2017 Sunwolves season

Sunwolves

2017 season
Head coach	Filo Tiatia
Captains	Ed Quirk and Harumichi Tatekawa
Stadium	Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, Tokyo Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore
Overall	17th
South African Group	8th
Africa 1 Conference	4th
Record	Won 2, Lost 13
Top try scorer	All: Kenki Fukuoka and Timothy Lafaele (4)
Top points scorer	All: Yu Tamura (52)
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In 2017, the Sunwolves participated in the 2017 Super Rugby competition, their second ever appearance in the competition since joining in 2016. 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 2017 Super Rugby season were:

2017 Sunwolves coaches and management
Position	Name
Head coach	Filo Tiatia
Assistant coaches	Shin Hasegawa
	Simon Jones
	Ben Herring
	Atsushi Tanabe

Squad

The following players were named in the Sunwolves squad for the 2017 Super Rugby season:

2017 Sunwolves squad
Player	Club	Position/s	Date of birth (age)	Super Rugby		Sunwolves
				Apps	Pts	Apps	Pts
Takuma Asahara	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Prop	(1987-09-07)7 September 1987 (aged 29)	14	0	14	0
Kohei Asahori	Toyota Verblitz	Prop	(1994-02-03)3 February 1994 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Michael Bond	Coca-Cola Red Sparks	Centre	(1987-01-27)27 January 1987 (aged 30)	–	–	–	–
Willie Britz	NTT Shining Arcs	Flanker	(1988-08-31)31 August 1988 (aged 28)	25	0	–	–
Derek Carpenter	Suntory Sungoliath	Centre	(1988-07-26)26 July 1988 (aged 28)	12	25	12	25
Hayden Cripps	Tokyo Gas	Fly-half	(1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Shota Emi	Suntory Sungoliath	Winger	(1991-12-08)8 December 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Kenki Fukuoka	Panasonic Wild Knights	Winger	(1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Teruya Goto	NEC Green Rockets	Winger	(1991-12-18)18 December 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Kazushi Hano	NTT Shining Arcs	Fullback	(1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Uwe Helu	Yamaha Júbilo	Flanker	(1990-07-12)12 July 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Takeshi Hino	Yamaha Júbilo	Hooker	(1990-01-20)20 January 1990 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Shota Horie	Panasonic Wild Knights	Hooker	(1986-01-21)21 January 1986 (aged 31)	30	20	12	15
Malgene Ilaua	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Number eight	(1993-06-05)5 June 1993 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Keita Inagaki	Panasonic Wild Knights	Prop	(1990-06-02)2 June 1990 (aged 26)	11	0	10	0
Heiichiro Ito	Yamaha Júbilo	Prop	(1990-10-05)5 October 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Kyosuke Kajikawa	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Lock	(1987-09-05)5 September 1987 (aged 29)	–	–	–	–
Shokei Kin	NTT Shining Arcs	Flanker	(1991-10-03)3 October 1991 (aged 25)	2	0	2	0
Takeshi Kizu	Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers	Hooker	(1988-07-15)15 July 1988 (aged 28)	12	0	12	0
Koo Ji-won	Takushoku University	Prop	(1994-07-02)2 July 1994 (aged 22)	4	0	4	0
Naohiro Kotaki	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Lock	(1992-06-13)13 June 1992 (aged 24)	3	0	3	0
Timothy Lafaele	Coca-Cola Red Sparks	Centre	(1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Shinya Makabe	Suntory Sungoliath	Lock	(1987-03-26)26 March 1987 (aged 29)	6	0	6	0
Rikiya Matsuda	Panasonic Wild Knights	Fullback	(1994-05-04)4 May 1994 (aged 22)	–	–	–	–
Shuhei Matsuhashi	Ricoh Blacks Rams	Number eight	(1993-11-24)24 November 1993 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Kotaro Matsushima	Suntory Sungoliath	Fullback	(1993-02-26)26 February 1993 (aged 23)	5	0	–	–
Masataka Mikami	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Prop	(1988-06-04)4 June 1988 (aged 28)	14	0	14	0
Yuhimaru Mimura	Yamaha Júbilo	Number eight	(1989-02-27)27 February 1989 (aged 27)	–	–	–	–
Ataata Moeakiola	Tokai University	Winger	(1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 21)	–	–	–	–
Liaki Moli	—	Lock	(1990-01-04)4 January 1990 (aged 27)	38	10	14	5
Yutaka Nagare	Suntory Sungoliath	Scrum-half	(1992-09-04)4 September 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Takaaki Nakazuru	Suntory Sungoliath	Winger	(1990-10-24)24 October 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Yusuke Niwai	Canon Eagles	Hooker	(1991-10-22)22 October 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Shunsuke Nunomaki	Panasonic Wild Knights	Flanker	(1992-07-13)13 July 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Yuya Odo	Yamaha Júbilo	Lock	(1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 26)	–	–	–	–
Takahiro Ogawa	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Scrum-half	(1991-03-18)18 March 1991 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Jumpei Ogura	NTT Shining Arcs	Fly-half	(1992-07-11)11 July 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Hitoshi Ono	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Lock	(1978-05-06)6 May 1978 (aged 38)	12	0	12	0
Ed Quirk	—	Flanker	(1991-08-28)28 August 1991 (aged 25)	54	5	15	0
Atsushi Sakate	Panasonic Wild Knights	Hooker	(1993-06-21)21 June 1993 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Yasutaka Sasakura	Panasonic Wild Knights	Fullback	(1988-08-04)4 August 1988 (aged 28)	9	5	9	5
Kaito Shigeno	NEC Green Rockets	Scrum-half	(1990-11-21)21 November 1990 (aged 26)	11	5	11	5
Hikaru Tamura	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Fly-half	(1993-09-12)12 September 1993 (aged 23)	–	–	–	–
Yu Tamura	NEC Green Rockets	Fly-half	(1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 28)	15	27	15	27
Fumiaki Tanaka	Panasonic Wild Knights	Scrum-half	(1985-01-03)3 January 1985 (aged 32)	46	10	–	–
Harumichi Tatekawa	Kubota Spears	Fly-half	(1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 27)	13	5	13	5
JJ Taulagi	Munawata Sanix Blues	Fullback	(1993-06-18)18 June 1993 (aged 23)	10	5	–	–
Yoshitaka Tokunaga	Toshiba Brave Lupus	Number eight	(1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Will Tupou	Coca-Cola Red Sparks	Centre	(1990-07-20)20 July 1990 (aged 26)	13	5	–	–
Keisuke Uchida	Panasonic Wild Knights	Scrum-half	(1992-02-22)22 February 1992 (aged 25)	–	–	–	–
Kazuhiko Usami	Canon Eagles	Lock	(1992-03-17)17 March 1992 (aged 24)	–	–	–	–
Riaan Viljoen	NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes	Fullback	(1983-04-01)1 April 1983 (aged 33)	64	101	15	16
Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco	NTT Shining Arcs	Number eight	(1995-09-28)28 September 1995 (aged 21)	–	–	–	–
Sam Wykes	Coca-Cola Red Sparks	Lock	(1988-04-25)25 April 1988 (aged 28)	87	15	–	–
Yasuo Yamaji	Canon Eagles	Prop	(1985-02-20)20 February 1985 (aged 32)	–	–	–	–
Koki Yamamoto	Yamaha Júbilo	Prop	(1990-10-29)29 October 1990 (aged 26)	1	0	1	0
Ryohei Yamanaka	Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers	Centre	(1988-06-22)22 June 1988 (aged 28)	2	0	2	0
Kotaro Yatabe	Panasonic Wild Knights	Lock	(1986-07-29)29 July 1986 (aged 30)	–	–	–	–
Yuki Yatomi	Yamaha Júbilo	Scrum-half	(1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 32)	10	10	10	10
Note: Players' ages and statistics are correct as of 23 February 2017, the date of the opening round of the competition.

Log

The final standings for the 2017 Super Rugby season were: ^[1]

2017 Super Rugby standings watch · edit · discuss

Australasian Group
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Crusaders	15	14	0	1	544	303	+241	77	37	7	0	63
2	Brumbies	15	6	0	9	315	279	+36	41	32	3	7	34
3	Hurricanes	15	12	0	3	596	272	+324	89	31	9	1	58
4	Chiefs	15	12	1	2	433	292	+141	55	30	6	1	57
5	Highlanders	15	11	0	4	488	308	+180	62	40	5	2	51
6	Blues	15	7	1	7	425	391	+34	55	50	4	3	37
7	Force	15	6	0	9	313	404	−91	36	55	1	1	26
8	Reds	15	4	0	11	321	479	−158	46	61	1	4	21
9	Waratahs	15	4	0	11	396	522	−126	52	68	1	2	19
10	Rebels	15	1	1	13	236	569	−333	23	79	0	3	9

South African Group
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts
1	Lions	15	14	0	1	590	268	+322	81	27	9	0	65
2	Stormers	15	10	0	5	490	436	+54	64	61	3	0	43
3	Sharks	15	9	1	5	392	323	+69	38	37	1	3	42
4	Jaguares	15	7	0	8	404	386	+18	49	45	1	4	33
5	Southern Kings	15	6	0	9	391	470	−79	49	60	1	3	28
6	Cheetahs	15	4	0	11	395	551	−156	46	75	1	4	21
7	Bulls	15	4	0	11	339	459	−120	39	59	0	4	20
8	Sunwolves	15	2	0	13	315	671	−356	41	96	1	3	12

Australian Conference Pos Team Pts 1 Brumbies 34 2 Force 26 3 Reds 21 4 Waratahs 19 5 Rebels 9 New Zealand Conference Pos Team Pts 1 Crusaders 63 2 Hurricanes 58 3 Chiefs 57 4 Highlanders 51 5 Blues 37 Africa 1 Conference Pos Team Pts 1 Stormers 43 2 Cheetahs 21 3 Bulls 20 4 Sunwolves 12 Africa 2 Conference Pos Team Pts 1 Lions 65 2 Sharks 42 3 Jaguares 33 4 Southern Kings 28

Overall Pos Team Pts 1 Lions 65 2 Crusaders 63 3 Stormers 43 4 Brumbies 34 5 Hurricanes 58 6 Chiefs 57 7 Highlanders 51 8 Sharks 42 9 Blues 37 10 Jaguares 33 11 Southern Kings 28 12 Force 26 13 Cheetahs 21 14 Reds 21 15 Bulls 20 16 Waratahs 19 17 Sunwolves 12 18 Rebels 9

Legend and competition rules
Legend:
	Conference leaders, qualify to finals.		P = Games played, W = Games won, D = Games drawn, L = Games lost, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, PD = Points difference, TF = Tries for, TA = Tries against, TB = Try bonus points, LB = Losing bonus points, Pts = Log points
	Wildcard teams, qualify to finals.
	Dropped from Super Rugby for the 2018 season.
Competition rules:
Qualification: The top eight teams will qualify to the finals, with their final positions in the overall log determining their seedings in the quarter-finals. The conference winners will be seeded #1 to #4 for the quarter-finals, in order of log points gained during the group stages, while the wildcards will be seeded as #5 to #8 in order of log points gained during the group stages. In the quarter-finals, the conference winners will host the first round of the finals, with the highest-seeded conference winner hosting the fourth-seeded wildcard entry, the second-seeded conference winner hosting the third-seeded wildcard entry, the third-seeded conference winner hosting the second-seeded wildcard entry and the fourth-seeded conference winner hosting the top-seed wildcard entry. The Quarter Final winners will progress to the semi-finals, where the winners of quarter-finals 1 and 4 will play each other, as well as the winners of quarter-finals 2 and 3, each tie hosted by the higher-seeded team. The winner of the semi-finals will progress to the Final, again to be held at the venue of the highest-seeded team. Points breakdown: * 4 points for a win * 2 points for a draw * 1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less * 1 bonus point for scoring at least three tries more than the opponent in a match Classification: Teams standings are calculated as follows: [2] * Conference Leaders (i.e. conference leaders will always be ranked at the top) * Log points * Number of games won * Overall points difference * Number of tries scored * Overall try difference

Matches

	25 February 2017	Sunwolves	17–83	Hurricanes	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
	13:15	Try: Riaan Viljoen  33' Shokei Kin  69' Willie Britz  77' Con: Hikaru Tamura (0/1) Timothy Lafaele  78' (1/2)	Report [3] Scoreboard [4]	Try: Ardie Savea  5', 10' Vince Aso  7', 56' Ricky Riccitelli  13' TJ Perenara  20' Julian Savea  27' Ngani Laumape  36' Blade Thomson  41' Michael Fatialofa  45', 53' Brad Shields  48' Wes Goosen  58' Con: Otere Black  6', 8', 21', 28', 37', 46', 49', 57', 59' (9/13) Cards: Michael Fatialofa  73'	Attendance: 17,553 [5] Referee: Egon Seconds

	4 March 2017	Sunwolves	23–37	Southern Kings	National Stadium, Singapore
	18:55	Try: Timothy Lafaele  21' Kenki Fukuoka  78' Takaaki Nakazuru  80' Con: Hayden Cripps  22' (1/3) Pen: Hayden Cripps  56', 62' (2/4)	Report [6] Scoreboard [7]	Try: Rudi van Rooyen  14' Chris Cloete  33' Ruaan Lerm  65' Malcolm Jaer  77' Con: Lionel Cronjé  15', 34', 66', 78' (4/4) Pen: Lionel Cronjé  1', 54', 59' (3/3)	Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen

	11 March 2017	Cheetahs	38–31	Sunwolves	Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein
	17:15	Try: Torsten van Jaarsveld  14' Oupa Mohojé  35' Clinton Swart  51' Rayno Benjamin  66' Con: Fred Zeilinga  15', 36', 51' (3/4) Pen: Fred Zeilinga  21', 32', 41', 73' (4/4)	Report [8] Scoreboard [9]	Try: Shota Emi  0' Hayden Cripps  24' Kenki Fukuoka  54', 61' Con: Hayden Cripps  1', 24' (2/2) Jamie-Jerry Taulagi  55', 61' (2/2) Pen: Hayden Cripps  39' (1/1) Cards: Takuma Asahara 64' to 74'	Attendance: 15,250 [10] Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge

	17 March 2017	Bulls	34–21	Sunwolves	Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
	19:00	Try: Jan Serfontein  11', 64' Pierre Schoeman  29' Jason Jenkins  45' Con: Handré Pollard  12', 31', 46' (3/3) Tian Schoeman  65' (1/1) Pen: Handré Pollard  22' (1/3) Tian Schoeman  59' (1/1) Cards: Renaldo Bothma  40'	Report [11] Scoreboard [12]	Try: Kenki Fukuoka  39' Ed Quirk  70' Con: Jumpei Ogura  71' (1/1) Pen: Hayden Cripps  2', 27', 32' (3/3)	Attendance: 9,363 [10] Referee: Jamie Nutbrown

	25 March 2017	Sunwolves	31–44	Stormers	National Stadium, Singapore
	18:55	Try: Derek Carpenter  5', 42' Shota Emi  21' Liaki Moli  24' Con: Jumpei Ogura  6', 22', 25', 43' (4/4) Pen: Jumpei Ogura  10' (1/1) Cards: Kaito Shigeno  75'	Report [13] Scoreboard [14]	Try: EW Viljoen  17' Rynhardt Elstadt  34' Wilco Louw  52' Dewaldt Duvenage  59' Bongi Mbonambi  76' Bjorn Basson  80' Con: Robert du Preez  18', 35', 52', 61' (4/6) Pen: Robert du Preez  3', 38' (2/2) Cards: Rynhardt Elstadt 6' to 16' Oli Kebble 65' to 75'	Referee: Federico Anselmi

	8 April 2017	Sunwolves	21–20	Bulls	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
	14:15	Try: Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco  6' Takaaki Nakazuru  69' Con: Yu Tamura  70' (1/1) Pen: Hayden Cripps  10', 23' (2/3) Yu Tamura  74' (1/1)	Report [15] Scoreboard [16]	Try: Burger Odendaal  12' Travis Ismaiel  63' Con: Tian Schoeman  13', 65' (2/2) Pen: Tian Schoeman  25', 48' (2/2) Cards: Jan Serfontein 68' to 78'	Referee: Will Houston

	14 April 2017	Crusaders	50–3	Sunwolves	AMI Stadium, Christchurch
	19:35	Try: Kieran Read  11' Ben Funnell  23' Manasa Mataele  28', 31', 37' Pete Samu  45' George Bridge  51' Whetu Douglas  58' Con: Richie Mo'unga  12', 23', 46' (3/6) Marty McKenzie  53', 59' (2/2) Cards: Seta Tamanivalu 25' to 35'	Report [17] Scoreboard [18]	Pen: Yu Tamura  26' (1/1)	Referee: Nic Berry

	22 April 2017	Highlanders	40–15	Sunwolves	Rugby Park, Invercargill
	17:15	Try: Malakai Fekitoa  3' Liam Squire  34' Aaron Smith  40' Matt Faddes  42', 50' Ben Smith  53' Con: Marty Banks  5', 35', 40', 43', 51' (5/6)	Report [19] Scoreboard [20]	Try: Willie Britz  58' Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco  64' Con: Yu Tamura  58' (1/2) Pen: Yu Tamura  11' (1/1)	Referee: Jamie Nutbrown

	29 April 2017	Chiefs	27–20	Sunwolves	FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton
	19:35	Try: Hika Elliot  3' Solomon Alaimalo  23' Damian McKenzie  39', 59' Con: Damian McKenzie  40', 61' (2/4) Pen: Damian McKenzie  32' (1/1)	Report [21] Scoreboard [22]	Try: Fumiaki Tanaka  45' Derek Carpenter  66' Con: Jamie-Jerry Taulagi  46', 67' (2/2) Pen: Hayden Cripps  20' (1/1) Jamie-Jerry Taulagi  73' (1/1) Cards: Derek Carpenter  80' Jamie-Jerry Taulagi  80'	Referee: Will Houston

	6 May 2017	Jaguares	46–39	Sunwolves	José Amalfitani Stadium, Buenos Aires
	18:40	Try: Leonardo Senatore  8' Emiliano Boffelli  24' penalty try  40' Agustín Creevy  51', 71' Matías Alemanno  66' Matías Moroni  74' Con: Juan Martín Hernández  9', 66' (2/4) Joaquín Díaz Bonilla  75' (1/2) Pen: Juan Martín Hernández  5' (1/1)	Report [23] Scoreboard [24]	Try: Will Tupou  1' Shota Emi  17' Yu Tamura  37', 54' Sam Wykes  59' Con: Yu Tamura  2', 38', 55', 60' (4/5) Pen: Yu Tamura  22', 29' (2/2) Cards: Sam Wykes 40' to 50'	Referee: Jaco van Heerden

	20 May 2017	Sunwolves	17–38	Sharks	National Stadium, Singapore
	19:55	Try: Takeshi Hino  18' Shuhei Matsuhashi  51' Con: Yu Tamura  19', 53' (2/2) Pen: Jumpei Ogura  62' (1/1)	Report [25] Scoreboard [26]	Try: Lwazi Mvovo  2', 74', 80' Ruan Botha  22' S'busiso Nkosi  34', 78' Con: Garth April  3', 23', 35' (3/3) Benhard Janse van Rensburg  79' (1/3)	Referee: Rohan Hoffmann

	27 May 2017	Sunwolves	7–47	Cheetahs	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
	14:15	Try: Sam Wykes  47' Con: Yu Tamura  47' (1/1)	Report [27] Scoreboard [28]	Try: Uzair Cassiem  16', 66' Niell Jordaan  40' Niel Marais  41' Torsten van Jaarsveld  70' Tian Meyer  75' Sergeal Petersen  80' Con: Niel Marais  17', 40', 68', 71', 77' (5/6) Francois Uys  80' (1/1)	Referee: Will Houston

	1 July 2017	Lions	94–7	Sunwolves	Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
	17:15	Try: Ross Cronjé  5' Jaco Kriel  10', 53' Kwagga Smith  19', 26' Elton Jantjies  38' Akker van der Merwe  44' Ruan Combrinck  51', 58', 80' Courtnall Skosan  65' Faf de Klerk  70' Sylvian Mahuza  72' Ruan Ackermann  77' Con: Elton Jantjies  6', 11', 20', 28', 39', 52' (6/7) Ruan Combrinck  53', 66', 71', 73', 77' (5/6) Faf de Klerk  80' (1/1)	Report [29] Scoreboard [30]	Try: Uwe Helu  62' Con: Jumpei Ogura  62' (1/1)	Referee: Egon Seconds

	8 July 2017	Stormers	52–15	Sunwolves	DHL Newlands, Cape Town
	19:30	Try: Cheslin Kolbe  7', 75', 80' EW Viljoen  14' Seabelo Senatla  38' Damian Willemse  45' Dillyn Leyds  57', 67' Con: Damian Willemse  8', 15', 46', 58' (4/6) Cheslin Kolbe  76', 80' (2/2)	Report [31] Scoreboard [32]	Try: Teruya Goto  19' Takeshi Hino  48' Con: Yu Tamura  20' (1/2) Pen: Yu Tamura  10' (1/2) Cards: Derek Carpenter 2' to 12'	Referee: Quinton Immelman

	15 July 2017	Sunwolves	48–21	Blues	Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium, Tokyo
	12:05	Try: Timothy Lafaele  16', 68', 75' Keisuke Uchida  38' Ryohei Yamanaka  53' penalty try  58' Kaito Shigeno  63' Yoshitaka Tokunaga  78' Con: Yu Tamura  17', 40' (2/3) Jumpei Ogura  76' (1/4)	Report [33] Scoreboard [34]	Try: James Parsons  8' Gerard Cowley-Tuioti  12' Michael Collins  25' Con: Ihaia West  9', 13', 26' (3/3) Cards: Jerome Kaino 56' to 66'	Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge

Player statistics

The Super Rugby appearance record for players that represented the Sunwolves in 2017 is as follows:

2017 Sunwolves player statistics
Player name	HUR	KIN	CHE	BUL	STO	BUL	CRU	HIG	CHI	JAG	SHA	CHE	LIO	STO	BLU		App	Try	Kck	Pts
Masataka Mikami	1	1	17	17	17						17		1	17	17		9	0	0	0
Shota Horie	2	2									2						3	0	0	0
Heiichiro Ito	3	3		18	3	18	18	18	3								8	0	0	0
Liaki Moli	4	4	4	19	4	4	4										7	1	0	5
Sam Wykes	5	5	19	4	5	19	5	4	5	4	4	5	4				13	2	0	10
Malgene Ilaua	6											6	20	6	6		5	0	0	0
Ed Quirk	7	6	6	6	6		6	6	6	20							9	1	0	5
Willie Britz	8	8	8	8	8			8	8	8	8		8	8	8		12	2	0	10
Keisuke Uchida	9	21	9	9	9					21	21	21	9	9	9		11	1	0	5
Hikaru Tamura	10																1	0	0	0
Kenki Fukuoka	11	11	11	11	11	11				11	11				11		9	4	0	20
Derek Carpenter	12	12	12		12	12	12		12			13	12	12			10	3	0	15
Timothy Lafaele	13	13		12	13	13	13	12		12					12		9	4	2	22
Takaaki Nakazuru	14	14	14	14		14	14	14				14	14				9	2	0	10
Riaan Viljoen	15												23	15	15		4	1	0	5
Takeshi Hino	16	16				16				16	16	16	16	2	2		9	2	0	10
Koki Yamamoto	17	17	1	1	1	1	17	17	17	1		17	17	1	1		14	0	0	0
Takuma Asahara	18	18	18		18		3		18	18	18	3	18	3			11	0	0	0
Kotaro Yatabe	19	19										4	5	4	4		6	0	0	0
Shokei Kin	20	7	20		7							20	7	20			7	1	0	5
Kaito Shigeno	21		21	21	21								21	21	21		7	1	0	5
Ryohei Yamanaka	22			23	23	23				23	13		13	13	23		9	1	0	5
Shota Emi	23	15	15	15	14					14	14	11					8	3	0	15
Fumiaki Tanaka		9				9	9	9	9		9	9					7	1	0	5
Hayden Cripps		10	10	10	22	10		22	10								7	1	33	38
Shuhei Matsuhashi		20	7	7	20	7					7	7		7	7		9	1	0	5
Will Tupou		22	13				22	13	13	13		23			13		8	1	0	5
Jamie-Jerry Taulagi		23	23	13	15		23	23	23								7	0	11	11
Yusuke Niwai			2	2	2	2	16	2	16	2		2			16		10	0	0	0
Yasuo Yamaji			3	3		3		3		3	3	18	3		18		9	0	0	0
Uwe Helu			5	5	19	5		5	19	5			19	5	5		10	1	0	5
Atsushi Sakate			16	16	16								2	16			5	0	0	0
Jumpei Ogura			22	22	10					22	22	22	10	23	22		9	0	20	20
Yoshitaka Tokunaga				20		6					6		6	19	20		6	1	0	5
Rahboni Warren-Vosayaco						8	8	20	20	6	20	8					7	2	0	10
Kotaro Matsushima						15	15	15	15	15	15	15		14	14		9	0	0	0
Keita Inagaki						17	1	1	1	17	1	1					7	0	0	0
Shunsuke Nunomaki						20	7		7	7							4	0	0	0
Yuki Yatomi						21	21	21	21	9							5	0	0	0
Yu Tamura						22	10	10	22	10	10	10		10	10		9	2	42	52
Takeshi Kizu							2	16	2								3	0	0	0
Teruya Goto							11		14				11	11			4	1	0	5
Shinya Makabe							19	19	4	19							4	0	0	0
Yuhimaru Mimura							20	7									2	0	0	0
Yasutaka Sasakura								11	11		23		15				4	0	0	0
Naohiro Kotaki											5						1	0	0	0
Harumichi Tatekawa											12	12					2	0	0	0
Hitoshi Ono											19	19					2	0	0	0
Rikiya Matsuda													22	22			2	0	0	0
Koo Ji-won														18	3		2	0	0	0
Yuya Odo															19		1	0	0	0
penalty try																	–	1	–	7
Total																	15	41	108	315

For each match, the player's squad number is shown. Starting players are numbered 1 to 15, while the replacements are numbered 16 to 23. 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.

See also

• Sunwolves
• 2017 Super Rugby season

References

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