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NEC Green Rockets
NECグリーンロケッツFull name NEC Green Rockets Union Japan Rugby Football Union Nickname(s) Green Rockets Founded 1985 Location Abiko, Chiba, Japan Ground(s) NEC Abiko Ground Coach(es) Teruyoshi Takaiwa Team kit2nd kitNEC Green Rockets is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. The team's captain is Ryota Asano. The previous captain was Takuro Miuchi, who is currently the captain of the Japan national rugby union team. Before the semi-professional Top League was created, the team was just known as "NEC". The amateur club was founded in 1985 in the Kantō region.
NEC Green Rockets won the All-Japan Championship final for the second time on February 27, 2005, beating Toyota Verblitz 17-13. They drew 6-6 with Toshiba Brave Lupus in the 43rd Japan Championship final on February 26, 2006 after an effective defensive effort and the sin-binning of Glen Marsh in the last ten minutes of the game.
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Honours
- All-Japan Championship
- Champions: 2005, 2006 (with Toshiba Brave Lupus)
2011-12 Squad
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.
Player Position Union Masao Amino Hooker Japan
Takaharu Yamamoto Hooker Japan
Yosuke Usui Hooker Japan
Yuichi Hisadomi Prop Japan
Nobuji Saito Prop Japan
Yuta Inose Prop Japan
Atsushi Kataoka Prop Japan
Naoto Yoshimura Prop Japan
Takahiro Doi Prop Japan
Tsuyoshi Kinoshita Lock Japan
Takanori Kumagae Lock Japan
Tomowo Yasuda Lock Japan
Taira Sato Lock Japan
Shigeaki Gen Lock Japan
Taku Hirosawa Lock Japan
Semisi Naevo Flanker Fiji
Ryota Asano Flanker Japan
Ken Hidaka Flanker Japan
Nili Latu Flanker Tonga
Takahisa Miyamoto Flanker Japan
Dean Budd Flanker New Zealand
Taro Kenjyou Flanker Japan
Takuro Miuchi Number 8 Japan
Masaaki Isooka Number 8 Japan
Makoto Tosa Number 8 Japan
Player Position Union Kyohei Fujito Scrum-half Japan
Ahn Senghyuk Scrum-half Korea
Tsukuru Nishida Scrum-half Japan
Takeshi Matsuo Fly-half Japan
Eiji Ando Fly-half Japan
Ryo Uchida Fly-half Japan
Yuya Mizuta Centre Japan
Masato Inoue Centre Japan
Bryce Robins Centre Japan
Siuperi Lokotui Centre New Zealand
Shigeki Morita Centre Japan
Tsutomu Sakuraya Centre Japan
Anthony Tuitavake Centre New Zealand
ShindouKamaike Wing Japan
Koichiro Kubota Wing Japan
Koichi Ohigashi Wing Japan
Hayato Sezaki Wing Japan
Koshiro Syuto Wing Japan
Hidefumi Yamamoto Wing Japan
Keiji Takei Fullback Japan
Hiromasa Yoshihiro Fullback Japan
Former players
- John Kirwan - before the Top League started, head coach of Japan national rugby union team
- Kiyonori Okano
- Takayuki Higo - coach
- George Konia
- Glen Marsh
See also
References
External links
- NEC, Toshiba share title, Daily Yomiuri, February 27, 2006
- NEC Green Rockets - official site
- Rugby gods smile on Green Rockets, Japan Times February 28, 2005
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