Saitama Wild Knights
Rugby · Japan Rugby League One
- Country
- Japan
- Stadium
- Kumagaya Rugby Ground
- Founded
- 1960
Saitama Wild Knights (formerly Panasonic Wild Knights) is a Japanese rugby union team formerly based in Ōta city, Gunma prefecture which plays in the Top League. Inspired by Tony Brown at fly half (though he was not captain), it dominated the league in the fifth season and was the first team to be unbeaten throughout a Top League season. The team rebranded as Saitama Wild Knights ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022, with the team relocating to Saitama.
Squad
Asaeli Ai ValuProp
Ben GunterBack row
Craig MillarProp
—Daniel PerezProp
Dylan RileyCenter
—Esei Ha'AnganaBack row
—Hayata TaniyamaBack row
—Itsuki OnishiBack row
Jack CornelsenLock
—Kantaro TajimaLock
—Kazuma ShimaneHooker
Keita InagakiProp
—Kenji SatoHooker
—Koki TakeyamaWinger
—Kyohei YamasawaFly-half
Lachlan BoshierBack Row
Liam MitchellLock
—Lood De JagerLock
—Makito IshikawaProp
—Ockie BarnardLock
—Orion SchmokBack row
—Ryota HasegawaLock
—Ryuji NoguchiFull-back
—Seijun KawasakiWinger
—Sho FuruhataProp
—Shohei HiranoProp
—Shota FukuiBack row
—Shu HagiharaScrum-half
Shunsuke NunomakiBack row
—Shuto NobuharaBack row
—Taichi NiizumaProp
—Taiki FujiiProp
—Taiki KoyamaScrum-half
—Takuya YamasawaFly-half
—Taniela VeaProp
—Tatsuhiro TanjiWinger
Tom PartonFull-back
—Tomohito MiyakawaLock
—Tomoki OsadaCenter
—Viliami Afu KaipouliBack row
Vince AsoWinger
—Xavier StowersBack row
—Yuji ShimogamaHooker
—Yusaku KiharaProp
—Yuta TakagiScrum-half
News
Saitama Wild Knights vs. Kubota Spears: JRLO Rivals Meet In Major Semifinal - FloRugbyFloRugby · 28 May 2026, 09:00Rugby: Spears survive late Wild Knights comeback to reach League One final - Japan Wire by Kyodo NewsJapan Wire by Kyodo News · 31 May 2026, 09:00Fiji u20s duo on trial at Saitama Wild Knights - RugbyJPRugbyJP · 3 Sept 2026, 10:11Saitama Wild Knights Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo live score and H2H results - SofascoreSofascore · 5 Aug 2026, 09:00Stags sign two players from Japanese Sister City - southlandtribune.substack.comsouthlandtribune.substack.com · 29 Jun 2026, 09:00HIGHLIGHTS | SAITAMA Panasonic WILD KNIGHTS vs TOSHIBA BRAVE LUPUS TOKYO｜NTT JAPAN RUGBY LEAGUE ONE 2025-26 | D1 Round 18 - league-one.jpleague-one.jp · 9 May 2026, 17:54
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Toshiba Brave Lupus Tokyo
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Saitama Wild Knights
24 – 26Kubota Spears Funabashi Tokyo BayRugby · Japan Rugby League OneKumagaya Rugby Stadium
FinalSaitama Wild Knights
45 – 0Toshiba Brave Lupus TokyoRugby · Japan Rugby League OneKumagaya Rugby Ground
FinalSaitama Wild Knights
38 – 14Chiefs Super RugbyRugby · Rugby Union Club Friendlies
