2016 Sunwolves season

Sunwolves

2016 season
Head coach	Mark Hammett
Captain	Shota Horie
Stadium	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore
overall	18th
South African Group	8th
Africa 1 Conference	4th
Record	Won 1, Drew 1, Lost 13
Top try scorer	All: Akihito Yamada (9)
Top points scorer	All: Tusi Pisi (105)
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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 Bulls, Cheetahs and Stormers.

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	Mark Hammett
Assistant coaches	Nathan Mauger
	Chris Milsted
	Takuro Miuchi
	Atsushi Tanabe
	Wayne Taylor
	Filo Tiatia

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
Taiyo Ando	Toyota Verblitz	Flanker	(1987-08-22)22 August 1987 (aged 28)	–	–	–	–
Ryuhei Arita	Coca-Cola Red Sparks	Hooker	(1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Takuma Asahara	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Prop	(1987-09-07)7 September 1987 (aged 28)	–	–	–	–
Tim Bond	—	Lock	(1989-10-25)25 October 1989 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Derek Carpenter	Toyota Verblitz	Centre	(1988-07-26)26 July 1988 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Andrew Durutalo	—	Flanker	(1987-10-25)25 October 1987 (aged 28)	–	–	–	–
Shohei Hirano	Tokai University	Prop	(1993-08-03)3 August 1993 (aged 22)	–	–	–	–
Atsushi Hiwasa	Suntory Sungoliath	Scrum-half	(1987-05-22)22 May 1987 (aged 28)	–	–	–	–
Shota Horie	Panasonic Wild Knights	Hooker	(1986-01-21)21 January 1986 (aged 30)	18	5	–	–
Yoshiya Hosoda	NEC Green Rockets	Lock	(1987-08-05)5 August 1987 (aged 28)	–	–	–	–
Keita Inagaki	Panasonic Wild Knights	Prop	(1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 25)	1	0	–	–
Daisuke Inoue	Kubota Spears	Scrum-half	(1989-11-16)16 November 1989 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Shinnosuke Kakinaga	Suntory Sungoliath	Prop	(1991-12-19)19 December 1991 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Shokei Kin	NTT Shining Arcs	Flanker	(1991-10-03)3 October 1991 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Takeshi Kizu	Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers	Hooker	(1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Kentaro Kodama	Panasonic Wild Knights	Winger	(1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Koo Ji-won	Takushoku University	Prop	(1994-07-02)2 July 1994 (aged 21)	–	–	–	–
Naohiro Kotaki	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Lock	(1992-06-13)13 June 1992 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Fa'atiga Lemalu	Munakata Sanix Blues	Number eight	(1989-04-17)17 April 1989 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Tomás Leonardi	—	Number eight	(1987-07-01)1 July 1987 (aged 28)	1	0	–	–
Viliami Lolohea	—	Winger	(1993-07-04)4 July 1993 (aged 22)	–	–	–	–
Shinya Makabe	Suntory Sungoliath	Lock	(1987-03-26)26 March 1987 (aged 28)	–	–	–	–
Masataka Mikami	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Prop	(1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Liaki Moli	—	Lock	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 26)	24	5	–	–
Futoshi Mori	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Hooker	(1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Tsuyoshi Murata	NEC Green Rockets	Flanker	(1988-12-15)15 December 1988 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Hitoshi Ono	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Lock	(1978-05-06)6 May 1978 (aged 37)	–	–	–	–
Mifiposeti Paea	NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes	Centre	(1987-07-06)6 July 1987 (aged 28)	–	–	–	–
Tusi Pisi	Suntory Sungoliath	Fly-half	(1982-06-18)18 June 1982 (aged 33)	18	8	–	–
Ed Quirk	—	Flanker	(1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 24)	39	5	–	–
Yasutaka Sasakura	Panasonic Wild Knights	Fullback	(1988-08-04)4 August 1988 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Kaito Shigeno	NEC Green Rockets	Scrum-half	(1990-11-21)21 November 1990 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
John Stewart	—	Winger	(1988-02-17)17 February 1988 (aged 28)	–	–	–	–
Yu Tamura	NEC Green Rockets	Fly-half	(1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Harumichi Tatekawa	Kubota Spears	Fly-half	(1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Kazuhiko Usami	Canon Eagles	Lock	(1992-03-17)17 March 1992 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Riaan Viljoen	—	Fullback	(1983-04-01)1 April 1983 (aged 32)	49	85	–	–
Akihito Yamada	Panasonic Wild Knights	Winger	(1985-07-26)26 July 1985 (aged 30)	–	–	–	–
Koki Yamamoto	Yamaha Júbilo	Prop	(1990-10-29)29 October 1990 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Ryohei Yamanaka	Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers	Centre	(1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Hajime Yamashita	Toyota Industries Shuttles	Fullback	(1992-06-14)14 June 1992 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Yuki Yatomi	Yamaha Júbilo	Scrum-half	(1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 31)	–	–	–	–
Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 27 February 2016, the date of the opening round of the competition.

Log

2016 Super Rugby standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Hurricanes (C)	15	11	0	4	458	314	+144	61	37	7	2	53	Quarter-finals (Conference leaders)
2	Lions	15	11	0	4	535	349	+186	71	42	7	1	52
3	Stormers	15	10	1	4	440	274	+166	49	28	5	4	51
4	Brumbies	15	10	0	5	425	326	+99	56	40	3	0	43
5	Highlanders	15	11	0	4	422	273	+149	50	28	4	4	52	Quarter-finals (Wildcard)
6	Chiefs	15	11	0	4	491	341	+150	68	39	6	1	51
7	Crusaders	15	11	0	4	487	317	+170	65	40	5	1	50
8	Sharks	15	9	1	5	360	269	+91	40	30	2	3	43
9	Bulls	15	9	1	5	399	339	+60	47	37	4	0	42
10	Waratahs	15	8	0	7	413	317	+96	55	37	4	4	40
11	Blues	15	8	1	6	374	380	−6	45	47	2	3	39
12	Rebels	15	7	0	8	365	486	−121	46	65	2	1	31
13	Jaguares	15	4	0	11	376	427	−51	44	51	1	5	22
14	Cheetahs	15	4	0	11	377	425	−48	47	48	1	4	21
15	Reds	15	3	1	11	290	458	−168	33	57	0	3	17
16	Force	15	2	0	13	260	441	−181	25	60	0	5	13
17	Southern Kings	15	2	0	13	282	684	−402	34	95	1	0	9
18	Sunwolves	15	1	1	13	293	627	−334	33	88	0	3	9

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Matches

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

	27 February 2016	Sunwolves	13–26	Lions	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
	13:15	Try: Shota Horie  59' Con: Tusi Pisi  60' (1/1) Pen: Tusi Pisi  7', 39' (2/2) Riaan Viljoen (0/1) Cards: Tusi Pisi 66' to 76'	Report [1] Scoreboard [2]	Try: Robbie Coetzee  19' Courtnall Skosan  34' Jaco Kriel  42' Lionel Mapoe  66' Con: Elton Jantjies  35', 43', 67' (3/4) Pen: Elton Jantjies (0/2)	Attendance: 19,814 [2] Referee: Ben O'Keeffe

	12 March 2016	Sunwolves	31–32	Cheetahs	National Stadium, Singapore
	18:55	Try: Akihito Yamada  4', 14', 34' Shota Horie  39' Con: Tusi Pisi  5', 15', 35', 40' (4/4) Pen: Tusi Pisi  43' (1/2) Yu Tamura (0/1) Cards: Ed Quirk  71'	Report [3] Scoreboard [4]	Try: Niel Marais  24', 54' Uzair Cassiem  45' Boom Prinsloo  72' Con: Niel Marais  25', 46', 55' (3/3) Shaun Venter (0/1) Pen: Niel Marais  7', 10' (2/2)	Attendance: 8,808 [4] Referee: Quinton Immelman

	19 March 2016	Sunwolves	9–35	Rebels	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
	13:15	Pen: Tusi Pisi  3', 28', 43' (3/3)	Report [5] Scoreboard [6]	Try: Jordy Reid  12' Ben Meehan  49' Tom English  57' Sean McMahon  70' Con: Jack Debreczeni  50', 58' (2/3) Daniel Hawkins  71' (1/1) Pen: Jack Debreczeni  26', 36', 54' (3/3) Cards: Lopeti Timani 60' to 71'	Attendance: 16,444 [7] Referee: Mike Fraser

	26 March 2016	Sunwolves	27–30	Bulls	National Stadium, Singapore
	18:55	Try: Andrew Durutalo  2' Akihito Yamada  56' Yuki Yatomi  82' Con: Tusi Pisi  3', 58', 83' (3/3) Pen: Tusi Pisi  14', 51' (2/2) Riaan Viljoen (0/1) Cards: Tomás Leonardi 20' to 31' Ed Quirk 68' to 78'	Report [8] Scoreboard [9]	Try: Adriaan Strauss  26' Roelof Smit  47' Jamba Ulengo  66' Con: Tian Schoeman  27', 48', 67' (3/3) Pen: Tian Schoeman  6', 17', 21' (3/5)	Attendance: 7,971 [9] Referee: Will Houston

	2 April 2016	Southern Kings	33–28	Sunwolves	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth
	17:05	Try: Steven Sykes  3' Malcolm Jaer  17' Shane Gates  33' Elgar Watts  79' Con: Louis Fouché  4', 79' (2/4) Pen: Louis Fouché  8', 30', 60' (3/3)	Report [10] Scoreboard [11]	Try: Shota Horie  23' Tusi Pisi  25' Tim Bond  39' Akihito Yamada  80' Con: Tusi Pisi  24' (1/4) Pen: Tusi Pisi  10', 55' (2/2)	Attendance: 5,437 [11] Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge

	8 April 2016	Stormers	46–19	Sunwolves	DHL Newlands, Cape Town
	19:00	Try: Sikhumbuzo Notshe  11', 51' Kobus van Wyk  17' Scarra Ntubeni  23' Cheslin Kolbe  25' Louis Schreuder  54' Jean-Luc du Plessis  79' Con: Jean-Luc du Plessis  12', 26', 52', 55' (4/7) Pen: Jean-Luc du Plessis  6' (1/2)	Report [12] Scoreboard [13]	Try: Riaan Viljoen  30', 66' Yuki Yatomi  45' Con: Yu Tamura  46', 67' (2/3) Cards: Tim Bond  71'	Attendance: 20,303 [13] Referee: Nic Berry

	15 April 2016	Cheetahs	92–17	Sunwolves	Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
	19:00	Try: Torsten van Jaarsveld  7' Francois Venter  9' Uzair Cassiem  15' Raymond Rhule  18' Sergeal Petersen  21', 33', 75' Shaun Venter  26' Hilton Lobberts  43' Clayton Blommetjies  46' Paul Schoeman  64', 78', 80' Jacques du Toit  70' Con: Niel Marais  8', 10', 16', 19', 34', 44', 47', 65' (8/11) Fred Zeilinga  76', 79', 80' (3/3)	Report [14] Scoreboard [15]	Try: Derek Carpenter  48' Mifiposeti Paea  60' Con: Tusi Pisi  49', 61' (2/2) Pen: Tusi Pisi  4' (1/1)	Referee: Nic Berry

	23 April 2016	Sunwolves	36–28	Jaguares	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
	14:15	Try: Yasutaka Sasakura  21' Derek Carpenter  57' Harumichi Tatekawa  80' Con: Tusi Pisi  22', 58', 81' (3/3) Pen: Tusi Pisi  6', 33', 66', 72' (4/5) Riaan Viljoen  46' (1/1) Drop: Tusi Pisi (0/1)	Report [16] Scoreboard [17]	Try: Agustín Creevy  9' Lucas González Amorosino  11' Emiliano Bofelli  35' Facundo Isa  48' Con: Juan Martín Hernández  49' (1/4) Pen: Juan Martín Hernández  40', 69' (2/2)	Attendance: 14,940 [17] Referee: Jamie Nutbrown

	7 May 2016	Sunwolves	22–40	Force	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
	14:15	Try: Akihito Yamada  4', 79' Tusi Pisi  58' Derek Carpenter  70' Con: Tusi Pisi (0/2) Yu Tamura  80' (1/2) Pen: Tusi Pisi (0/1)	Report [18] Scoreboard [19]	Try: Marcel Brache  6', 13', 19' Brynard Stander  27' Ben McCalman  52' Angus Cottrell  75' Con: Ian Prior  7', 14', 28', 53' (4/5) Peter Grant  76' (1/1)	Attendance: 16,885 [20] Referee: Mike Fraser

	14 May 2016	Sunwolves	17–17	Stormers	National Stadium, Singapore
	19:55	Try: Akihito Yamada  12' Con: Tusi Pisi (0/1) Pen: Tusi Pisi  6', 27', 32', 50' (4/5) Riaan Viljoen (0/1)	Report [21] Scoreboard [22]	Try: Pieter-Steph du Toit  60' Vincent Koch  80' Con: Jean-Luc du Plessis  61' (1/1) Brandon Thomson  81' (1/1) Pen: Jean-Luc du Plessis  4' (1/1)	Attendance: 8,749 [23] Referee: Paul Williams

	21 May 2016	Reds	35–25	Sunwolves	Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
	15:05	Try: Curtis Browning  15', 42' James Slipper  29' Cadeyrn Neville  59' Con: Ayumu Goromaru  16', 30' (2/3) Jake McIntyre  60' (1/1) Pen: Ayumu Goromaru  5', 55' (2/2) Jake McIntyre  73' (1/1)	Report [24] Scoreboard [25]	Try: Derek Carpenter  23', 51' Liaki Moli  56' Con: Tusi Pisi  24', 52' (2/3) Pen: Tusi Pisi  33', 40' (2/4)	Attendance: 19,073 [26] Referee: Will Houston

	28 May 2016	Brumbies	66–5	Sunwolves	GIO Stadium, Canberra
	19:45	Try: Scott Fardy  12' Stephen Moore  18', 42' Michael Dowsett  23' Nigel Ah Wong  31', 83' Aidan Toua  55' Jordan Jackson-Hope  57' James Dargaville  60' Lausii Taliauli  75' Con: Christian Lealiifano  13', 19', 24', 32', 43', 58', 61', 84' (8/10)	Report [27] Scoreboard [28]	Try: Akihito Yamada  67' Con: Tusi Pisi (0/1) Cards: Hitoshi Ono 40' to 50'	Attendance: 10,479 [29] Referee: Jaco van Heerden

	2 July 2016	Sunwolves	12–57	Waratahs	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
	14:15	Pen: Yu Tamura  21', 26', 32' (3/3) Riaan Viljoen  23' (1/1)	Report [30] Scoreboard [31]	Try: Matt Lucas  10', 58' Jack Dempsey  28' Israel Folau  36' Andrew Kellaway  40' Reece Robinson  45', 48' Matthew Carraro  61' Taqele Naiyaravoro  72' Con: Bernard Foley  11', 29', 37', 46', 49' (5/6) David Horwitz  59' (1/3) Cards: Taqele Naiyaravoro 25' to 35'	Referee: Brendon Pickerill

	9 July 2016	Bulls	50–3	Sunwolves	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
	17:05	Try: Lappies Labuschagné  11' Dries Swanepoel  21' Jannes Kirsten  27' Francois Brummer  32' Adriaan Strauss  43' Travis Ismaiel  73', 77' Con: Francois Brummer  12', 22', 28', 33' (4/5) Tian Schoeman  74', 78' (2/2) Pen: Francois Brummer  17' (1/1)	Report [32] Scoreboard [33]	Pen: Yu Tamura  15' (1/1)	Referee: Quinton Immelman

	15 July 2016	Sharks	40–29	Sunwolves	Kings Park Stadium, Durban
	19:00	Try: Coenie Oosthuizen  4' Lwazi Mvovo  7' JP Pietersen  21' André Esterhuizen  41' Garth April  70' Curwin Bosch  76' Con: Garth April  5', 8', 22', 42', 77' (5/6)	Report [34] Scoreboard [35]	Try: Kaito Shigeno  14' Mifiposeti Paea  37', 79' Fa'atiga Lemalu  40' Con: Yu Tamura  15', 38', 80' (3/4) Pen: Yu Tamura  59' (1/1)	Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge

Player statistics

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

2016 Sunwolves player statistics
Player name	LIO	CHE	REB	BUL	KIN	STO	CHE	JAG	FOR	STO	RED	BRU	WAR	BUL	SHA		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

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