Kubota Spears
Encyclopedia
Kubota Spears is a Japan
ese rugby union
team which is based in Funabashi, Chiba
and they play in the Top League
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Their slogan for the 2006 season was FIGHT ON.
- Fullback/Wing Barrie-Jon Mather
- Centre/Wing Marty Veale
- Lock
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
team which is based in Funabashi, Chiba
Chiba Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region and the Greater Tokyo Area. Its capital is Chiba City.- History :Chiba Prefecture was established on June 15, 1873 with the merger of Kisarazu Prefecture and Inba Prefecture...
and they play in the Top League
Top League
The Top League is a professional rugby union league created by the Japan Rugby Football Union to drive up the overall standard and popularity of the sport in the country and improve the results of the Japan national rugby union team. The first season was 2003-04 and featured 12 teams...
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Their slogan for the 2006 season was FIGHT ON.
2011-12 Squad
Former players
Joe RoffJoe Roff
Joe Roff is a retired Australian rugby union footballer and a product of the Tuggeranong Vikings Rugby Union Club in Canberra, who played on the wing or at fullback for Brumbies and Australia and played 5 tests as a centre in the early part of his test career...
- Fullback/Wing Barrie-Jon Mather
Barrie-Jon Mather
Barrie-Jon Mather is a former Great Britain national rugby league team and England Rugby Union International player. He is best known for being the first Great Britain Rugby League International Player to be capped by England at Rugby Union...
- Centre/Wing Marty Veale
Marty Veale
Marty Veale is a rugby union player who plays at lock for Northland in the ITM Cup competition.-Playing career:...
- Lock
- Kōtarō Nakamura - Wing/Fullback
- Jason O'Halloran
- Cameron Pither
- Shunji Ishikura - Lock
External links
- Kubota Spears - Official Website