Ricoh Black Rams

Ricoh Black Rams is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. Placed 10th in the 2004-2005 season which meant it had to win a play-off against one of the top regional teams to stay in the league, as it did.

Ricoh Black Rams
リコーブラックラムズ
Full nameRicoh Black Rams
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Black Rams
Founded1953
LocationSetagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Ground(s)Various stadiums
Coach(es)Damien Hill
League(s)Top League
2019–208th
1st kit
2nd kit

Slogan for 2006 season: TAFU ("Tough" in English). The acronym stands for Team, Aggression, Faith, Unity.

In January 2008 it was announced that Stephen Larkham will be joining the team next season, but the team was relegated back to the Japan East League where Larkham will begin his career in Japan. In April 2008 Todd Louden was announced as head coach, to be assisted by Pote Human (Daily Yomiuri, April 26, 2008).

Schedule/Results

2005

February 13. Ricoh Black Rams v Toyota Jido Shokki - placed third in the Top League Challenge Series.

Players

Current squad

The Ricoh Black Rams squad for the 2021 season is:[1]

Ricoh Black Rams squad

Props

  • Taichi Chiba
  • Takao Makabe
  • Kazuma Nishi
  • Sotaro Okawa
  • Daigo Sasagawa
  • Kazuhiro Shibata
  • Kenta Tsujii

Hookers

  • Ben Funnell
  • Takei Hinata
  • Kazuhiro Koike
  • Yuki Mori
  • Masashi Onishi

Locks

Loose Forwards

Scrum-halves

  • Matt Lucas
  • Masatoshi Nakamura
  • Toshiya Takahashi
  • Shota Yamamoto
  • Ryuji Yonemura

Fly-halves

  • Toshiki Hamagishi
  • Kohei Horigome
  • Kosuke Kigami
  • Matt McGahan

Centres

  • Daisuke Hamano
  • Ryohei Isoda
  • Yuta Kurihara
  • Aki Makita
  • Joe Tomane

Wingers

  • Amanaki Lotoahea
  • Yusuke Matsumoto
  • Daisuke Nishikawa
  • Netani Vakayalia
  • Masaki Watanabe
  • Tomoya Yamamura
  • Toshiki Yamauchi

Fullbacks

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

Former

Coaches

References
  1. "Ricoh Black Rams: The Team" (in Japanese). Ricoh. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
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