Shining Arcs Tokyo-Bay Urayasu

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Shining Arcs Tokyo-Bay Urayasu
シャイニングアーク東京-ベイ浦安
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Full nameShining Arcs Tokyo-Bay Urayasu
Nickname(s)Shining Arcs
Founded1976
LocationTokyo Bay, Japan
Urayasu, Japan
Ground(s)Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 27,188)
Coach(es)Hugh Reece-Edwards (head coach)
League(s)Japan Rugby League One
20214th, Red Conference
Playoffs
Round of 16
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.ntt.com/rugby/

Shining Arcs Tokyo-Bay Urayasu (formerly NTT Communications Shining Arcs) – commonly known as the Shining Arcs – is a rugby union team owned by NTT Communications and is part of Japan's Top League competition. The team was based in Ichikawa city, Chiba Prefecture in the Kantō region, before rebranding as Shining Arcs Tokyo-Bay Urayasu and moving to Tokyo Bay and Urayasu following the rebranding of the Top League as the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.[1]

History[]

NTT Communications RFC was founded in 1976. They won promotion to the expanded Top League of 14 teams at the end of the 2009–10 season. They made their Top League debut for the 2010–11 season. After their first season, they finished 12th place with 4 wins and 9 losses. They had to play a play-off to keep themselves in the Top League, in which they beat Canon Eagles 31-19. In the 2011–12 season, they finished in 9th place.

Current squad[]

The NTT Communications Shining Arcs squad is for the 2021 season:[2]

NTT Shining Arcs squad

Props

  • Japan
  • Japan
  • New Zealand
  • Japan
  • Japan
  • Japan
  • Japan
  • Korea

Hookers

Locks

Loose Forwards

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

Fullbacks

Utility backs

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player is internationally capped

Notable former players[]

Home ground[]

  • The Shining Arcs' home stadium is the NTT Grand Chiba Stadium in Ichikawa.[3]

See also[]

  • Top League

References[]

  1. ^ "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Members". NTT Shining Arcs. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. ^ "NTT千葉総合運動場グランドのご紹介" [Introduction of NTT Grand Chiba Stadium]. NTT Communications.

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