also known as Mitsubishi Juko Sagamihara Rugby Club, are a Japanese
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
team based in
Sagamihara
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...
,
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...
,
Japan
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. The owner of this club is
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the predecessor of Mitsubishi Mo ...
.
The club was founded in 1981. It came second in the Top East 10 league in 2004-5 and entered the
Top League challenge series play-off.
The club won the Top East 11 league in 2006–07 and entered the
Top League in 2007–08. The team was named Dynaboars (a conflation of "dynamic" and "boars") as part of their promotion to the Top League; however, they were demoted at the end of the season.
The Dynaboars signed ex-Wales international and IRB World Player of the Year 2008
Shane Williams in 2012, retiring in 2014.
Players
Current squad
The Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad for the 2023 season is:
Former players
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Simon Kasprowicz
Simon Kasprowicz is a former Australian professional rugby union player who has played for the New South Wales Waratahs and Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars in Japan. He primarily played at flanker.
Early life
Kasprowicz attended Brisbane Sta ...
- lock
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Blair Urlich - No. 8
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Kohei Matsui - center three-quarter back
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Troy Flavell
Troy Vandem Flavell (born 4 November 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. Flavell won 22 caps for New Zealand, and mainly played lock. He is known for his power in the scrum. He attended Massey High School a ...
- lock
*
Isma-eel Dollie - Flyhalf
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Shane Williams – Wing
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Dave Walder
David John Hume Walder (born 7 May 1978 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a former rugby union footballer who is currently head coach at Newcastle Falcons from the 2017–18 season onwards, having been attack coach since 2015.
Early life
He was educ ...
- Flyhalf
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David Milo - No. 8
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Hamish Gard
Hamish Gard (born 21 June 1985) is a New Zealand rugby union player. He played as a centre.
Career
Gard attended Palmerston North Boys' High School. In 2003 Gard made the Hurricanes Secondary Schools Team. He played for the Crusaders in the Su ...
inside centre
Coach
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Scott Pierce
* John Mulvihill
* George Konia
References
External links
Mitsubishi Dynaboars- official page (Japanese)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Sports teams in Kanagawa Prefecture
Rugby in Kantō
Rugby clubs established in 1981
1981 establishments in Japan
Japan Rugby League One teams
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