Tamariba Club is a rugby union club in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

, so-called because it is located near the

Tama River The is a major river in Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Tokyo Prefectures on Honshū, Japan. It is officially classified as a Class 1 river by the Japanese government. Its total length is , and the total of the river's basin area spans . The rive ...

(Tamagawa). It has been in existence since 2000, and has also been the top club side in Japan for most of that time. Most of the players are former members of

Waseda University Rugby Football Club Waseda University R.F.C. was founded in 1918. It is one of the top rugby union clubs for students in Japan, together with Kanto Gakuin University RFC, Keio University RFC and Doshisha University RFC. It is the representative club of Waseda Univers ...

and Keio University Rugby Football Club.

Results

As the champion club team, playing the top university team: * February 4, 2006. Lost to

Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , established = 21 October 1882 , type = Private , endowment = , president = Aiji Tanaka , city = Shinjuku , state = Tokyo , country = Japan , students = 47,959 , undergrad = 39,382 , postgrad ...

in the first round of the 43rd All-Japan Championship. Tamariba 7 Waseda 47 * February 3, 2007. Lost to Kanto Gakuin University RFC in the first round of the 44th All-Japan Championship. Tamariba 17 Kanto Gakuin 47 * February 23, 2008. Lost to

in the first round of the 45th All-Japan Championship. Tamariba 0 Waseda 48 * February 7, 2008. Lost to

in the first round of the 46th All-Japan Championship. Tamariba 13 Waseda 55

External links

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