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Hiroki Yamamoto (rugby union)

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Hiroki Yamamoto
Date of birth (1992-11-17) 17 November 1992 (age 31)
Place of birthOsaka, Japan
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb; 209 lb)
SchoolIwami Satoshi Midorikan High School
UniversityUniversity of Tsukuba
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Current team Toshiba Brave Lupus
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015− Toshiba Brave Lupus 12 (15)
Correct as of 15 January 2017
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016− Japan 5 (15)
Correct as of 20 August 2016

Hiroki Yamamoto (山本浩輝, Yamamoto Hiroki, born 17 November 1992) is a Japanese international rugby union player who plays as a flanker.[1] He currently plays for the Toshiba Brave Lupus in Japan's domestic Top League.[2][3]

Club career

Yamamoto has played all of his senior club rugby in Japan with the Toshiba Brave Lupus who he joined in 2015.[2][3][4]

International

Yatabe made his senior international debut in a match against South Korea on April 30, 2016 and featured in 3 more tests against Asian opposition in the spring of 2016 before making a substitute appearance against Scotland in Toyota during the 2016 mid-year rugby union internationals series.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hiroki Yamamoto ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Hiroki Yamamoto Top League Player Profile" (in Japanese). Top League. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Hiroki Yamamoto Toshiba Brave Lupus Player Profile" (in Japanese). Toshiba Sports. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Hiroki Yamamoto itsrugby Player Statistics". itsrugby. Retrieved 20 August 2016.