| Toyota Verblitz トヨタ自動車ヴェルブリッツ |
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| Full name | Toyota Verblitz | |||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1941 | |||||||||||||||||
| Union | Japan Rugby Football Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | Toyota, Aichi, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Ground(s) | Toyota Sports Centre | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Eiji Kuchiki | |||||||||||||||||
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Toyota Verblitz is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Japan Rugby Football Union ( JRFU; 日本ラグビーフットボール協会 Nihon Ragubi- Futtobo-ru Kyo-kai) is the governing body for Rugby union ||-||-||} is a city located in the Mikawa region of Aichi, Japan, east of Nagoya. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short In an effort to drive up the overall standard and popularity within Japan of Japanese rugby and improve the results of the Japan national rugby union team, the Japan Rugby Football Verblitz is a conflation of verde (Italian for 'green') and blitz (German for 'lightning'). The team is owned by Toyota Jidosha (Toyota Motors) and is separate from the Toyota Jido Shokki rugby team. (pronounced) is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Japan, and is currently the world's largest Automaker. Toyota Jido Shokki (also called Toyota Industries as distinct from Toyota which has now been renamed Toyota Verblitz) is a Japanese rugby team owned by Toyota
Slogan for 2006 season: 克己 Kokki (Self-Control)
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Honours
- All-Japan Championship
- Champions: 1969, 1968, 1987
- Runner-up: 2007
Results
Verblitz (surprisingly given the team's pedigree) failed to make the cut for the first season of the Top League (2003-4) but entered the Top League in the second season and were a contender for the second Microsoft Cup. The All-Japan Rugby Football Championship (日本ラグビーフットボール選手権大会 Nihon Ragubi- Futtobo-ru Senshuken Taikai) is played at the end of the season and In an effort to drive up the overall standard and popularity within Japan of Japanese rugby and improve the results of the Japan national rugby union team, the Japan Rugby Football The Microsoft Cup is a knock-out Japanese Rugby union tournament sponsored by Microsoft Japan, first played in February 2004 They lost the Japan Championship final on February 27, 2005 to NEC Green Rockets 13-17. Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. NEC Green Rockets is a Japanese Rugby union team in the Top League.
In August 2005 Verblitz beat Newcastle Falcons at home. The Newcastle Falcons is a Rugby union team currently playing in the Guinness Premiership. On February 12, 2006 they lost to Waseda University RFC in the Japan Championships, 24-28. Waseda University RFC was founded in 1918 It is one of the top Rugby union clubs for students in Japan together with Kanto Gakuin University RFC, Keio University This was the first time a Top League team had lost to a university team. In an effort to drive up the overall standard and popularity within Japan of Japanese rugby and improve the results of the Japan national rugby union team, the Japan Rugby Football
Current Players
- Ippei Asada - scrum half, captain
- Aston Crawford - back row
- Kosuke Endo - wing, Japan
- Keiji Hirose - veteran fly half
- Takashi Kikutani - back row
- Toshizumi Kitagawa - lock
- Tatsuya Kusumi - centre
- Yusuke Kuromiya - centre
- Sekove Leawere - wing
- Hiroki Mizuno - wing, Japan
- Daniel Quate - flanker/lock (formerly Highlanders)
- William Ryder - Fijian sevens player
- Kenji Shomen - fly half, formerly full back
- Tomoaki Taniguchi - lock
- Masato Toyoda
- Masahiko Toyoyama - prop
Former Players
- Troy Flavell - lock (now back in New Zealand with the Blues)
- Tamaiti Horua - No. Kosuke Endo (born November 11 1980 in Nakashibetsu Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese Rugby union player Keiji Hirose (born April 16, 1973 in Osaka) is a former rugby union footballer from Japan The Highlanders (formerly known as Otago Highlanders) are a New Zealand Rugby union team based in Dunedin that compete in the Super 14. William Ryder (born 6 June 1982) is a Fijian Rugby union footballer Troy Vandem Flavell (born 4 November 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand Rugby union player The Blues, formerly the Auckland Blues, are a professional New Zealand Rugby union franchise based in Auckland New Zealand which represents 8 (formerly Brumbies), now Western Force in 2008 season
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- Filo Tiatia - No. The Brumbies (formerly known as the ACT Brumbies, for sponsorship reasons referred to as CA Brumbies) are a Super 14 Rugby union team Western Force is a Rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super 14 competition Filogia Ian "Filo" Tiatia (born 4 June 1971 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a New Zealand international Rugby union footballer 8 (now in Wales with the Ospreys}
External links
- Toyota Verblitz - official site
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