NEC Green Rockets

NEC Green Rockets
NECグリーンロケッツ

Full name	NEC Green Rockets
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Green Rockets
Founded	1985
Location	Abiko, Chiba, Japan
Ground(s)	NEC Abiko Ground
Coach(es)	Teruyoshi Takaiwa
Team kit 2nd kit

NEC Green Rockets is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. The team's captain is Ryota Asano. The previous captain was Takuro Miuchi, who is currently the captain of the Japan national rugby union team. Before the semi-professional Top League was created, the team was just known as "NEC". The amateur club was founded in 1985 in the Kantō region.

NEC Green Rockets won the All-Japan Championship final for the second time on February 27, 2005, beating Toyota Verblitz 17-13. They drew 6-6 with Toshiba Brave Lupus in the 43rd Japan Championship final on February 26, 2006 after an effective defensive effort and the sin-binning of Glen Marsh in the last ten minutes of the game.

Honours

• All-Japan Championship
  • Champions: 2005, 2006 (with Toshiba Brave Lupus)

2011-12 Squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

Player Position Union Masao Amino Hooker Japan Takaharu Yamamoto Hooker Japan Yosuke Usui Hooker Japan Yuichi Hisadomi Prop Japan Nobuji Saito Prop Japan Yuta Inose Prop Japan Atsushi Kataoka Prop Japan Naoto Yoshimura Prop Japan Takahiro Doi Prop Japan Tsuyoshi Kinoshita Lock Japan Takanori Kumagae Lock Japan Tomowo Yasuda Lock Japan Taira Sato Lock Japan Shigeaki Gen Lock Japan Taku Hirosawa Lock Japan Semisi Naevo Flanker Fiji Ryota Asano Flanker Japan Ken Hidaka Flanker Japan Nili Latu Flanker Tonga Takahisa Miyamoto Flanker Japan Dean Budd Flanker New Zealand Taro Kenjyou Flanker Japan Takuro Miuchi Number 8 Japan Masaaki Isooka Number 8 Japan Makoto Tosa Number 8 Japan

Player Position Union Kyohei Fujito Scrum-half Japan Ahn Senghyuk Scrum-half Korea Tsukuru Nishida Scrum-half Japan Takeshi Matsuo Fly-half Japan Eiji Ando Fly-half Japan Ryo Uchida Fly-half Japan Yuya Mizuta Centre Japan Masato Inoue Centre Japan Bryce Robins Centre Japan Siuperi Lokotui Centre New Zealand Shigeki Morita Centre Japan Tsutomu Sakuraya Centre Japan Anthony Tuitavake Centre New Zealand ShindouKamaike Wing Japan Koichiro Kubota Wing Japan Koichi Ohigashi Wing Japan Hayato Sezaki Wing Japan Koshiro Syuto Wing Japan Hidefumi Yamamoto Wing Japan Keiji Takei Fullback Japan Hiromasa Yoshihiro Fullback Japan

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Former players

• John Kirwan - before the Top League started, head coach of Japan national rugby union team
• Kiyonori Okano
• Takayuki Higo - coach
• George Konia
• Glen Marsh

See also

• Microsoft Cup

References

External links

• NEC, Toshiba share title, Daily Yomiuri, February 27, 2006
• NEC Green Rockets - official site
• Rugby gods smile on Green Rockets, Japan Times February 28, 2005

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