Toyota Verblitz












































Toyota Verblitz
トヨタ自動車ヴェルブリッツ
Verblitz.png
Full name Toyota Verblitz
Union Japan Rugby Football Union
Founded 1941
Location
Toyota, Aichi, Japan
Ground(s)
Mizuho Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)
Coach(es) Jake White
League(s) Top League
2018–19 4th

















1st kit














2nd kit




Toyota Verblitz is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. Verblitz is a conflation of verde (Portuguese for 'green') and blitz (German for 'lightning'). The team is owned by Toyota Jidosha (Toyota Motors) and is separate from, and not to be confused with, the Toyota Industries Shuttles rugby team, owned by Toyota Industries. They share Toyota Stadium in the city of Toyota, Aichi with the football club Nagoya Grampus which also used to be owned by Toyota Motors.


Slogan for 2006 season: 克己 Kokki (Self-Control)




Contents






  • 1 Honours


  • 2 Results


  • 3 Current squad


  • 4 Former players


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





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. They lost the Japan Championship final on February 27, 2005 to NEC Green Rockets 13-17.


In August 2005 Verblitz beat Newcastle Falcons at home.
On February 12, 2006 they lost to Waseda University RFC in the Japan Championships, 24-28. This was the first time a Top League team had lost to a university team.



Current squad


The current Toyota Verblitz squad is:[1]











Toyota Verblitz squad

Props




  • Japan Kohei Asahori


  • Japan Runya Che


  • Japan Yoto Ioki


  • Japan Tatsuya Kakimoto


  • Japan Yusuke Kizu


  • Japan Shogo Miura


  • Japan Yōsuke Takahashi


  • Japan Yuji Takei


  • Japan Yuki Uchida


  • Japan Kohei Yoshida


Hookers




  • Japan Yoshikatsu Hikosaka


  • Japan Tomoharu Kawanishi


Locks




  • Japan Mitsuru Furukawa


  • South Africa Reniel Hugo


  • South Africa Jason Jenkins


  • New Zealand Shneil Singh


  • South Africa Carl Wegner



Loose Forwards




  • Japan Ryo Fujii


  • Japan Kazuki Himeno (c)


  • Japan Fetuani Lautaimi


  • Japan Jyoji Sato


  • Tonga Olive Taufa


  • Japan Kyo Yoshida


Scrum-halves




  • Japan Kota Iwamura


  • Japan Takehito Namekawa


  • Japan Kaito Shigeno


Fly-halves




  • South Africa Lionel Cronjé


  • Japan Ryota Kabashima


  • Japan Kim Jonon



Centres




  • Japan Yuta Haruyama


  • Japan Taiki Masuda


  • Japan Yuki Okada


  • Japan Male Sa'u


  • Japan Keita Suzuki


  • South Africa Clinton Swart


  • Fiji Vatiliai Tuidraki


  • New Zealand Steven Yates


Wingers




  • Japan Jamie Henry


  • Japan Masakatsu Hikosaka


  • Japan Seiyu Kohara


  • Japan Dai Ozawa


Fullbacks




  • South Africa Gio Aplon


  • Japan Yoshizumi Takeda




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


Former players




  • Troy Flavell - lock (now in France with Bayonne)


  • Tamaiti Horua - No. 8 (formerly Brumbies), now Western Force in 2008 season

  • Orene Aii


  • Filo Tiatia - No. 8 (now in Wales with the Ospreys}


  • Dominic Day - Lock (Now playing for Saracens in the English Premiership]])



References





  1. ^ "Toyota Verblitz: The Team" (in Japanese). Toyota Verblitz. Retrieved 11 February 2019..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}




External links



  • Toyota Verblitz - official site











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