Kintetsu Liners
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| Kintetsu Liners 近鉄ライナーズ |
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| Full name | Kintetsu Liners | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Liners | |||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1929 | |||||||||||||||||
| Union | Japan Rugby Football Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Kintetsu Hanazono rugby stadium | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Hiroyuki Hamamura | |||||||||||||||||
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Kintetsu Liners rugby team are owned by Kintetsu Railway Company and were founded in 1929. They have won the Japan Championships three times as an amateur team. Their home is at Kintetsu Hanazono rugby stadium in East Osaka city, Japan which was also opened in 1929.
The team managed to stay in the Top League for the second season (2004-5) by defeating Fukuoka Sanix Bombs of Kyūshū by 45-42 to gain 10th place, and then winning a challenge game.
However, in the second season (2004-5) Kintetsu was placed 11th and therefore was automatically relegated with 12th-placed IBM Big Blue.
[edit] External links
- Kintetsu Liners - official home page
