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Saitama Wild Knights
ID: team_144812
About
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.
Home Venue
Kumagaya Rugby Stadium (熊谷ラグビー場), is a rugby stadium in Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches. The stadium was built in 1991 and renovated between 2016 and 2018. Its capacity expanded from 20,000 (10,000 seated) to 24,000 people (fully seated). The stadium is part of a larger sports complex which includes the Kumagaya Athletic Stadium, a smaller athletics stadium and a large arena. The complex is located in the Kumagaya Park.
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Vince Aso
Ockie Barnard
Lachlan Boshier
Jack Cornelsen
Taiki Fujii
Shota Fukui
Sho Furuhata
Ben Gunter
Esei Ha'Angana
Shu Hagihara
Ryota Hasegawa
Shohei Hirano
Keita Inagaki
Makito Ishikawa
Lood De Jager
Viliami Afu Kaipouli
Seijun Kawasaki
Yusaku Kihara
Taiki Koyama
Craig Millar
Liam Mitchell
Tomohito Miyakawa
Taichi Niizuma
Shuto Nobuhara
Ryuji Noguchi
Shunsuke Nunomaki
Itsuki Onishi
Tomoki Osada
Tom Parton
Daniel Perez
Dylan Riley
Kenji Sato
Orion Schmok
Kazuma Shimane
Yuji Shimogama
Xavier Stowers
Kantaro Tajima
Yuta Takagi
Koki Takeyama
Hayata Taniyama
Tatsuhiro Tanji
Asaeli Ai Valu
Taniela Vea
Takuya Yamasawa
Kyohei Yamasawa
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