2018 Sunwolves season

In 2018, the Sunwolves participated in the 2018 Super Rugby competition, the 23rd edition of the competition since its inception in 1996. They were included in the Australian Conference of the competition, along with the , , and .

Personnel

Coaches and management

The Sunwolves coaching and management staff for the 2018 Super Rugby season were:

2018 Sunwolves coaches and management Name Title Jamie Joseph Head coach Tony Brown Assistant coach (attack coach) Scott Hansen Assistant coach (defence coach) Shin Hasegawa Assistant coach (scrum coach) Atsushi Tanabe Assistant coach (skills coach)

Squad

The following players were named in the Sunwolves squad for the 2018 Super Rugby season:

2018 Sunwolves squad Player Club Position/s Date of birth (age) Super Rugby Sunwolves Apps Pts Apps Pts Panasonic Wild Knights Prop 0 0 0 0 (short-term) Toshiba Brave Lupus Prop 25 0 25 0 — Hooker 0 0 0 0 NTT Shining Arcs Number 8 37 10 12 10 — Centre 35 10 0 0 Panasonic Wild Knights Wing 9 20 9 20 Panasonic Wild Knights Fullback 0 0 0 0 Kubota Spears Lock 55 10 0 0 Yamaha Júbilo Lock 10 5 10 5 Toyota Verblitz Lock 0 0 0 0 (short-term) Yamaha Júbilo Hooker 9 10 9 10 Panasonic Wild Knights Hooker 34 20 15 15 Panasonic Wild Knights Prop 18 0 17 0 Suntory Sungoliath Prop 0 0 0 0 NTT Shining Arcs Wing 0 0 0 0 — Prop 0 0 0 0 Honda Heat Prop 6 0 6 0 Kubota Spears Flanker 50 35 0 0 Coca-Cola Red Sparks Centre 9 22 9 22 Toyota Verblitz Number 8 0 0 0 0 Toshiba Brave Lupus Number 8 34 35 0 0 Honda Heat Wing 0 0 0 0 Mitsubishi Dynaboars Centre 0 0 0 0 Suntory Sungoliath Lock 10 0 10 0 Kintetsu Liners Wing 17 0 0 0 Panasonic Wild Knights Centre 0 0 0 0 Suntory Sungoliath Scrum-half 14 0 9 0 — Prop 10 0 0 0 Toshiba Brave Lupus Lock 0 0 0 0 Suntory Sungoliath Centre 0 0 0 0 Suntory Sungoliath Scrum-half 0 0 0 0 Suntory Sungoliath Centre 0 0 0 0 Suntory Sungoliath Flanker 0 0 0 0 Canon Eagles Hooker 10 0 10 0 Tokai University Fullback 0 0 0 0 Panasonic Wild Knights Flanker 4 0 4 0 — Fly-half 30 101 0 0 Canon Eagles Flanker 63 10 24 5 Ricoh Black Rams Fullback 44 69 0 0 Panasonic Wild Knights Hooker 5 0 5 0 Canon Eagles Wing 0 0 0 0 Toyota Verblitz Scrum-half 18 10 18 10 Canon Eagles Fly-half 24 79 24 79 Panasonic Wild Knights Scrum-half 53 15 7 5 Kubota Spears Centre 15 5 15 5 Kubota Spears Centre 0 0 0 0 Toshiba Brave Lupus Number 8 6 5 6 5 Coca-Cola Red Sparks Centre 21 10 8 5 Panasonic Wild Knights Scrum-half 11 5 11 5 Yamaha Júbilo Wing 57 70 0 0 NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes Flanker / lock 19 30 0 0 Munakata Sanix Blues Prop 5 0 0 0 NTT Shining Arcs Flanker 7 10 7 10 Ricoh Black Rams Prop 0 0 0 0 Panasonic Wild Knights Lock 100 25 13 10 Panasonic Wild Knights Wing 10 45 10 45 Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 17 February 2018, the date of the opening round of the competition.

Standings

Round-by-round

The table below shows the Sunwolves' progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position:

Team R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 QF SF Final Opposition Bye Bye Bye Cumulative Points 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 6 10 10 10 14 14 14 Position (overall) N/A 12th 14th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th 15th Position (Aus Conf.) N/A 4th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th 5th Key: win draw loss bye

Matches

The Sunwolves played the following matches during the 2018 Super Rugby season:

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Sunwolves in 2018 is as follows:

2018 Sunwolves player statistics Player name QF SF F App Try Con Pen DG Pts 1 17 1 17 17 17 17 7 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 18 3 3 3 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 19 4 19 5 7 1 0 0 0 5 5 5 19 5 5 5 5 5 6 19 5 11 2 0 0 0 10 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 19 11 2 0 0 0 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 1 0 0 0 5 8 5 8 20 8 20 8 6 6 8 10 1 0 0 0 5 9 9 21 9 21 9 9 21 21 9 21 9 9 13 0 0 0 0 0 10 15 23 22 15 5 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 11 23 14 14 11 11 8 7 0 0 0 35 12 12 22 22 22 12 23 23 23 9 1 6 1 0 20 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 9 2 0 0 0 10 14 14 14 23 11 11 14 7 2 0 0 0 10 15 23 23 15 13 13 13 15 8 1 0 0 0 5 16 16 16 2 16 16 2 16 2 2 16 11 1 0 0 0 5 17 1 1 1 17 1 1 1 1 1 17 1 1 1 1 1 16 1 0 0 0 5 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 19 19 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 11 0 0 0 0 0 20 8 20 7 20 20 20 7 7 8 7 7 7 13 2 0 0 0 10 21 21 9 21 21 9 9 21 9 21 21 21 12 0 0 0 0 0 22 10 22 22 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 13 3 26 22 1 136 23 13 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 8 6 6 6 6 6 8 1 0 0 0 5 11 11 13 23 15 15 6 2 3 1 0 19 14 14 11 11 11 5 2 0 0 0 10 16 16 16 16 2 5 1 0 0 0 5 18 3 18 3 3 3 3 3 3 9 0 0 0 0 0 20 7 6 20 6 6 6 6 20 20 8 11 0 0 0 0 0 22 10 10 22 12 12 6 0 0 1 0 3 23 23 15 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 16 16 16 16 16 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 9 21 9 9 9 5 1 0 0 0 5 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 12 12 13 13 3 0 0 0 15 15 15 15 15 15 5 1 1 0 0 7 17 17 17 17 17 17 1 17 8 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 3 18 18 18 3 18 18 18 10 1 0 0 0 5 19 5 19 19 19 19 4 19 5 9 1 0 0 0 5 5 19 19 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 22 22 22 6 0 2 2 0 10 14 14 14 23 23 15 23 14 14 14 10 2 0 0 0 10 18 18 18 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 14 11 4 1 0 0 0 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 19 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 8 20 20 20 5 1 0 0 0 5 21 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 22 15 2 1 0 0 0 5 23 1 1 0 0 0 5 22 22 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 penalty try – 2 – – – 14 Total 16 48 38 27 1 404

(c) denotes the team captain. For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 22. If a replacement made an appearance in the match, it is indicated by . "App" refers to the number of appearances made by the player, "Try" to the number of tries scored by the player, "Kck" to the number of points scored via kicks (conversions, penalties or drop goals) and "Pts" refer to the total number of points scored by the player.

Takeshi Hino, Daishi Murata and Masakatsu Nishikawa did not make any appearances.

See also

Sunwolves 2018 Super Rugby season

References