Sunwolves v Lions Rnd 1 2016

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Match: Sunwolves v Lions @ Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
Date: Saturday 27 February 2016
Kick-Off: 13:15 local (15:15 AEDT )
Referee: Ben O'Keeffe
AR1: Shuhei Kubo
AR2: Aki Aso
TMO: Takashi Hareda

Sunwolves
15 Riaan Viljoen
14 Akihito Yamada
13 Harumichi Tatekawa
12 Yu Tamura
11 Yasutaka Sasakura
10 Tusi Pisi
9 Atsushi Hiwasa
8 Edward Quirk
7 Andrew Durutalo
6 Liaki Moli
5 Hitoshi Ono
4 Timothy Vond
3 Shinnosuke Kakinaga
2 Shota Horie (c)
1 Keith Inagaki.

Replacements : 16 Masataka Mikami, 17 Takeshi Kizu, 18 Koki Yamamoto, 19 Shinya Makabe, 20 Yoshiya Hosoda, 21 Kaito Shigeno, 22 Derek Carpenter, 23 Hajime Yamashata.

Lions
15 Andries Coetzee
14 Ruan Combrinck
13 Lionel Mapoe
12 Howard Mnisi
11 Courtnall Skosan
10 Elton Jantjies
9 Faf de Klerk
8 Warren Whiteley (c)
7 Warwick Tecklenburg
6 Jaco Kriel
5 Franco Mostert
4 Andries Ferreira
3 Julian Redelinghuys
2 Robbie Coetzee
1 Ruan Dreyer

Substitutes: 16 Malcolm Marx 17 Dylan Smith, 18 Jacques van Rooyen, 19 Robert Kruger, 20 Ruan Ackermann, 21 Jaco van der Walt, 22 Harold Vorster, 23 Rohan Janse van Rensburg

Springbok flyhalf Marnitz Boshoff has been dumped by the Emirates Lions team ahead of their three-week tour of Japan and New Zealand this week.

Interesting to note that the 2 AR's and TMO are all Japanese.

 

[TOCC]

If anyone remembers this pitch from the Top League GF a few weeks ago it was in horrible condition, looks like they have worked hard to improve it but still looks pretty average on the fringes.

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Spot the Aussie!!!!!!

 

[Scoey]

Sunwolves
15 Riaan Viljoen
14 Akihito Yamada
13 Harumichi Tatekawa
12 Yu Tamura
11 Yasutaka Sasakura
10 Tusi Pisi
9 Atsushi Hiwasa
8 Edward Quirk
7 Andrew Durutalo
6 Liaki Moli
5 Hitoshi Ono
4 Timothy Vond
3 Shinnosuke Kakinaga
2 Shota Horie (c)
1 Keith Inagaki.

Edward Quirk?!?! Did his mother write the team sheet?

 

[RugbyReg]

and he's in trouble for moving away from Brisbane!

 

[mst]

The Japanese love to it formally, and properly.

I can wait to hear the ground announcer read the players names as they run out - especially the Saffa players names!!!

 

[Forcefield]

I'd be surprised if both the Sunwolves and the Kings don't get towelled by 30+.

 

[yourmatesam]

I'm just keen to see the Sunwolves mascot "Pinging" get around the ground. I'm really looking forward to this game, it will be interesting to see what they bring to the table.

 

[Omar Comin']

I just hope the Sunwolves don't get hammered. I think on paper they could be competitive with a team like the Lions, but having only a couple of weeks together before the season is such a huge disadvantage.

 

[mst]

It would be great to see them be competitive. Looks like they are going to have a pretty decent following, jerseys have apparently sold out at both the ground and Canterbury shops.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

Anyone seen anything on how ticket sales are going?

 

[Omar Comin']

Anyone seen anything on how ticket sales are going?

I've heard this first home game is sold out. Apparently the jerseys too.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

So ~27K. Great effort first up, there's NZ teams that can't get that many to front & we're supposedly all mad keen on the game.

I expect thevLions to win, hopefully the Sunwolves at least do enough to keep most of those ~27K coming back.

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

So ~27K. Great effort first up, there's NZ teams that can't get that many to front & we're supposedly all mad keen on the game.

I expect thevLions to win, hopefully the Sunwolves at least do enough to keep most of those ~27K coming back.

Evidently the first few home games are sold out. Good start for the franchise.

 

[waiopehu oldboy]

^^^^^^^^^^^ including those in Singapore, no doubt

 

[Omar Comin']

I don't think the Singapore games are sold out. It's a big stadium in Singapore, and I doubt many there would feel a true affiliation with the team.

 

[Crashy]

Massive crowd have turned up. great to see. Horrid scrum tho.

 

[WorkingClassRugger]

^^^^^^^^^^^ including those in Singapore, no doubt

Sorry, I meant the games in Tokyo.