Munakata Sanix Blues

Munakata Sanix Blues
宗像サニックスブルース
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Full name	Munakata Sanix Blues
Union	Japan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)	Blues
Founded	1994
Location	Munakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Ground(s)	Various stadiums
Coach(es)	Yuichiro Fujii
League(s)	Top League
2018–19	13th
1st kit	2nd kit

Munakata Sanix Blues (宗像サニックスブルース, Munakata Sanikkusu Burūsu), formerly Fukuoka Sanix Blues and Fukuoka Sanix Bombs, is a Japanese rugby union team based in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Founded in April 1994 (Heisei 6), the team rose rapidly through the Kyūshū leagues and was in the Top League for the first season (2003-4) as Kyūshū's sole representative, but lost a relegation battle with Kintetsu Liners 42-45 and was demoted. But Sanix managed to return to the Top League for the 2005-6 season, beating Secom Rugguts and Toyota Jido Shokki in the Top League Challenge Series 2005.

Current squad

The Munakata Sanix Blues squad for the 2021 season is:^[1]

Munakata Sanix Blues squad
Props Jarred Adams Shin Dong-won Kazuki Kato Shogo Murakami Paddy Ryan Shun Sasaki Shun Terawaki Hookers Kota Kumamoto Nozomi Kuraya Wang Kyung-mun Tatsuya Miyazaki Locks Mark Abbott Ryuichiro Fukutsubo Akinori Hirota James Moore Toshihiro Nishii Dallas Tatana Keita Terada	Loose Forwards Sam Chongkit Michi Kanado Dan Pryor Satoshi Tsuruoka Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco Scrum-halves Tatsuya Fujii Kohei Hamazato Kota Kinoshita Fly-halves Rinto Kagawa Kosei Ono Hiroshi Tashiro	Centres Tim Bennetts Jason Emery Karne Hesketh Yuta Imamura Keito Moribayashi Wang Soo-young Tonisio Vaihu Hiroki Yamada Outside backs Lomano Lemeki Chikara Morita Binjamin Ray Yagi Kyoji Takano

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

Former players

Graeme Bachop
Jamie Joseph
John Leslie
Matua Parkinson - blindside flanker
Bad Luck Fale
Damian Karauna - utility backuben Parkinson]] - centre
Jacques Potgieter - flank

Home ground

Global Arena (The Sanix company is involved in the running of the Global Arena in Munakata, which is also the venue for the annual Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament held in May between eight top Japanese and eight top foreign high school teams from various countries.)
Sanix Genkai Ground, Kamiminato, Munakata, Fukuoka.

Mascot

The former mascot's name was Bombee. He was a cartoon-style dog with floppy ears who wore the Sanix rugby kit and a scrum cap. He was no longer used when the team name changed from Bombs to Blues.

References

^ "The Team". Munakata Sanix Blues. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

External links

Template:Munakata Sanix Blues squad

[The_Team-1] "The Team". Munakata Sanix Blues. Retrieved 29 November 2018.

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