Yamaha Jubilo

Rugby team
teamname = Yamaha Jubilo
ヤマハ発動機ジュビロ


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fullname = Yamaha Jubilo | nickname = Jubilo
founded = 1984
union = Japan Rugby Football Union
ground = Yamaha Stadium
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location= Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan
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coach = Kevin Schuler
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competitions = Top League

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Yamaha Jubilo rugby union team came second behind Toshiba Brave Lupus in the second season of Japanese rugby's Top League (2004-5). They were coached by former All Black Grant Batty and Fijian player-coach Tabai Matson.

Slogan for 2006 season: LINE PRIDE

Players

*Michael Kingsbeer - full back
*Hajime Kiso - captain, no. 8, Japan
*Grant McQuoid - centre
*Onishi Shotaro - fly half, centre, Japan
*Reuben Thorne - loose forward
*Ryo Yamamura - prop, Japan
*Yuki Yatomi - scrum half, Japan

Former Players

*Brendan Laney - joined March 2005
*Leon MacDonald (fly half, full back) - 2004-5 season
*Wataru Murata (scrum half) - retired at the end of the 2007-08 Top League season and became coach of the Japan national sevens team
*Nathan Williams (centre, full back)
*Takayuki Yonekura - hooker

Coaches

*Kevin Schuler - Director of Rugby
*Takanobu Horikawa - coach
*Waisake Sotutu - backs coach, player
*Simon Kerr - forwards coach

External links

* [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?sr20050131a1.htm Toshiba, Yamaha set to do battle in Microsoft Cup final] - Japan Times, January 31, 2005
* [http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/profile/sports/rugby/hotnews/index.html Yamaha rugby] home page