- Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers
Rugby team
teamname = Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers
神戸製鋼コベルコスティーラーズ
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founded = 1928
ground =Nadahama Ground
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coach =Seiji Hirao
chairman =
competitions =Top League
union =Japan Rugby Football Union
location =Kobe, Hyogo ,Japan
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union =Japan Rugby Football Union
location =Kobe ,Japan
country"For the
American football team, seePittsburgh Steelers . For other uses, seeSteelers (disambiguation) ."Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers (神戸製鋼コベルコスティーラーズ "Kobe Seiko Koberuko Suti-ra-zu") are a
Japan eserugby union team owned byKobe Steel, Ltd. , and based inKobe . They were the first everTop League champions when the League started in the 2003-4 season. They were coached byTerunori Masuho a former Waseda and Steelers player but he resigned after the 2006-7 season when the team was placed 6th in the Top League. For nowSeiji Hirao is the coach.The team plays its home games at
Home's Stadium Kobe (formerly Kobe Wing Stadium).Honors
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Top League :
** Champions: 2003-04Current players
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Ron Cribb
*Pierre Hola
*Takeomi Ito
*Yuji Matsubara
*Yukio Motoki
*Daisuke Ohata - current holder of the world record for tries in test matches
*Josh Blackie Past players
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Dave Bickle
* Mark Egan
*Kensuke Iwabuchi
* Andrew Miller
*Simon Wensley External links
* [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?sr20050124a1.htm Steelers upset Green Rockets in Microsoft Cup] - Japan Times, January 24, 2005
* [http://www.kobesteelrfc.com/ Kobelco Steelers] official home page
* [http://www.top-league.jp/index.html Top League] official site
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