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| Full name | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. Sagamihara Rugby Club | ||
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| Nickname | Dynaboars | ||
| Founded | 1981 | ||
| Location | Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan | ||
| Ground | Sagamihara Gion Stadium (Capacity: 15,300) | ||
| Chairman | Shigeki Iwamatsu | ||
| Coach | Glenn Delaney | ||
| Captain | Kyo Yoshida[1] | ||
| League | Japan Rugby League One | ||
| 2025–26 | 12th of 12 (won relegation play-off) | ||
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Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars (Japanese: 三菱重工相模原ダイナボアーズ), commonly shortened to Sagamihara Dynaboars and also known as Mitsubishi Juko Sagamihara Rugby Club, are a professional Japanese rugby union team based in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture that compete in the Japan Rugby League One (JRLO) competition. The club is owned by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
The club was founded in 1981. It came second in the Top East 10 league in 2004–05 and entered the Top League challenge series play-off.
The club won the Top East 11 league in 2006–07 and entered the Top League in 2007–08. The team was named Dynaboars (a conflation of "dynamic" and "boars") as part of their promotion to the Top League; however, they were demoted at the end of the season. The Dynaboars signed ex-Wales international and IRB World Player of the Year 2008 Shane Williams in 2012, retiring in 2014.[2]
Players
[edit]The Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad for the 2026-27 season is:[3]
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Former players
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Simon Kasprowicz - lock
Blair Urlich - No. 8
Kohei Matsui - center three-quarter back- Troy Flavell - lock
Isma-eel Dollie - Flyhalf
Shane Williams – Wing
Dave Walder - Flyhalf
David Milo - No. 8- Hamish Gard inside centre
Coaches
[edit]Current coaching staff
[edit]| Position | Name | Nationality |
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| Head coach | Glenn Delaney | New Zealand |
| Assistant coach | Ben Franks | New Zealand |
| Assistant coach | Joe Maddock | New Zealand |
| Assistant coach | Yasumasa Miyamoto | Japan |
| Assistant coach | Nicholas Ealey | New Zealand |
| Assistant coach | Kensaku Akuta | Japan |
References
[edit]- ↑ "[相模原DB]「このチームで優勝したい」。クラブのDNAを体現する新キャプテンの決意" [[Sagamihara DB] "I want to win with this team." The new captain's determination to embody the club's DNA]. league-one.jp (in Japanese). Japan Rugby League One. 13 December 2025.
- ↑ "Shane Williams: Former Wales wing announces retirement". BBC Sport. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ↑ "Players/staff" (in Japanese). Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars. 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
External links
[edit]- Mitsubishi Dynaboars - official page (Japanese)
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