also known as Mitsubishi Juko Sagamihara Rugby Club, are a Japanese

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team based in

Sagamihara is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 723,470, with 334,812 households, and a population density of 1,220 persons per km2. The total area of the city is . Sagamihara is the third-most-populous city ...

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. The owner of this club is

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the prede ...

. The club was founded in 1981. It came second in the Top East 10 league in 2004-5 and entered the Top League challenge series play-off. The club won the Top East 11 league in 2006–07 and entered the

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in 2007–08. The team was named Dynaboars (a conflation of "dynamic" and "boars") as part of their promotion to the Top League; however, they were demoted at the end of the season. The Dynaboars signed ex-Wales international and IRB World Player of the Year 2008

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in 2012, retiring in 2014.

Players

Current squad

The Mitsubishi Sagamihara DynaBoars squad for the 2024-25 season is:

Former players

* Simon Kasprowicz - lock * Blair Urlich - No. 8 * Kohei Matsui - center three-quarter back *

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- lock * Isma-eel Dollie - Flyhalf *

– Wing *

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- Flyhalf * David Milo - No. 8 * Hamish Gard inside centre

Coaches

Current coaching staff

References

External links

Mitsubishi Dynaboars
- official page (Japanese) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Sports clubs and teams in Kanagawa Prefecture Rugby in Kantō Rugby clubs established in 1981 1981 establishments in Japan Japan Rugby League One teams {{rugbyunion-team-stub