Shōta Horie (堀江 翔太, Horie Shōta, born 21 January 1986) is a Japanese professional rugby union player who plays as a hooker for Japan Rugby League One club Saitama Wild Knights and the Japan national team.[1]
 Horie representing Saitama Wild Knights during the All-Japan Rugby Football Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 January 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Suita, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (229 lb; 16 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Shimamoto High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Teikyo University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life edit
Horie is a native of Osaka Prefecture. He began playing rugby when he was a fifth-grade student, and later captained the Teikyo University rugby team.[2][3]
Club career edit
Horie played for the Panasonic Wild Knights. He was named MVP for the 2015–16 Top League Season.[4]
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]
International career edit
Horie made his debut for Japan in 2009, and represented his country at the 2011 Rugby World Cup.[1]
Career statistics edit
Club summary edit
- As of 22 July 2016
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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| 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 |
| 2016 | Sunwolves | 12 | 10 | 2 | 718 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | 17 | 13 | 1356 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
References edit
- ^ a b "Shota Horie ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ a b Shimizu, Masakazu; Shimbun, Yomiuri (20 February 2014). "Shota Horie, title winner of the Rugby Top League". Japan News. Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ a b c Carroll, Theo (20 February 2014). "When you're big in Japan" (Press release). Melbourne Rebels. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ "Horie named Top League MVP". Japan Rugby Football Union. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ^ Rebels Media Unit (21 November 2012). "Japanese international Shota Horie joins Rebels" (Press release). Melbourne Rebels. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ Fairbairn, Pete (11 March 2013). "Horie hungry for success in Melbourne" (Press release). Melbourne Rebels. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ^ "Rebels sign a Japanese star". Rugby 365. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- ^ "Melbourne Rebels sign Japan international hooker Shota Horie". Herald Sun. News. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ "Shota Horie Player Profile". Melbourne Rebels. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
External links edit
- Shota Horie at ESPNscrum
- Shota Horie at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Shota Horie Player Profile Melbourne Rebels
