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The Kobelco Kobe Steelers are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kobe Steel, and based in Kobe. They were the first ever Top League champions when the League started in the 2003-2004 season. The team rebranded as Kobelco Kobe Steelers ahead of the rebranding of the Top League to the Japan Rugby League One in 2022.
Honours
Top League:
Champions: 2003–04, 2018-19
Personnel
= Current management team
== Current squad
=The Kobelco Kobe Steelers squad for the 2024-25 season is:
Past players
Yuta Imamura (2007-19, 124 games) Centre, Japanese international (2006-13, 39 caps)
Itaru Taniguchi (2008-21, 148 games) Loose forward, Japanese international (2010-11, 10 caps)
Shoji Ito (2009-18, 104 games) Lock, Japanese international (2012-15, 36 caps)
= Japanese players
=Toshiyuki Hayashi
Ian Williams
Seiji Hirao
Yuya Saito
Kensuke Iwabuchi
Daisuke Ohata
Andrew Miller
Atsushi Oyagi
Kensuke Iwabuchi
= Foreign players
=Brodie Retallick
Andy Ellis
Dan Carter
Adam Ashley-Cooper
Aaron Cruden
Andries Bekker
Jacque Fourie
Ron Cribb
Dave Bickle
Mark Egan
Simon Wensley
Pierre Hola
Peter Grant
Thinus Delport
Ben Smith
Lukhanyo Am
Hayden Parker
References
External links
Steelers upset Green Rockets in Microsoft Cup - Japan Times, January 24, 2005
https://www.kobesteelers.com/ Kobelco Steelers] official site
Top League official site
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Kobe Steel
- Stadion Noevir Kobe
- Kobelco Kobe Steelers
- Kobe Steel
- Noevir Stadium Kobe
- Steelers (disambiguation)
- Lui Naeata
- Bryn Gatland
- Lee Seung-sin
- Dan Carter
- Brodie Retallick
- Sefo Kautai
