Waseda University Rugby Football Club

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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 Kanto Gakuin University RFC. It is the representative club of Waseda University and has produced many players for the Japan national rugby union team.

Contents

1 Notable victories
2 Players

2.1 Past

3 Coaches
4 See also
5 External links

Notable victories

Waseda beat Toyota Verblitz 28-24 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

Hiroaki Shukuzawa - the Japan national rugby union team's most successful coach so far
Katsuhiko Oku - diplomat
Yoshiro Mori - former Prime Minister

Coaches

[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 [Kuukyoku no Shori:Ultimate Crush] ISBN 4062132710 He has been hugely successful with Waseda.

Ryuji Nakatake (2006-

External links

[Waseda University R.F.C.] - official website
['Walkout' puts JRFU discord on display] - Daily Yomiuri, May 15, 2006