Hanazono Kintetsu Liners

Rugby · Japanese League One D2

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Country

Japan

Founded

1929

Hanazono Kintetsu Liners rugby team are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kintetsu Corporation which was founded in 1929. They have won the All-Japan Championship three times as an amateur team. Their home is at Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka, Japan, which was also opened in 1929. Early in 2008 Kintetsu won promotion back to the Top League for the 2008-9 season, and it was announced that former All Blacks coach Peter Sloane would be head coach. After 3 years with Peter Sloane, Ryusuke Maeda become head coach in 2011. The team rebranded as Hanazono Kintetsu Liners ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.

Squad

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Akauola ManuFull-back

Akira IoaneBack Row

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Hiroki KumoyamaFull-back

James BlackwellBack Row

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Jed BrownBack row

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Jose SeruBack row

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Kazuma MatsudaHooker

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Keiichi KanekoHooker

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Keitaro HitoraScrum-half

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Kensho KawamuraScrum-half

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Kenta TanakaProp

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Koji OkamuraCenter

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Kota MitakeProp

Mitchell BrownBack Row

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Patrick StehlinFly-half

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Reiya UeyamaHooker

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Ryo IwakamiProp

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Ryosuke KataokaWinger

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Sam JeffriesBack row

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Sanaila WaqaLock

Semisi MasirewaWinger

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Shintaro OkamotoProp

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Shohei NonakaBack row

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Simeone SchmidtLock

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Taiki MiyashitaBack row

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Takahiro HayashiWinger

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Takehito EkawaCenter

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Timo SufiaCenter

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Tom HendricksonCenter

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Tomoya KimuraWinger

Will GeniaScrum-half

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Will HarrisonFly-half

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Yoshizumi TakedaFull-back

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Yuchol MunProp

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Yushi InoueProp

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