Waseda University Rugby Football Club
Full name | Waseda University Rugby Football Club | |
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Union | JRFU | |
Nickname(s) | Waseda | |
Founded | 1918 | |
Chairman | Yoichi Shimada | |
Coach(es) | Daigo Yamashita | |
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Official website | ||
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Waseda University R.F.C. was founded in 1918. It is one of the top rugby union clubs for students in Japan, together with , and .
It is the representative club of Waseda University and has produced many players for the Japan national rugby union team.
Notable victories[]
- 1966 - Waseda win their first All-Japan Rugby Football Championship and the University championship rugby title.
- 1971 - Waseda win their second All-Japan Rugby Football Championship, beating 30-16.
- 1972 - Waseda win their third All-Japan Rugby Football Championship, beating 14-11.
- 1988 - Waseda win their fourth All-Japan Rugby Football Championship, beating 22-16.
- Waseda, coached by Katsuyuki Kiyomiya, beat Toyota Verblitz 28-24 in the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship at Chichibunomiya on February 12, 2006. It was thus the first Japanese university to beat a Top League team. (In the semi-final Waseda lost to Toshiba Brave Lupus 0-43.)
Players[]
Past[]
- Katsuyuki Kiyomiya
- Hiroaki Shukuzawa - Japan national rugby union team coach
- Katsuhiko Oku - diplomat
- Yoshiro Mori - former Prime Minister
Coaches[]
- Onishi Tetsunosuke
- Katsuyuki Kiyomiya (2001-2006). He was formerly a player for Waseda and Suntory. In February 2006 a book was published by him in Japanese entitled Kyukyoku no Shori:Ultimate Crush ISBN 4-06-213271-0 He has been hugely successful with Waseda. The book has been translated into English. See here.
- Ryuji Nakatake (2006-
See also[]
References[]
- ULTIMATE CRUSH: Waseda University Rugby, Leadership and Building the Strongest Winning Team in Japan by Katsuyuki Kiyomiya, translated into English by Ian Ruxton (September 2006) ISBN 978-1-4303-0321-3
External links[]
- Katsuyuki Kiyomiya
- Waseda University R.F.C. - official website
Categories:
- Japanese rugby union teams
- Rugby in Kantō
- University and college rugby union clubs
- Waseda University