Shota Horie
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| Shota Horie receiving the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship trophy on behalf of the Panasonic Wild Knights in 2016. | |||
| Full name | Shota Horie | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 January 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Osaka, Japan | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | ||
| School | Shimamoto High School | ||
| University | Teikyo University | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Hooker | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2008– | Panasonic Wild Knights | 80 | (135) |
| correct as of 11 February 2015. | |||
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2012 | Otago | 5 | (5) |
| Super Rugby | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2013–14 2016− |
Rebels Sunwolves |
18 2 |
(5) (10) |
| correct as of 13 July 2014. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2009– | Japan | 42 | (35) |
| correct as of 11 October 2015. | |||
Shota Horie (堀江翔太 Horie Shōta?) (born 21 January 1986 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese rugby union footballer. His preferred position is hooker although he can also play in the back row.[1] He represents Japan at the international level.[1] He has played for the Panasonic Wild Knights in the domestic Japanese Top League competition, and in 2013 began playing Super Rugby with the Melbourne Rebels in Australia, but has since gone back to Japan to play for the Sunwolves.
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Japan
Horie made his debut for Japan in 2009, and represented his country at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[1]
Early years
Horie is a native of Osaka Prefecture. He begun playing rugby when he was a fifth-grade student, and later captained the Teikyo University rugby team.[2][3]
Top League
Horie played for the Panasonic Wild Knights. He was named MVP for the 2015–16 Top League Season.[4]
Super Rugby
In 2012, Horie played for Japan, and in New Zealand for Otago in the National Provincial Championship, where he attracted the attention of the Melbourne Rebels recruiting staff.[3] In November 2012, the Rebels announced Horie's signing to play Super Rugby in Australia.[5][6][7][8][9] In 2013 he became the first Japanese player to play for an Australian Super Rugby side[3] often on the reserves bench.[2]
Super Rugby Statistics
- As of 13 January 2015
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Rebels | 5 | 1 | 4 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | Rebels | 13 | 6 | 7 | 531 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 18 | 7 | 11 | 638 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
References
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External links
- Shota Horie Player Profile Melbourne Rebels
- itsrugby.co.uk profile
- Use dmy dates from April 2014
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles containing Japanese-language text
- 1986 births
- Japanese rugby union players
- Living people
- Japan international rugby union players
- Panasonic Wild Knights players
- Otago rugby union players
- Melbourne Rebels players
- Rugby union hookers
- Sportspeople from Osaka
- Japanese expatriate rugby union players
- Expatriate rugby union players in New Zealand
- Expatriate rugby union players in Australia
- Japanese expatriates in New Zealand
- Japanese expatriates in Australia
- Super Rugby players
