In 2016, the Sunwolves participated in the 2016 Super Rugby competition, their first ever appearance in the competition. They were included in the Africa 1 Conference of the competition, along with the , and .

Personnel

Coaches and management

The Sunwolves coaching and management staff for the 2016 Super Rugby season were:

2016 Sunwolves coaches and management Position Name Head coach Assistant coaches

Squad

The following players were named in the Sunwolves squad for the 2016 Super Rugby season:

2016 Sunwolves squad Player Club Position/s Date of birth (age) Super Rugby Sunwolves Apps Pts Apps Pts Toyota Verblitz Flanker – – – – Coca-Cola Red Sparks Hooker – – – – Toshiba Brave Lupus Prop – – – – — Lock – – – – Toyota Verblitz Centre – – – – — Flanker – – – – Tokai University Prop – – – – Suntory Sungoliath Scrum-half – – – – Panasonic Wild Knights Hooker 18 5 – – NEC Green Rockets Lock – – – – Panasonic Wild Knights Prop 1 0 – – Kubota Spears Scrum-half – – – – Suntory Sungoliath Prop – – – – NTT Shining Arcs Flanker – – – – Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers Hooker – – – – Panasonic Wild Knights Winger – – – – Takushoku University Prop – – – – Toshiba Brave Lupus Lock – – – – Munakata Sanix Blues Number eight – – – – — Number eight 1 0 – – — Winger – – – – Suntory Sungoliath Lock – – – – Toshiba Brave Lupus Prop – – – – — Lock 24 5 – – Toshiba Brave Lupus Hooker – – – – NEC Green Rockets Flanker – – – – Toshiba Brave Lupus Lock – – – – NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes Centre – – – – Suntory Sungoliath Fly-half 18 8 – – — Flanker 39 5 – – Panasonic Wild Knights Fullback – – – – NEC Green Rockets Scrum-half – – – – — Winger – – – – NEC Green Rockets Fly-half – – – – Kubota Spears Fly-half – – – – Canon Eagles Lock – – – – — Fullback 49 85 – – Panasonic Wild Knights Winger – – – – Yamaha Júbilo Prop – – – – Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers Centre – – – – Toyota Industries Shuttles Fullback – – – – Yamaha Júbilo Scrum-half – – – – Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 27 February 2016, the date of the opening round of the competition.

Log

Matches

The Sunwolves played the following matches during the 2016 Super Rugby season:

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Sunwolves in 2016 is as follows:

2016 Sunwolves player statistics Player name App Try Kck Pts Keita Inagaki 1 1 1 1 1 17 1 17 1 1 10 0 0 0 Shota Horie 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 16 16 2 12 3 0 15 Shinnosuke Kakinaga 3 3 18 18 3 18 18 3 3 3 3 18 3 3 3 15 0 0 0 Tim Bond 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 1 0 5 Hitoshi Ono 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 19 4 4 4 12 0 0 0 Liaki Moli 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 14 1 0 5 Andrew Durutalo 7 7 7 7 7 20 7 7 7 7 7 7 12 1 0 5 Ed Quirk 8 8 8 20 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 15 0 0 0 Atsushi Hiwasa 9 9 9 21 9 21 9 9 8 0 0 0 Tusi Pisi 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 22 11 2 95 105 Yasutaka Sasakura 11 11 23 23 23 23 23 15 11 11 11 9 1 0 5 Yu Tamura 12 12 12 12 12 10 22 22 22 22 22 10 10 10 10 15 0 27 27 Harumichi Tatekawa 13 13 13 13 13 22 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 1 0 5 Akihito Yamada 14 14 14 11 11 11 14 14 14 14 10 9 0 45 Riaan Viljoen 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 23 15 15 15 15 2 6 16 Masataka Mikami 16 17 17 17 17 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 17 14 0 0 0 Takeshi Kizu 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 2 2 16 2 2 2 12 0 0 0 Koki Yamamoto 18 1 0 0 0 Shinya Makabe 19 19 19 19 19 4 6 0 0 0 Yoshiya Hosoda 20 20 6 6 20 19 20 6 20 19 19 19 20 20 13 0 0 0 Kaito Shigeno 21 21 21 9 9 21 21 9 9 21 9 11 1 0 5 Derek Carpenter 22 22 22 12 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 5 0 25 Hajime Yamashita 23 23 14 14 3 0 0 0 Takuma Asahara 18 3 3 18 3 3 18 18 18 18 3 18 18 18 14 0 0 0 Mifiposeti Paea 23 11 22 23 13 11 11 23 23 23 11 14 22 12 13 3 0 15 Tomás Leonardi 20 8 21 8 6 5 0 0 0 Viliami Lolohea 14 14 14 14 14 5 0 0 0 Futoshi Mori 16 16 16 16 16 4 0 0 0 Yuki Yatomi 21 22 9 9 21 21 9 21 9 21 10 2 0 10 Koo Ji-won 17 17 17 17 17 17 4 0 0 0 Fa'atiga Lemalu 19 19 5 5 5 5 4 19 5 9 1 0 5 Taiyo Ando 20 20 20 20 20 7 7 7 7 0 0 0 John Stewart 11 11 11 3 0 0 0 Daisuke Inoue 21 1 0 0 0 Naohiro Kotaki 5 5 19 3 0 0 0 Shokei Kin 20 23 2 0 0 0 Ryohei Yamanaka 22 22 2 0 0 0 Kentaro Kodama 23 1 0 0 0 Total 15 33 128 293

Squad members Ryuhei Arita, Shohei Hirano, Tsuyoshi Murata and Kazuhiko Usami made no appearances in the competition.

See also

Sunwolves 2016 Super Rugby season

References