Saitama Wild Knights

Saitama Wild Knights
埼玉パナソニックワイルドナイツ
Full nameSaitama Wild Knights
UnionJapan Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s)Wild Knights
Founded1960
LocationKumagaya, Japan
Ground(s)Kumagaya Rugby Ground (2021-) (Capacity: 24,000)
Director of RugbyRobbie Deans
Coach(es)Kanazawa Atsushi
League(s)Japan Rugby League One
20222nd
Playoffs: Champions
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Saitama Wild Knights (formerly Panasonic Wild Knights) is a Japanese rugby union team formerly based in Ōta city, Gunma prefecture which played in the Top League. In 2021 it relocated 13 kilometers south to Kumagaya, Saitama prefecture,[1] and rebranded as Saitama Wild Knights accordingly. It now plays in Japan Rugby League One.

Inspired by Tony Brown at fly half (though he was not captain), it dominated the league in the fifth season and was the first team to be unbeaten throughout a Top League season.

  1. ^ "La nouvelle ligue japonaise s'appelle la Japan Rugby League One". Asie Rugby (in French). 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.