2017 Sunwolves season
| 2017 season | |||
| Head coach | Filo Tiatia | ||
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| Captains | Ed Quirk and Harumichi Tatekawa | ||
| Stadium | Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore | ||
| Overall | 17th | ||
| South African Group | 8th | ||
| Africa 1 Conference | 4th | ||
| Record | Won 2, Lost 13 | ||
| Top try scorer | All: Kenki Fukuoka and Timothy Lafaele (4) | ||
| Top points scorer | All: Yu Tamura (52) | ||
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In 2017, the Sunwolves participated in the 2017 Super Rugby competition, their second ever appearance in the competition since joining in 2016. They were included in the Africa 1 Conference of the competition, along with the Bulls, Cheetahs and Stormers.
Personnel
Coaches and management
The Sunwolves coaching and management staff for the 2017 Super Rugby season were:
| 2017 Sunwolves coaches and management | |
|---|---|
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Filo Tiatia |
| Assistant coaches | Shin Hasegawa |
| Simon Jones | |
| Ben Herring | |
| Atsushi Tanabe |
Squad
The following players were named in the Sunwolves squad for the 2017 Super Rugby season:
| 2017 Sunwolves squad | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Position/s | Date of birth (age) | Super Rugby | Sunwolves | ||
| Apps | Pts | Apps | Pts | ||||
| Takuma Asahara | Toshiba Brave Lupus | Prop | 7 September 1987 (aged 29) | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Kohei Asahori | Toyota Verblitz | Prop | 3 February 1994 (aged 23) | – | – | – | – |
| Michael Bond | Coca-Cola Red Sparks | Centre | 27 January 1987 (aged 30) | – | – | – | – |
| Willie Britz | NTT Shining Arcs | Flanker | 31 August 1988 (aged 28) | 25 | 0 | – | – |
| Derek Carpenter | Suntory Sungoliath | Centre | 26 July 1988 (aged 28) | 12 | 25 | 12 | 25 |
| Hayden Cripps | Tokyo Gas | Fly-half | 30 October 1990 (aged 26) | – | – | – | – |
| Shota Emi | Suntory Sungoliath | Winger | 8 December 1991 (aged 25) | – | – | – | – |
| Kenki Fukuoka | Panasonic Wild Knights | Winger | 7 September 1992 (aged 24) | – | – | – | – |
| Teruya Goto | NEC Green Rockets | Winger | 18 December 1991 (aged 25) | – | – | – | – |
| Kazushi Hano | NTT Shining Arcs | Fullback | 21 June 1991 (aged 25) | – | – | – | – |
| Uwe Helu | Yamaha Júbilo | Flanker | 12 July 1990 (aged 26) | – | – | – | – |
| Takeshi Hino | Yamaha Júbilo | Hooker | 20 January 1990 (aged 27) | – | – | – | – |
| Shota Horie | Panasonic Wild Knights | Hooker | 21 January 1986 (aged 31) | 30 | 20 | 12 | 15 |
| Malgene Ilaua | Toshiba Brave Lupus | Number eight | 5 June 1993 (aged 23) | – | – | – | – |
| Keita Inagaki | Panasonic Wild Knights | Prop | 2 June 1990 (aged 26) | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Heiichiro Ito | Yamaha Júbilo | Prop | 5 October 1990 (aged 26) | – | – | – | – |
| Kyosuke Kajikawa | Toshiba Brave Lupus | Lock | 5 September 1987 (aged 29) | – | – | – | – |
| Shokei Kin | NTT Shining Arcs | Flanker | 3 October 1991 (aged 25) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Takeshi Kizu | Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers | Hooker | 15 July 1988 (aged 28) | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Koo Ji-won | Takushoku University | Prop | 2 July 1994 (aged 22) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Naohiro Kotaki | Toshiba Brave Lupus | Lock | 13 June 1992 (aged 24) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Timothy Lafaele | Coca-Cola Red Sparks | Centre | 19 August 1991 (aged 25) | – | – | – | – |
| Shinya Makabe | Suntory Sungoliath | Lock | 26 March 1987 (aged 29) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Rikiya Matsuda | Panasonic Wild Knights | Fullback | 4 May 1994 (aged 22) | – | – | – | – |
| Shuhei Matsuhashi | Ricoh Blacks Rams | Number eight | 24 November 1993 (aged 23) | – | – | – | – |
| Kotaro Matsushima | Suntory Sungoliath | Fullback | 26 February 1993 (aged 23) | 5 | 0 | – | – |
| Masataka Mikami | Toshiba Brave Lupus | Prop | 4 June 1988 (aged 28) | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Yuhimaru Mimura | Yamaha Júbilo | Number eight | 27 February 1989 (aged 27) | – | – | – | – |
| Ataata Moeakiola | Tokai University | Winger | 6 February 1996 (aged 21) | – | – | – | – |
| Liaki Moli | — | Lock | 4 January 1990 (aged 27) | 38 | 10 | 14 | 5 |
| Yutaka Nagare | Suntory Sungoliath | Scrum-half | 4 September 1992 (aged 24) | – | – | – | – |
| Takaaki Nakazuru | Suntory Sungoliath | Winger | 24 October 1990 (aged 26) | – | – | – | – |
| Yusuke Niwai | Canon Eagles | Hooker | 22 October 1991 (aged 25) | – | – | – | – |
| Shunsuke Nunomaki | Panasonic Wild Knights | Flanker | 13 July 1992 (aged 24) | – | – | – | – |
| Yuya Odo | Yamaha Júbilo | Lock | 9 March 1990 (aged 26) | – | – | – | – |
| Takahiro Ogawa | Toshiba Brave Lupus | Scrum-half | 18 March 1991 (aged 25) | – | – | – | – |
| Jumpei Ogura | NTT Shining Arcs | Fly-half | 11 July 1992 (aged 24) | – | – | – | – |
| Hitoshi Ono | Toshiba Brave Lupus | Lock | 6 May 1978 (aged 38) | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Quirk | — | Flanker | 28 August 1991 (aged 25) | 54 | 5 | 15 | 0 |
| Atsushi Sakate | Panasonic Wild Knights | Hooker | 21 June 1993 (aged 23) | – | – | – | – |
| Yasutaka Sasakura | Panasonic Wild Knights | Fullback | 4 August 1988 (aged 28) | 9 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
| Kaito Shigeno | NEC Green Rockets | Scrum-half | 21 November 1990 (aged 26) | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| Hikaru Tamura | Toshiba Brave Lupus | Fly-half | 12 September 1993 (aged 23) | – | – | – | – |
| Yu Tamura | NEC Green Rockets | Fly-half | 9 January 1989 (aged 28) | 15 | 27 | 15 | 27 |
| Fumiaki Tanaka | Panasonic Wild Knights | Scrum-half | 3 January 1985 (aged 32) | 46 | 10 | – | – |
| Harumichi Tatekawa | Kubota Spears | Fly-half | 2 December 1989 (aged 27) | 13 | 5 | 13 | 5 |
| JJ Taulagi | Munawata Sanix Blues | Fullback | 18 June 1993 (aged 23) | 10 | 5 | – | – |
| Yoshitaka Tokunaga | Toshiba Brave Lupus | Number eight | 10 April 1992 (aged 24) | – | – | – | – |
| Will Tupou | Coca-Cola Red Sparks | Centre | 20 July 1990 (aged 26) | 13 | 5 | – | – |
| Keisuke Uchida | Panasonic Wild Knights | Scrum-half | 22 February 1992 (aged 25) | – | – | – | – |
| Kazuhiko Usami | Canon Eagles | Lock | 17 March 1992 (aged 24) | – | – | – | – |
| Riaan Viljoen | NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes | Fullback | 1 April 1983 (aged 33) | 64 | 101 | 15 | 16 |
| Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco | NTT Shining Arcs | Number eight | 28 September 1995 (aged 21) | – | – | – | – |
| Sam Wykes | Coca-Cola Red Sparks | Lock | 25 April 1988 (aged 28) | 87 | 15 | – | – |
| Yasuo Yamaji | Canon Eagles | Prop | 20 February 1985 (aged 32) | – | – | – | – |
| Koki Yamamoto | Yamaha Júbilo | Prop | 29 October 1990 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryohei Yamanaka | Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers | Centre | 22 June 1988 (aged 28) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Kotaro Yatabe | Panasonic Wild Knights | Lock | 29 July 1986 (aged 30) | – | – | – | – |
| Yuki Yatomi | Yamaha Júbilo | Scrum-half | 16 February 1985 (aged 32) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 23 February 2017, the date of the opening round of the competition. | |||||||
Log
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lions | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 590 | 268 | +322 | 81 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 65 | Quarter-finals (Conference leaders) |
| 2 | Crusaders (C) | 15 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 544 | 303 | +241 | 77 | 37 | 7 | 0 | 63 | |
| 3 | Stormers | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 490 | 436 | +54 | 64 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 43 | |
| 4 | Brumbies | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 315 | 279 | +36 | 41 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 34 | |
| 5 | Hurricanes | 15 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 596 | 272 | +324 | 89 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 58 | Quarter-finals (Wildcard) |
| 6 | Chiefs | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 433 | 292 | +141 | 55 | 30 | 6 | 1 | 57 | |
| 7 | Highlanders | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 488 | 308 | +180 | 62 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 51 | |
| 8 | Sharks | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 392 | 323 | +69 | 38 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 42 | |
| 9 | Blues | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 425 | 391 | +34 | 55 | 50 | 4 | 3 | 37 | |
| 10 | Jaguares | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 404 | 386 | +18 | 49 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 33 | |
| 11 | Southern Kings[a] | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 391 | 470 | −79 | 49 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 28 | |
| 12 | Force[a] | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 313 | 404 | −91 | 36 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 26 | |
| 13 | Cheetahs[a] | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 395 | 551 | −156 | 46 | 75 | 1 | 4 | 21 | |
| 14 | Reds | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 321 | 479 | −158 | 46 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 21 | |
| 15 | Bulls | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 339 | 459 | −120 | 39 | 59 | 0 | 4 | 20 | |
| 16 | Waratahs | 15 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 396 | 522 | −126 | 52 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 19 | |
| 17 | Sunwolves | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 315 | 671 | −356 | 41 | 96 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
| 18 | Rebels | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 236 | 569 | −333 | 23 | 79 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Source: Rugby.com.au
Notes:
Notes:
- ^ a b c The Cheetahs, Force, and Southern Kings were all axed from the competition at the conclusion of the 2017 season.
Matches
| 25 February 2017 | Sunwolves | 17–83 | Hurricanes | Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo | ||
| 13:15 | Try: Riaan Viljoen 33' Shokei Kin 69' Willie Britz 77' Con: Hikaru Tamura (0/1) Timothy Lafaele 78' (1/2) |
Report[2] Scoreboard[3] |
Try: Ardie Savea 5', 10' Vince Aso 7', 56' Ricky Riccitelli 13' TJ Perenara 20' Julian Savea 27' Ngani Laumape 36' Blade Thomson 41' Michael Fatialofa 45', 53' Brad Shields 48' Wes Goosen 58' Con: Otere Black 6', 8', 21', 28', 37', 46', 49', 57', 59' (9/13) Cards: Michael Fatialofa 73' |
Attendance: 17,553[1] Referee: Egon Seconds |
| 4 March 2017 | Sunwolves | 23–37 | Southern Kings | National Stadium, Singapore | ||
| 18:55 | Try: Timothy Lafaele 21' Kenki Fukuoka 78' Takaaki Nakazuru 80' Con: Hayden Cripps 22' (1/3) Pen: Hayden Cripps 56', 62' (2/4) |
Report[4] Scoreboard[5] |
Try: Rudi van Rooyen 14' Chris Cloete 33' Ruaan Lerm 65' Malcolm Jaer 77' Con: Lionel Cronjé 15', 34', 66', 78' (4/4) Pen: Lionel Cronjé 1', 54', 59' (3/3) |
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen |
| 11 March 2017 | Cheetahs | 38–31 | Sunwolves | Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein | ||
| 17:15 | Try: Torsten van Jaarsveld 14' Oupa Mohojé 35' Clinton Swart 51' Rayno Benjamin 66' Con: Fred Zeilinga 15', 36', 51' (3/4) Pen: Fred Zeilinga 21', 32', 41', 73' (4/4) |
Report[7] Scoreboard[8] |
Try: Shota Emi 0' Hayden Cripps 24' Kenki Fukuoka 54', 61' Con: Hayden Cripps 1', 24' (2/2) Jamie-Jerry Taulagi 55', 61' (2/2) Pen: Hayden Cripps 39' (1/1) Cards: Takuma Asahara 64' to 74' |
Attendance: 15,250[6] Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge |
| 17 March 2017 | Bulls | 34–21 | Sunwolves | Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria | ||
| 19:00 | Try: Jan Serfontein 11', 64' Pierre Schoeman 29' Jason Jenkins 45' Con: Handré Pollard 12', 31', 46' (3/3) Tian Schoeman 65' (1/1) Pen: Handré Pollard 22' (1/3) Tian Schoeman 59' (1/1) Cards: Renaldo Bothma 40' |
Report[9] Scoreboard[10] |
Try: Kenki Fukuoka 39' Ed Quirk 70' Con: Jumpei Ogura 71' (1/1) Pen: Hayden Cripps 2', 27', 32' (3/3) |
Attendance: 9,363[6] Referee: Jamie Nutbrown |
| 25 March 2017 | Sunwolves | 31–44 | Stormers | National Stadium, Singapore | ||
| 18:55 | Try: Derek Carpenter 5', 42' Shota Emi 21' Liaki Moli 24' Con: Jumpei Ogura 6', 22', 25', 43' (4/4) Pen: Jumpei Ogura 10' (1/1) Cards: Kaito Shigeno 75' |
Report[11] Scoreboard[12] |
Try: EW Viljoen 17' Rynhardt Elstadt 34' Wilco Louw 52' Dewaldt Duvenage 59' Bongi Mbonambi 76' Bjorn Basson 80' Con: Robert du Preez 18', 35', 52', 61' (4/6) Pen: Robert du Preez 3', 38' (2/2) Cards: Rynhardt Elstadt 6' to 16' Oli Kebble 65' to 75' |
Referee: Federico Anselmi |
| 8 April 2017 | Sunwolves | 21–20 | Bulls | Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo | ||
| 14:15 | Try: Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco 6' Takaaki Nakazuru 69' Con: Yu Tamura 70' (1/1) Pen: Hayden Cripps 10', 23' (2/3) Yu Tamura 74' (1/1) |
Report[13] Scoreboard[14] |
Try: Burger Odendaal 12' Travis Ismaiel 63' Con: Tian Schoeman 13', 65' (2/2) Pen: Tian Schoeman 25', 48' (2/2) Cards: Jan Serfontein 68' to 78' |
Referee: Will Houston |
| 14 April 2017 | Crusaders | 50–3 | Sunwolves | AMI Stadium, Christchurch | ||
| 19:35 | Try: Kieran Read 11' Ben Funnell 23' Manasa Mataele 28', 31', 37' Pete Samu 45' George Bridge 51' Whetu Douglas 58' Con: Richie Mo'unga 12', 23', 46' (3/6) Marty McKenzie 53', 59' (2/2) Cards: Seta Tamanivalu 25' to 35' |
Report[15] Scoreboard[16] |
Pen: Yu Tamura 26' (1/1) | Referee: Nic Berry |
| 22 April 2017 | Highlanders | 40–15 | Sunwolves | Rugby Park, Invercargill | ||
| 17:15 | Try: Malakai Fekitoa 3' Liam Squire 34' Aaron Smith 40' Matt Faddes 42', 50' Ben Smith 53' Con: Marty Banks 5', 35', 40', 43', 51' (5/6) |
Report[17] Scoreboard[18] |
Try: Willie Britz 58' Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco 64' Con: Yu Tamura 58' (1/2) Pen: Yu Tamura 11' (1/1) |
Referee: Jamie Nutbrown |
| 29 April 2017 | Chiefs | 27–20 | Sunwolves | FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton | ||
| 19:35 | Try: Hika Elliot 3' Solomon Alaimalo 23' Damian McKenzie 39', 59' Con: Damian McKenzie 40', 61' (2/4) Pen: Damian McKenzie 32' (1/1) |
Report[19] Scoreboard[20] |
Try: Fumiaki Tanaka 45' Derek Carpenter 66' Con: Jamie-Jerry Taulagi 46', 67' (2/2) Pen: Hayden Cripps 20' (1/1) Jamie-Jerry Taulagi 73' (1/1) Cards: Derek Carpenter 80' Jamie-Jerry Taulagi 80' |
Referee: Will Houston |
| 6 May 2017 | Jaguares | 46–39 | Sunwolves | José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires | ||
| 18:40 | Try: Leonardo Senatore 8' Emiliano Boffelli 24' penalty try 40' Agustín Creevy 51', 71' Matías Alemanno 66' Matías Moroni 74' Con: Juan Martín Hernández 9', 66' (2/4) Joaquín Díaz Bonilla 75' (1/2) Pen: Juan Martín Hernández 5' (1/1) |
Report[21] Scoreboard[22] |
Try: Will Tupou 1' Shota Emi 17' Yu Tamura 37', 54' Sam Wykes 59' Con: Yu Tamura 2', 38', 55', 60' (4/5) Pen: Yu Tamura 22', 29' (2/2) Cards: Sam Wykes 40' to 50' |
Referee: Jaco van Heerden |
| 20 May 2017 | Sunwolves | 17–38 | Sharks | National Stadium, Singapore | ||
| 19:55 | Try: Takeshi Hino 18' Shuhei Matsuhashi 51' Con: Yu Tamura 19', 53' (2/2) Pen: Jumpei Ogura 62' (1/1) |
Report[23] Scoreboard[24] |
Try: Lwazi Mvovo 2', 74', 80' Ruan Botha 22' S'busiso Nkosi 34', 78' Con: Garth April 3', 23', 35' (3/3) Benhard Janse van Rensburg 79' (1/3) |
Referee: Rohan Hoffmann |
| 27 May 2017 | Sunwolves | 7–47 | Cheetahs | Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo | ||
| 14:15 | Try: Sam Wykes 47' Con: Yu Tamura 47' (1/1) |
Report[25] Scoreboard[26] |
Try: Uzair Cassiem 16', 66' Niell Jordaan 40' Niel Marais 41' Torsten van Jaarsveld 70' Tian Meyer 75' Sergeal Petersen 80' Con: Niel Marais 17', 40', 68', 71', 77' (5/6) Francois Uys 80' (1/1) |
Referee: Will Houston |
| 1 July 2017 | Lions | 94–7 | Sunwolves | Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg | ||
| 17:15 | Try: Ross Cronjé 5' Jaco Kriel 10', 53' Kwagga Smith 19', 26' Elton Jantjies 38' Akker van der Merwe 44' Ruan Combrinck 51', 58', 80' Courtnall Skosan 65' Faf de Klerk 70' Sylvian Mahuza 72' Ruan Ackermann 77' Con: Elton Jantjies 6', 11', 20', 28', 39', 52' (6/7) Ruan Combrinck 53', 66', 71', 73', 77' (5/6) Faf de Klerk 80' (1/1) |
Report[27] Scoreboard[28] |
Try: Uwe Helu 62' Con: Jumpei Ogura 62' (1/1) |
Referee: Egon Seconds |
| 8 July 2017 | Stormers | 52–15 | Sunwolves | DHL Newlands, Cape Town | ||
| 19:30 | Try: Cheslin Kolbe 7', 75', 80' EW Viljoen 14' Seabelo Senatla 38' Damian Willemse 45' Dillyn Leyds 57', 67' Con: Damian Willemse 8', 15', 46', 58' (4/6) Cheslin Kolbe 76', 80' (2/2) |
Report[29] Scoreboard[30] |
Try: Teruya Goto 19' Takeshi Hino 48' Con: Yu Tamura 20' (1/2) Pen: Yu Tamura 10' (1/2) Cards: Derek Carpenter 2' to 12' |
Referee: Quinton Immelman |
| 15 July 2017 | Sunwolves | 48–21 | Blues | Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo | ||
| 12:05 | Try: Timothy Lafaele 16', 68', 75' Keisuke Uchida 38' Ryohei Yamanaka 53' penalty try 58' Kaito Shigeno 63' Yoshitaka Tokunaga 78' Con: Yu Tamura 17', 40' (2/3) Jumpei Ogura 76' (1/4) |
Report[31] Scoreboard[32] |
Try: James Parsons 8' Gerard Cowley-Tuioti 12' Michael Collins 25' Con: Ihaia West 9', 13', 26' (3/3) Cards: Jerome Kaino 56' to 66' |
Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge |
Player statistics
The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Sunwolves in 2017 is as follows:
| 2017 Sunwolves player statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player name | HUR | KIN | CHE | BUL | STO | BUL | CRU | HIG | CHI | JAG | SHA | CHE | LIO | STO | BLU | App | Try | Kck | Pts | |
| Masataka Mikami | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Shota Horie | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Heiichiro Ito | 3 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Liaki Moli | 4 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Sam Wykes | 5 | 5 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||
| Malgene Ilaua | 6 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Ed Quirk | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Willie Britz | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Keisuke Uchida | 9 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||
| Hikaru Tamura | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Kenki Fukuoka | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 20 | |||||||
| Derek Carpenter | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||||||
| Timothy Lafaele | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 22 | |||||||
| Takaaki Nakazuru | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| Riaan Viljoen | 15 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Takeshi Hino | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||||||
| Koki Yamamoto | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Takuma Asahara | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Kotaro Yatabe | 19 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Shokei Kin | 20 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Kaito Shigeno | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Ryohei Yamanaka | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Shota Emi | 23 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| Fumiaki Tanaka | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| Hayden Cripps | 10 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 38 | |||||||||
| Shuhei Matsuhashi | 20 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |||||||
| Will Tupou | 22 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||
| Jamie-Jerry Taulagi | 23 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||
| Yusuke Niwai | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Yasuo Yamaji | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Uwe Helu | 5 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Atsushi Sakate | 16 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Jumpei Ogura | 22 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 20 | 20 | |||||||
| Yoshitaka Tokunaga | 20 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco | 8 | 8 | 20 | 20 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Kotaro Matsushima | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Keita Inagaki | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Shunsuke Nunomaki | 20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Yuki Yatomi | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Yu Tamura | 22 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 42 | 52 | |||||||
| Takeshi Kizu | 2 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Teruya Goto | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Shinya Makabe | 19 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Yuhimaru Mimura | 20 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Yasutaka Sasakura | 11 | 11 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Naohiro Kotaki | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Harumichi Tatekawa | 12 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Hitoshi Ono | 19 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rikiya Matsuda | 22 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Koo Ji-won | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Yuya Odo | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| penalty try | – | 1 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 15 | 41 | 108 | 315 | ||||||||||||||||
For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.
See also
References
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