Secom Rugguts

{{Short description|Japanese rugby union club, based in Sayama}}

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teamname = Secom Rugguts
セコムラガッツ |

image = 2006 logo secomrugguts.png |

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fullname = Secom Rugguts |

nickname = Rugguts |

founded = {{start year and age|1985}}

| union = Japan Rugby Football Union |

ground = Secom Rugby Field |

countryflag = Japan |

location= Sayama, Saitama, Japan |

capacity = |

coach = Wayne Love |

chairman = |

competitions = Top League |

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Secom Rugguts is a Japanese rugby union team founded in 1985 by SECOM. Its name is a portmanteau of "Rugger" and "Guts". The club was in the Top League for the first season of the league but was demoted at the end of the season. As the top team of the Top East league and by then coming second after Fukuoka Sanix Bombs in the three-way Top League Challenge Series, Secom got back into the Top League for the 2005-6 season but was relegated again in 2006-7.

On February 10, 2008 Secom's 3-10 loss to World Fighting Bull in the Top Challenge Two series ended its challenge to return to the Top League for the 2008-9 season.

Slogan for 2006 season: "Seize the day"

Rugguts will return to japanese rugby system in season 2024-2025 to third tier of the rebranded Japan Rugby League One.

Current squad

The Secom Rugguts squad for the 2024–25 season is:{{cite web | url=https://www.rugguts.secom.co.jp/player-staff/ | title=Secom Rugguts: Members | publisher= Secom Rugguts | language=Japanese | accessdate=27 December 2024}}

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Props

Hookers

Locks

Flankers
  • {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} Whetukamokamo Douglas
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Kosuke Hattori
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Kento Mizutani
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Ryoga Sukeda
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Ryosuke Okuma
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Ryusuke Yamamoto
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Koki Iida (c)
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Yuki Tsujioka
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Ikki Morimoto REP
  • No8s

    Loose forwards

    Scrum-halves

    Fly-halves

    Centres
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Fishipuna Tuiaki
  • {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} TJ Faiane
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Ayumu Sawada
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Tomoya Haraguchi
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Haruya Nakasu
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Shoki Morimoto
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Riku Mizuno
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Kazuki Ikemura
  • Wings

    Fullbacks

    Utility backs

    Notable players<ref>[http://en.rugby-japan.jp/schedule/team/669/ SECOM RUGGUTS | RUGBY: FOR ALL]</ref><ref>[http://en.rugby-japan.jp/schedule/team/7/ SECOM RUGGUTS | RUGBY: FOR ALL]</ref>

    {{famous|date=October 2017}}

    =Japan=

    =Other Nationalities=

    Murray Paul Tocker , Secom Coach 2001-2003 , (Former Wellington Lions player

    Marist ST Pats Player )

    See also

    Notes

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