-21 level....
(centre, full back) - Takayuki Yonekura - hooker
Coaches
- Kevin Schuler - Director of Rugby
- Takanobu Horikawa - coach
- Waisake Sotutu - backs coach, player
- Simon Kerr - forwards coach
External links
- Toshiba, Yamaha set to do battle in Microsoft Cup final - Japan Times, January 31, 2005
- Yamaha rugby home page