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{{Infobox rugby team
| teamname = Munakata Sanix Blues<BR>宗像サニックスブルース
| image = BluesMunakata rugbySanix Blues logo.pngjpg
| image_size = 180px200px
| fullname = Munakata Sanix Blues
| nickname = Blues
| founded = 1994
| disbanded = 2022
| ground = Various stadiums
| capacity =
| coach = [[Yuichiro Fujii]]
| union = [[Japan Rugby Football Union]]
| location = [[Munakata, Fukuoka]], [[Japan]]
| countryflag = Japan
| league = [[TopJapan Rugby League One]], Division Three
| season = [[2018–192022 TopJapan Rugby League One, Division Three|2018–192022]]
| position = 13th3rd
| pattern_la1 =
| pattern_b1 = _Sanixkit
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{{nihongo|'''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'', iswas a Japanese rugby union team based in [[Munakata, Fukuoka|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 (rugby union club)|Toyota Jido Shokki]] in the [[Top League#Top League Challenge series|Top League Challenge Series]] 2005.
 
In March 2022, Sanix Inc., the operators of the club, announced the disbandment of the team following the conclusion of the [[2022 Japan Rugby League One]] season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/03/ff002c217c87-rugby-sanix-blues-suspending-operations-due-to-business-struggles.html|title=Rugby: Sanix Blues suspending operations due to business struggles|work=Kyodo News|date=30 March 2022|access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref>
 
==Current squad==
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[[Image:Sanix v Kyuden Top League Japan 2008.JPG|thumb|right|Sanix v Kyuden at [[Global Arena]], Top League Round 11, January 20, 2008.]]
 
The current Munakata Sanix Blues squad isfor the 2022 season was:<ref name="The Team">{{cite web | url=http://rugby.sanix.jp/blues | title=The Team | work=Munakata Sanix Blues | accessdateaccess-date=29 November 2018}}</ref>
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%; width:6070%"
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! colspan="100%" | Munakata Sanix Blues squad
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'''Props'''
* {{Flagicon|South AfricaSamoa}} [[John-RoyJarred JenkinsonAdams]]
* {{Flagicon|South AfricaKorea}} '''[[ChaseShin MorisonDong-Won]]'''
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[RakuKanta YamaokaHasegawa]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[SilivaShogo AhioMurakami]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[ShoheiSamuel ShitayamaNozomu Faialaga]]
* {{Flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Paddy Ryan (rugby union, born 1988)|Paddy Ryan]]'''
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[ShunYasuo SasakiSaruwatari]]
* {{Flagicon|South KoreaJapan}} [[ShinShun Dong-wonTerawaki]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Takahiro Sugiura]] ([[Captain (sports)|c]])
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Shunsuke Tani]]
* {{Flagicon|South Africa}} [[Hencus van Wyk]]
 
'''Hookers'''
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Yasunori Hoshimoto]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Kota Kumamoto]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Nozomi Kuraya]]
* {{Flagicon|South KoreaJapan}} [[WangTatsuya Kyung-munMiyazaki]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Takuma Takashima]]
 
'''Locks'''
* {{Flagicon|JapanSouth Africa}} [[AkinoriJean HirotaDroste]]
* {{Flagicon|NewSouth ZealandKorea}} '''[[SamKim ChongkitHo Bum]]'''
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[RyuichiroKazuki FukutsuboKato (rugby union)|Kazuki Kato]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[ShunyaShoma GotoMakinouchi]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[RyutoToshihiro KosugiNishii]]
* {{flagiconFlagicon|Japan}} '''[[JamesHibiki Moore (rugby union)|James MooreNoda]]'''
* {{Flagicon|EnglandJapan}} '''[[GeoffDallas ParlingTatana]]'''
 
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'''Loose Forwardsforwards'''
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[YusukeNobuyoshi HamazatoArai]]
* {{Flagicon|JapanNew Zealand}} [[MichiScott Curry (rugby union)|Scott KanadoCurry]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[KazukiHiroki Kato (rugby union)|Kazuki KatoHanada]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[ToshihiroShinri NishiiTabuchi]]
* {{Flagicon|New ZealandJapan}} [[DanMasahito PryorTonomoto]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Shohei Shitayama]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Satoshi Tsuruoka]]
* {{Flagicon|SouthNew AfricaZealand}} [[HencusJoseph van WykTupe]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Kojiro Yoshida]]
 
'''Scrum-halves'''
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[ShunsukeAzuma TaniDoei]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Kohei Hamazato]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[TasukuKota KinjouKinoshita]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[SatoruHisanori SawatariMimata]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Raku Yamaoka]]
 
'''Fly-halves'''
* {{Flagicon|South AfricaJapan}} '''[[CurwinRinto BoschKagawa]]'''
* {{Flagicon|JapanNew Zealand}} [[TatsuyaCoby FukuzakiMiln]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[YasunoriTaichi HoshimotoTakenaka]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Hiroshi Tashiro]]
 
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'''Centres'''
* {{Flagicon|South AfricaJapan}} '''[[AndréKarne EsterhuizenHesketh]]'''
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} '''[[ShusakuYuta HamazatoImamura]]'''
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} '''[[KarneKohei HeskethIshigaki]]'''
* {{Flagicon|New ZealandJapan}} [[AndreJoichiro TaylorIwashita]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Keito Moribayashi]]
* {{flagiconFlagicon|JapanSouth Korea}} [[NaoyaWang Soo MinamihashiYoung]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} '''[[BryceMichael RobinsToloke]]'''
* {{Flagicon|South Korea}} [[Wang Soo-young]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Hiroki Yamada (rugby union)|Hiroki Yamada]]
 
'''Outside backsWings'''
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Siliva Ahio]]
* {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Jason Emery]]
* {{Flagicon|Philippines}} [[Andrew Everingham]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} '''[[Karne Hesketh]]'''
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Chikara Morita]]
* {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Andre Taylor]]
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Binjamin Ray Yagi]]
* {{Flagicon|South KoreaJapan}} [[WangMasakazu Soo-youngYatsumonji]]
 
'''Fullbacks'''
* {{Flagicon|Japan}} [[Kyoji Takano]]
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*[[John Leslie (rugby player)|John Leslie]]
*[[Matua Parkinson]] - blindside flanker
*[[Bad Luck Fale]]
*[[Damian Karauna]] - utility back
*[[Reuben Parkinson]] - centre
*[[Jacques Potgieter]] - flank
*[[Fale Simitaitoko]]
 
==Home Groundground==
 
* [[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.)
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==Mascot==
 
*The former mascotsmascot'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.
 
==See also==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040213024320/http://rugby.sanix.jp/team/team.htm The Team]
 
{{Japan Rugby Top League One}}
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