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Full name
  
World Fighting Bull

Disbanded
  
2009

Ground(s)
  
World Rugby Ground

Nickname(s)
  
Fighting Bull

Location
  
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Founded
  
1984

World Fighting Bull were a Japanese rugby union team that played in the county's Top League competition. The team was the rugby team of clothing company World Co., based in Kobe in the Kansai area of Japan.

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The team was founded in 1984, and spent their formative seasons playing in the Kansai League. They were one of the founding members of the Top League, playing in the inaugural season in 2003–04. The team played in the first four editions of the competition, before being relegated at the end of the 2006–07. After two more seasons playing in the Top West League, World Fighting Bull were dissolved in March 2009 after financial difficulties at World Co.

Season history

World Fighting Bull's record since the inception of the Top League in 2003–04 was:

Former players

  • Matt Cockbain, flanker or lock
  • Keiichiro Masuo, flanker
  • Masayoshi Tanizaki, centre or wing
  • Shaun Webb, full-back
  • Ifereimi Rawaqa, flanker or lock
  • References

    World Fighting Bull Wikipedia


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