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Hanazono Kintetsu Liners
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Hanazono Kintetsu Liners rugby team are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kintetsu Corporation which was founded in 1929. They have won the All-Japan Championship three times as an amateur team. Their home is at Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka, Japan, which was also opened in 1929.
Early in 2008 Kintetsu won promotion back to the Top League for the 2008-9 season, and it was announced that former All Blacks coach Peter Sloane would be head coach. After 3 years with Peter Sloane, Ryusuke Maeda become head coach in 2011.
The team rebranded as Hanazono Kintetsu Liners ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.
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Hanazono Kintetsu Liners rugby team are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kintetsu Corporation which was founded in 1929. They have won the All-Japan Championship three times as an amateur team. Their home is at Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka, Japan, which was also opened in 1929.
Early in 2008 Kintetsu won promotion back to the Top League for the 2008-9 season, and it was announced that former All Blacks coach Peter Sloane would be head coach. After 3 years with Peter Sloane, Ryusuke Maeda become head coach in 2011.
The team rebranded as Hanazono Kintetsu Liners ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.
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Table| Number | Name | Nationality | Position | Wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Akauola Manu |  New Zealand | Full-back | - |
| - | Akira Ioane | New Zealand | Back Row | - |
| - | Hiroki Kumoyama |  Japan | Full-back | - |
| - | James Blackwell | New Zealand | Back Row | - |
| - | Jed Brown | New Zealand | Back row | - |
| - | Jose Seru |  Fiji | Back row | - |
| - | Kazuma Matsuda | Japan | Hooker | - |
| - | Keiichi Kaneko | Japan | Hooker | - |
| - | Keitaro Hitora | Japan | Scrum-half | - |
| - | Kensho Kawamura | Japan | Scrum-half | - |
| - | Kenta Tanaka | Japan | Prop | - |
| - | Koji Okamura | Japan | Center | - |
| - | Kota Mitake | Japan | Prop | - |
| - | Mitchell Brown | New Zealand | Back Row | - |
| - | Patrick Stehlin |  Australia | Fly-half | - |
| - | Reiya Ueyama | Japan | Hooker | - |
| - | Ryo Iwakami | Japan | Prop | - |
| - | Ryosuke Kataoka | Japan | Winger | - |
| - | Sam Jeffries |  England | Back row | - |
| - | Sanaila Waqa | Fiji | Lock | - |
| - | Semisi Masirewa | Fiji | Winger | - |
| - | Shintaro Okamoto | Japan | Prop | - |
| - | Shohei Nonaka | Japan | Back row | - |
| - | Simeone Schmidt | Australia | Lock | - |
| - | Taiki Miyashita | Japan | Back row | - |
| - | Takahiro Hayashi | Japan | Winger | - |
| - | Takehito Ekawa | Japan | Center | - |
| - | Timo Sufia |  Samoa | Center | - |
| - | Tom Hendrickson | New Zealand | Center | - |
| - | Tomoya Kimura | Japan | Winger | - |
| - | Will Genia |  Papua New Guinea | Scrum-half | - |
| - | Will Harrison | Australia | Fly-half | - |
| - | Yoshizumi Takeda | Japan | Full-back | - |
| - | Yuchol Mun | Japan | Prop | - |
| - | Yushi Inoue | Japan | Prop | - |
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