NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka

NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka is a Japanese rugby union team owned by NTT DoCoMo. They qualified for the 2011–12 season and finished 12th place overall. The team rebranded in 2022, ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One.[1]

NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka
NTTドコモレッドハリケーンズ大阪
Full nameNTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Red Hurricanes
Founded1993
LocationOsaka, Japan
Ground(s)Nagai Stadium
Yodoko Sakura Stadium (Capacity: 47,816
and 25,000)
Coach(es)Johan Ackermann
League(s)Japan Rugby League One
20213rd, White Conference
Playoffs
Quarter-finalists
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
docomo-rugby.jp/index.php

Squad

The NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka squad for the 2022 season is:[2]

NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes Osaka squad

Props

  • Shosuke Fukasawa
  • Yuichiro Hosono
  • Hiroshi Kitajima
  • Kazuma Nishikawa
  • Yosuke Nishiura
  • Syun Okabe
  • Kim Ryom
  • Munetaka Sashida
  • Tatsuro Sugimoto
  • Rikyu Yamakawa

Hookers

  • Mitsumasa Harayama
  • Franco Marais
  • Hiromichi Sakamoto
  • Hiamitsu Shimada
  • Hiroaki Ushihara

Locks

Loose Forwards

Scrum-halves

  • Tatsuya Hamano
  • Akira Inoue
  • Koki Makiyama
  • Tian Meyer
  • Toshihiro Yamanouchi

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Nick Grigg
  • Daisuke Iba
  • Masaki Kobayashi
  • Mifiposeti Paea
  • Benjamin Saunders
  • Kaoru Tsuruta
  • Samisoni Tua
  • Tonisio Vaihu
  • Kim Yon-Hee

Wingers

  • Takahiro Ishikawa
  • Tomohiro Kurata
  • Siosifa Lisala
  • Koki Shigeno
  • Larry Sulunga

Fullbacks

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

References

  1. "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. "NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes: The Team". Docomo Rugby (in Japanese). Retrieved 11 February 2018.


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