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Full name
  
Munakata Sanix Blues

Ground(s)
  
Various stadiums

League
  
Top League

Nickname(s)
  
Blues

Coach(es)
  
Yuichiro Fujii

Founded
  
1994

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Union
  
Japan Rugby Football Union

Location
  
Munakata, Fukuoka, Japan

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Munakata Sanix Blues (宗像サニックスブルース, Munakata Sanikkusu Burūsu), formerly Fukuoka Sanix Blues and Fukuoka Sanix Bombs, is a Japanese rugby union team based in Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Founded in April 1994 (Heisei 6), the team rose rapidly through the Kyūshū leagues and was in the Top League for the first season (2003-4) as Kyūshū's sole representative, but lost a relegation battle with Kintetsu Liners 42-45 and was demoted. But Sanix managed to return to the Top League for the 2005-6 season, beating Secom Rugguts and Toyota Jido Shokki in the Top League Challenge Series 2005.

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Current squad

The provisional Munakata Sanix Blues squad for the 2016–17 Top League season is:

Former players

  • John Leslie
  • Matua Parkinson - no. 6
  • Reuben Parkinson - centre
  • Fale Simitaitoko

    • Home Ground

  • Global Arena (The Sanix company is involved in the running of the Global Arena in Munakata, which is also the venue for the annual Sanix World Rugby Youth Tournament held in May between eight top Japanese and eight top foreign high school teams from various countries.)
  • Sanix Genkai Ground, Kamiminato, Munakata, Fukuoka.

    • Mascot

  • The former mascots's name was Bombee. He was a cartoon-style dog with floppy ears who wore the Sanix rugby kit and a scrum cap. He was no longer used when the team name changed from Bombs to Blues.

    • References

    Munakata Sanix Blues Wikipedia
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