NTT Shining Arcs

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NTT Shining Arcs
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Full name NTT Communications Shining Arcs
Founded 1976
Location Chiba Prefecture, Kantō, Japan
Ground(s) Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 27,188)
Coach(es) Rob Penney (Head Coach)
Captain(s) Hiraku Tomoigawa
League(s) Top League
2011–12 9th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.ntt.com/rugby/

NTT Shining Arcs is a Rugby Union Team owned by NTT Communications and is part of Japan's Top League Competition. The current coach is Masato Hayashi, the previous Head Coach of Keio University Rugby Team.

The team is based in Ichikawa city, Chiba Prefecture in the Kantō region.

History

The club was founded in 1976. They won promotion to the expanded Top League of 14 teams at the end of the 2009–10 season. They made their Top League debut for the 2010–11 season. After their first season, they finished 12th place with 4 wins and 9 losses. They had to play a play-off to keep themselves in the Top League, in which they beat Canon Eagles 31-19. In the 2011–12 season, they finished in 9th place.

Current squad

The provisional NTT Shining Arcs squad for the 2016–17 Top League season is:[1]

NTT Shining Arcs squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Loose Forwards

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wingers

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

Notable former players

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Home ground

  • NTT Grand Chiba Stadium,[2] Ichikawa, Chiba 717 Futamata

See also

References

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External links

  • [1] - official website
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