HITO-Communications SUNWOLVES
South Africa Tour Members Announcement
TEAM3/12(Sun) 11:55
Japan SR Association (Minato-ku, Tokyo, Chairman: Yuichi Ueno) announces the members for the South Africa tour(5th March ～ 18th March).
Tour Schedule
HITO-Communications SUNWOLVES' South Africa Members
1 PR1 Masataka MIKAMI
2 PR1 Koki YAMAMOTO
3 HO Yusuke NIWAI
4 PR3 Takuma ASAHARA
5 PR3 Heiichiro ITO
6 PR3 Yasuo YAMAJI
7 LO Sam WYKES
8 LO Liaki MOLI
9 LO Kotaro YATABE
10 FL Willem BRITZ
11 FL Edward QUIRK
12 FL Shokei KIN
13 FL Uwe HELU
14 No.8 Yoshitaka TOKUNAGA
15 No.8 Shuhei MATSUHASHI
16 SH Keisuke UCHIDA
17 SH Kaito SHIGENO
18 SO Jumpei OGURA
19 SO Hayden CRIPPS
20 CTB William TUPOU *Leaving Date: 12th March
21 CTB Timothy LAFAELE
22 CTB Derek CARPENTER
23 WTB Shota EMI
24 WTB Takaaki NAKAZURU
25 WTB Kenki FUKUOKA
26 HO Atsushi SAKATE *Joining Date: 7thMarch
27 FB Jamie-Jerry TAULAGI *Joining Date: 9th March
28 CTB Ryohei YAMANAKA *Joining Date: 13th March
2017 SEASON PLAYERS
●Comment of Filo Tiatia Head Coach
Fumiaki Tanaka and Shota Horie will return to Japan on 5th March, Sunday and not be included in the travelling squad to South Africa.
Due to the long season ahead including the national team program both Jamie Joseph and I have been discussing the importance of managing the players and their respective workloads and welfare. Both Fumiaki Tanaka and Shota Horie have had an arduous rugby playing program of late and considering their needs and the balance of the team the plan was always to provide a rest period for these players at this time. This will provide us an opportunity to provide valuable playing time for some of our other valued team members at Hooker and scrum half as well as get these senior players fresh and ready when the national program needs them the most.
The playing group have all bought into our program of selection and availability and this is exciting for some of our developing players.
※Players below will not be included in the travelling squad to South Africa.
1 HO Takeshi HINO:Injury
2 HO Shota HORIE:Conditioning
3 SH Fumiaki TANAKA:Conditioning
4 FB Jamie-Jerry TAULAGI:For operational reasons
Tour Schedule
HITO-Communications SUNWOLVES' South Africa Members
1 PR1 Masataka MIKAMI
2 PR1 Koki YAMAMOTO
3 HO Yusuke NIWAI
4 PR3 Takuma ASAHARA
5 PR3 Heiichiro ITO
6 PR3 Yasuo YAMAJI
7 LO Sam WYKES
8 LO Liaki MOLI
9 LO Kotaro YATABE
10 FL Willem BRITZ
11 FL Edward QUIRK
12 FL Shokei KIN
13 FL Uwe HELU
14 No.8 Yoshitaka TOKUNAGA
15 No.8 Shuhei MATSUHASHI
16 SH Keisuke UCHIDA
17 SH Kaito SHIGENO
18 SO Jumpei OGURA
19 SO Hayden CRIPPS
20 CTB William TUPOU *Leaving Date: 12th March
21 CTB Timothy LAFAELE
22 CTB Derek CARPENTER
23 WTB Shota EMI
24 WTB Takaaki NAKAZURU
25 WTB Kenki FUKUOKA
26 HO Atsushi SAKATE *Joining Date: 7thMarch
27 FB Jamie-Jerry TAULAGI *Joining Date: 9th March
28 CTB Ryohei YAMANAKA *Joining Date: 13th March
2017 SEASON PLAYERS
●Comment of Filo Tiatia Head Coach
Fumiaki Tanaka and Shota Horie will return to Japan on 5th March, Sunday and not be included in the travelling squad to South Africa.
Due to the long season ahead including the national team program both Jamie Joseph and I have been discussing the importance of managing the players and their respective workloads and welfare. Both Fumiaki Tanaka and Shota Horie have had an arduous rugby playing program of late and considering their needs and the balance of the team the plan was always to provide a rest period for these players at this time. This will provide us an opportunity to provide valuable playing time for some of our other valued team members at Hooker and scrum half as well as get these senior players fresh and ready when the national program needs them the most.
The playing group have all bought into our program of selection and availability and this is exciting for some of our developing players.
※Players below will not be included in the travelling squad to South Africa.
1 HO Takeshi HINO:Injury
2 HO Shota HORIE:Conditioning
3 SH Fumiaki TANAKA:Conditioning
4 FB Jamie-Jerry TAULAGI:For operational reasons